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New York City house fire kills 5, including children 24 Apr 2017 - 02:46 pm

NEW YORK: Investigators are scouring for clues about what sparked a fast-moving New York City house fire that killed five people, including two...

Swedish police arrest second suspect in truck attack 24 Apr 2017 - 02:44 pm

HELSINKI: Swedish police say they have arrested a second person in a truck attack that killed four people and injured 15 others in...

Mass murder complaint filed against Filipino president 24 Apr 2017 - 01:47 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: A Filipino lawyer has filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) a mass murder complaint against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte....

Erdogan accuses French researcher of 'inciting assassination' 24 Apr 2017 - 01:45 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's lawyer has lodged a complaint against a former French diplomat accusing him of inciting an assassination of the...

Sweden arrests another suspect over Stockholm attack 24 Apr 2017 - 12:44 pm

Stockholm: Sweden has arrested a second suspect over the deadly Stockholm truck attack, prosecutors said Monday. Four people were killed, including two Swedes,...

Syrian refugees are New York tourists for the day 24 Apr 2017 - 12:24 pm

New York: After fleeing war in Syria and arriving in America with her family four months ago, for one day Mona Hafez is...

3 suicide bombers killed in Nigeria 24 Apr 2017 - 12:21 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Three people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said Monday. A...

Lawyer for Philippines hit-man files complaint against Duterte at ICC 24 Apr 2017 - 12:17 pm

HONG KONG/THE HAGUE: A Philippines lawyer filed a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and senior officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on...

Israel detains 12 Palestinians in West Bank raids 24 Apr 2017 - 12:12 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces rounded up 12 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to the Israel military. The...

5 dead in New York City fire 24 Apr 2017 - 12:09 pm

NEW YORK: Five people, including three children, died Sunday afternoon in New York City after a fast-moving fire gutted a Queens Village residence,...

10 soldiers killed in road blast in northern Somalia 24 Apr 2017 - 12:05 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least ten soldiers were killed and more than eight others were wounded after a road blast targeted a military vehicle...

Belfast bomb 'intended to kill officers', police say 24 Apr 2017 - 11:59 am

LONDON: A bomb discovered on Saturday night near a school in Belfast was intended to kill police officers, according to a senior officer....

2 soldiers martyred in PKK attack in southeast Turkey 24 Apr 2017 - 11:55 am

SIRNAK, Turkey: Two soldiers succumbed to their wounds at a state hospital in southeastern Sirnak province on Sunday, according to a security source....

OSCE patrol vehicle hits mine in Ukraine, one dead 24 Apr 2017 - 11:52 am

KIEV: One member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck...

Myanmar: 'Wife's Facebook use prompts' man to kill baby 24 Apr 2017 - 11:48 am

YANGON, Myanmar: A Myanmar man was arrested on Sunday for beating his one-month-old baby son to death after a fight with his wife...

Indian minister ridiculed as bizarre drought plot backfires 24 Apr 2017 - 11:42 am

New Delhi: An Indian politician who attempted to cover a dam in sheets of polystyrene has been left red-faced after his bizarre water-saving...

No hurry as India's inspirational centenarian wins gold 24 Apr 2017 - 11:29 am

Auckland: With a jaunty victory dance, 101-year-old Man Kaur celebrated winning the 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland on...

Occupation forces ban visits for hunger striking detainees 24 Apr 2017 - 11:18 am

Ramallah: The joint media committee of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said underlined that the Israeli Occupation Prison Authority...