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Some 200 arrested in anti-mafia operation in Italy, Germany: Police 09 Jan 2018 - 09:45 am

ROME, Some 200 members of one of Italy's most infamous mafia groups were arrested in an operation in Italy and Germany, police said...

Apple urged to study iPhone addiction in children 09 Jan 2018 - 09:17 am

New York, Two large shareholders urged Apple to study whether iPhones are proving addictive for children and that intensive use of the smartphones...

Iranian oil tanker burns for third day after collision off China coast 09 Jan 2018 - 08:49 am

BEIJING, A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea was still on fire on...

Singapore holds 17 men, seizes tanker over alleged Shell oil theft 09 Jan 2018 - 08:32 am

Singapore, Singaporean authorities have arrested 17 men for allegedly stealing fuel from a major Shell refinery, and have also seized an oil tanker...

China races to prevent environmental disaster from stricken tanker 09 Jan 2018 - 07:57 am

Beijing: China raced to contain oil leaking from an Iranian tanker stricken off its eastern coast Tuesday amid warnings the burning ship could...

Who’s in, who’s out? UK PM May reshuffles her ministerial team 08 Jan 2018 - 09:53 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May made changes to her ministerial team on Monday, hoping to re-energise a party damaged by divisions over...

Hoping for a new start, Britain’s May appoints new Conservative Party head 08 Jan 2018 - 09:46 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May named a new head of the ruling Conservatives on Monday in a reshuffle aimed at handing her...

Half of British voters say May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal: ORB poll 08 Jan 2018 - 09:37 pm

LONDON: Half of British voters believe Prime Minister Theresa May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal, according to an ORB poll...

Britain arrests French suspect in Sarkozy financing probe 08 Jan 2018 - 09:25 pm

London: British police have detained a French businessman as part of a long-running investigation into suspected Libyan financing of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007...

Oprah for president? Speech sparks fevered speculation 08 Jan 2018 - 07:59 pm

New York: Could Oprah Winfrey run for president and beat Donald Trump? Hollywood, liberals and ardent fans are abuzz with speculation that the...

Kuwait to host Iraq reconstruction summit 08 Jan 2018 - 06:34 pm

Kuwait City: Kuwait will host an international conference in February on the reconstruction of war-torn Iraq, in cooperation with the World Bank and...

Jordan arrests 17 suspected of plotting attacks 08 Jan 2018 - 05:06 pm

Amman: Jordan's intelligence service said Monday it has arrested 17 people suspected of links to the Islamic State group and of planning attacks...

Two injured in fire at New York’s Trump Tower 08 Jan 2018 - 04:52 pm

NEW YORK: Two people were injured, one seriously, in an early-morning fire near the top of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, the New...

Syria regime takes on two rebel bastions 08 Jan 2018 - 02:19 pm

Regime forces upped the pressure on two of the last rebel bastions in Syria on Monday, pounding the Eastern Ghouta enclave near Damascus...

U.S. military helicopter makes emergency landing at Japanese hotel 08 Jan 2018 - 01:39 pm

TOKYO: A U.S. attack helicopter made an emergency landing in the grounds of a hotel on Japan’s Okinawa island on Monday, the latest...

Thai king orders history-themed festival paying homage to past monarchs 08 Jan 2018 - 12:22 pm

BANGKOK, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has ordered a history-themed festival for the public, a government spokesman said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian...