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Trump says top diplomat Tillerson out, names Pompeo successor 13 Mar 2018 - 03:57 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North...

Nepal's first female president wins second term 13 Mar 2018 - 03:43 pm

Kathmandu: Nepal's lawmakers Tuesday elected President Bidya Bhandari for a second term, extending the tenure of the Himalayan nation's first female head of...

Turkish bus hits truck, bursts into flames; 11 dead 13 Mar 2018 - 03:20 pm

ANKARA, Turkey: A passenger bus hit a truck and burst into flames in central Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, including...

An English town puzzles over a spy who came in from the cold 13 Mar 2018 - 02:51 pm

SALISBURY, England: For Amber McAuley, life in Salisbury - a picturesque cathedral town best known as the gateway to Stonehenge - has become...

Nepal plane crash came after confused pilot-airport chatter 13 Mar 2018 - 02:37 pm

KATHMANDU, Nepal: "I say again, turn!" the air traffic controller called over the radio, his voice rising, as the flight from Bangladesh swerved...

7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly 13 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm

Beirut: Syria enters its eighth year of war on Thursday, free of the jihadist "caliphate" but torn apart by an international power struggle...

'Destroyed' Venezuela needs $15 bln per year: presidential hopeful's aide 13 Mar 2018 - 01:55 pm

CARACAS: Venezuela needs to dollarize its economy, seek $15 billion to $20 billion a year from abroad, and ease oil sector taxes to...

Russia 'not guilty' of poisoning, ready to cooperate: Lavrov 13 Mar 2018 - 01:51 pm

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday insisted that Moscow is not to blame for the poisoning of a Russian former double...

Bus crash kills 38 in Ethiopia: state media 13 Mar 2018 - 01:48 pm

Addis Ababa: Thirty-eight people have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged off an embankment in northern Ethiopia, state media said...

Hillary Clinton: US did not 'deserve' Trump presidency 13 Mar 2018 - 01:46 pm

MUMBAI, India: Hillary Clinton told an audience in India that the United States did not "deserve" Donald Trump's presidency and these are "perilous...

Malaysian among militants who can succeed IS regional chief 13 Mar 2018 - 01:44 pm

MANILA, Philippines: An official says two militants, one Filipino and the other Malaysian, who survived the crushing of a siege of a southern...

Iranian parliament votes to retain labor minister 13 Mar 2018 - 01:42 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to retain the country's labor minister after a hearing on his alleged mismanagement of unemployment and...

China rejects Canadian accusation of steel dumping 13 Mar 2018 - 01:39 pm

Beijing: China on Tuesday dismissed Canadian accusations that it was flooding global markets with cheap steel, saying overcapacity in the industry was an...

Slovak PM under pressure to agree early election as coalition unravels 13 Mar 2018 - 01:37 pm

BRATISLAVA: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was under pressure on Tuesday to agree to an early election after a junior party looked set...

Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city 13 Mar 2018 - 01:35 pm

Beirut: Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of...

U.S. detecting some Taliban interest in Afghan peace talks - Mattis 13 Mar 2018 - 01:33 pm

KABUL: The United States is picking up signs of interest from Taliban elements in exploring the possibility of talks with Kabul to end...

Malaysia's Mahathir says he can win a fair election but expects it to be "terribly dirty" 13 Mar 2018 - 01:31 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said his opposition alliance could easily win a general election that must be...