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30 civilians die during battle with Taliban: Afghan official 28 Nov 2018 - 02:46 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says that at least 30 civilians have been killed, along with 16 Taliban fighters, as government forces battled...

Alarm after Philippines' Duterte 'death squad' plan 28 Nov 2018 - 11:54 am

Manila, Rights groups raised fears Wednesday after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans to create a "death squad" targeting suspected communist rebels, saying...

Modi, Gandhi duel in key Indian state election 28 Nov 2018 - 11:35 am

New Delhi, Millions of Indians voted Wednesday in a state election seen as a key duel between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his...

Blast kills 22 outside China factory in Olympic city 28 Nov 2018 - 10:28 am

Zhangjiakou, China, A vehicle carrying dangerous chemicals exploded at the entrance of a chemical factory in a northern Chinese city that will host...

Mass Australian stranding leaves 28 whales dead 28 Nov 2018 - 09:44 am

Melbourne, Twenty-eight whales were found dead in the remote southeast of Australia Wednesday, following a mass stranding that has baffled experts. A pilot...

Georgia holds second round of hotly contested presidential vote 28 Nov 2018 - 08:53 am

Tbilisi, Georgians on Wednesday went to the polls in the second round of a knife-edge presidential election seen as a crucial test for...

Australian billionaire to spend US$72 mn on journalism institute 28 Nov 2018 - 08:22 am

Sydney, A billionaire Australian philanthropist vowed Wednesday to spend at least AU$100 million (US$72 million) of her fortune to create a journalism institute...

Pakistan likely to pay back IMF before Chinese debt-US Treasury official 28 Nov 2018 - 08:00 am

WASHINGTON, Pakistan is likely to pay off an International Monetary Fund bailout before its loans from China come due, easing concerns that IMF...

Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal flight: safety agency 28 Nov 2018 - 07:33 am

Jakarta, A Lion Air jet that crashed last month should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem and never permitted to make...

Brexit: British youth lobby MPs for second referendum 27 Nov 2018 - 11:36 pm

LONDON: Students and young people from across the U.K. on Tuesday travelled to London to lobby their MPs in parliament to support a...

South Korea apologizes over vagrants' detention, forced work 27 Nov 2018 - 10:54 pm

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's top public prosecutor on Tuesday apologized over what he described as a botched investigation into the enslavement and...

Chicago cops on trial for alleged coverup of black teen's shooting 27 Nov 2018 - 10:54 pm

Chicago: Three former and current Chicago police officers went on trial Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to lie about the fatal police shooting of...

Bomb, gun threats lock down Georgia school district 27 Nov 2018 - 09:52 pm

DECATUR, Ga.: Police say multiple schools are on lockdown in an Atlanta suburb as police investigate a bomb threat at one school and...

Ex-official from Venezuela sentenced to decade in US prison 27 Nov 2018 - 09:28 pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: A former Venezuelan official has been sentenced by a U.S. judge to a decade in federal prison for taking...

Benoit Quennedey: French Senate official accused of spying for North Korea 27 Nov 2018 - 09:28 pm

Paris: France's Senate said Tuesday it had suspended a senior French civil servant arrested on suspicion of spying for North Korea. Benoit Quennedey,...

European court rules Russia discriminated against gay people 27 Nov 2018 - 09:28 pm

STRASBOURG: Russia discriminated against gay people by banning their rallies, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday, eight years after a...

Report: Manafort met with Julian Assange ahead of 2016 leaks 27 Nov 2018 - 08:11 pm

WASHINGTON: A British newspaper alleges that Paul Manafort secretly met WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London within days or...