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UK's 'youngest knife murderers' handed detention terms 27 Sep 2024 - 05:38 pm

London: Britain's "youngest knife murderers" were on Friday sentenced to a minimum of eight-and-a-half years' detention for killing a stranger in a machete...

15 dead, dozens missing after landslide at illegal Indonesia mine 27 Sep 2024 - 05:27 pm

Jakarta: A landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Indonesia has killed at least 15 people and buried dozens of others in...

Over 700 killed in Lebanon in a week as Israel escalates strikes 27 Sep 2024 - 05:24 pm

Beirut: Over 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it...

New York mayor in court to face corruption charges 27 Sep 2024 - 05:12 pm

New York: New York's scandal-plagued Mayor EricAdamsarrived in court Friday where he was due to answer multiple fraud and bribery charges that have...

Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89 27 Sep 2024 - 04:49 pm

London: Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new...

18 dead in Sudan's El-Fasher after paramilitary attack on market: medic 27 Sep 2024 - 04:38 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP...

Stranded cruise ship passengers bid bitter-sweet farewell to Belfast 27 Sep 2024 - 04:30 pm

Belfast: A luxury round-the-world cruise ship beset with technical delays and docked in rainy Belfast since May is finally set to depart, prompting...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives at court in illegal-contributions case 27 Sep 2024 - 04:18 pm

New York: New York City’s embattled and indicted mayor, Eric Adams, arrived at a federal courthouse Friday morning to be arraigned on charges...

Estate agents cautiously optimistic after China stimulus plans 27 Sep 2024 - 01:39 pm

Shanghai: At the end of a week in which China's leaders announced their biggest economic stimulus measures in years, real estate agents in...

F-16 fighter jet accident caused by navigation failure, weather 27 Sep 2024 - 01:06 pm

Seoul: The US Air Force said Friday that an F-16 fighter jet accident in South Korea last December was caused by a failure...

Australia sees surge in mpox cases 27 Sep 2024 - 12:41 pm

Sydney: Australia has seen a rapid rise in mpox cases in the past three months, with one health expert concerned that low vaccination...

Libya rivals ink UN-backed deal on new central bank leadership 26 Sep 2024 - 09:55 pm

Tripoli: Representatives of war-torn Libya's rival administrations on Thursday signed an agreement to name a new governor for the beleaguered central bank that...

Death toll from Israeli raid on Younine, eastern Lebanon rises to 20 26 Sep 2024 - 09:35 pm

Beirut: The Lebanese Ministry of Health has announced that the death toll from the Israeli raid on the town of Younine, eastern Lebanon,...

Melania Trump opens up about attempts on ex-president's life 26 Sep 2024 - 08:23 pm

Washington: Former US first lady Melania Trump recalled learning that her husband had been bloodied by a would-be assassin's bullet, describing his near-miss...

Israeli occupation forces murder 41,534 civilians, injures 96,092 others since beginning of genocide on Gaza 26 Sep 2024 - 07:58 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) murdered at least 41,534 Palestinian civilians and injured at least 96,092 others since the beginning of the...

'Unsurvivable' Hurricane Helene races towards Florida 26 Sep 2024 - 07:21 pm

Tallahassee, United States: Parts of Florida face "unsurvivable" conditions when Hurricane Helene hits later Thursday, the US weather service said, warning that howling...