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Ethiopia trash dump landslide death toll rises to 115 16 Mar 2017 - 10:06 am

ADDIS ABABA: Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday...

Hawaii judge freezes Trump's revamped travel ban 16 Mar 2017 - 09:51 am

Honolulu: A federal court in Hawaii on Wednesday halted Donald Trump's revised executive order temporarily closing US borders to refugees and nationals from...

Military wins in first Trump budget; environment, aid lose big 16 Mar 2017 - 09:36 am

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will ask the U.S. Congress for dramatic cuts to many federal programs as he seeks to bulk up defense...

Prince William and Kate visit Paris 20 years after Diana's death 16 Mar 2017 - 09:22 am

Paris: Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate will pay an official visit to Paris on Friday and Saturday, months before the 20th...

Philippine lawmakers punished for opposing death penalty 16 Mar 2017 - 09:13 am

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's ruling party stripped a dozen lawmakers of congressional leadership posts for voting against the death penalty, which critics...

Russia sends 150 demining experts to Syria's Palmyra: agencies 16 Mar 2017 - 09:08 am

MOSCOW: More than 150 Russian demining experts have arrived in Syria to help demine the ancient city of Palmyra, Russian news agencies quoted...

Four Islamic State-linked militants killed in raid in Bangladesh: police 16 Mar 2017 - 09:00 am

Dhaka: Four suspected militants, including a woman, from a group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State were killed in a shootout on...

13 killed in Kenya in drought-related violence 15 Mar 2017 - 07:17 pm

Nairobi: Thirteen people, mostly women and children, have been killed in central Kenya this week in a cycle of violence between rival farming...

UAE jails Jordanian journalist over Facebook comments 15 Mar 2017 - 06:22 pm

Abu Dhabi: An Abu Dhabi court jailed Wednesday a Jordanian journalist for three years over Facebook comments deemed insulting to the United Arab...

France plans to close another migrant camp 15 Mar 2017 - 06:08 pm

Paris: France said Wednesday that security forces would start dismantling another migrant camp on its northern coast near the port of Dunkirk "as...

Dozens killed in fresh clashes on Myanmar's China border 15 Mar 2017 - 04:35 pm

Yangon: Raging battles on Myanmar's border with China have claimed dozens more lives, military and official sources said Wednesday, as the mounting death...

Bombs rock Damascus as war enters seventh year 15 Mar 2017 - 04:03 pm

Damascus: Two suicide bombings hit Damascus Wednesday including an attack at a central courthouse that killed at least 32 people, as Syria's war...

Second blast hits Rabweh area in Damascus after court attack 15 Mar 2017 - 03:54 pm

Damascus: A second blast hit the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday after a suicide attack at a central courthouse killed at least 25...

Tripoli armed factions take over rival's compound in heavy fighting 15 Mar 2017 - 03:19 pm

TRIPOLI: Armed groups aligned with a U.N.-backed government in Tripoli took over a compound occupied by a self-declared rival prime minister in heavy...

Nigeria: 6, including 4 female teenaged bombers killed 15 Mar 2017 - 03:11 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least six people, including four female teenaged suicide bombers were killed and 16 others were injured in an attack in...

Strike kills 11 in Syria’s Idlib 15 Mar 2017 - 03:06 pm

IDLIB, Syria: Eleven civilians were killed and another 13 injured Wednesday when regime aircraft struck targets in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib, according...

Dozens reported killed, injured by suicide bomber at Damascus court 15 Mar 2017 - 02:43 pm

Update: 14:58 BEIRUT: A suicide bomber killed 25 people and injured several others at a Damascus courthouse on Wednesday, state-run news agency SANA...