Eight children, 7 women among casualties in Syria bombings
GENEVA, Switzerland - An international humanitarian and medical aid organisation operating in Syria has denounced the shelling of civilian areas ...
Days after Warsaw forum, Israel accused of 'theft' by Arab League
CAIRO, Egypt - Just days after foreign ministers from Arab nations sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in ...
Jeremy Corbyn disappointed with 7 breakaways
LONDON, UK - Seven Labour Party MPs have resigned from the party to form their own group with shared policies, ...
Civilians blocked from leaving as ISIS makes last ditch stand
Diehard jihadists have blocked roads out of the last scrap of their Islamic State group "caliphate" in Syria, US-backed forces ...
Rape and other sexual assaults rampant in South Sudan, says UN agency
Sexual violence in South Sudan has been rampant, prompting a call from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, for urgent ...
Pipe bomb explodes at home in Craigavon, second device found
CO. ARMAGH, Northern Ireland - An explosion at a house in Craigavon, Co. Armagh, in Northern Ireland on Saturday night ...
Theresa May lines up another meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker
LONDON UK - British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker this week, ...
Pressure on Trump and Kim Jong Un in upcoming summit
SEOUL, South Korea - The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in ...
5 police officers wounded in shoot-out with gunman who killed 5 people
CHICAGO, Illinois - Five people have been shot dead and a number of others wounded by a gunman at an ...
U.S. Air Force officer helped Iran wage cyber attack on U.S.
WASHINGTON DC - A former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist who defected to Iran six years ago has been charged ...
UN condemns bombing that killed 27 Revolutionary Guards in Iran
NEW YORK, New York - The bombing of a bus in southeast Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province this week that killed 27 ...
Global head of corporate law at Apple facing fraud charges
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed insider trading charges against a former senior attorney at ...
Pence says Iran openly advocating another Holocaust
WARSAW, Poland - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence zeroed in on Iran on Thursday when he addressed Polish Prime Minister Mateusz ...
Crackdown on mail distribution centre in Darwin results in seizures
DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia - A crackdown on the sending of illicit substances and other illegal items through the post ...
Nepal PM claims of successfully managing decade-long Maoist conflict
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 19 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday claimed that his government has successfully managed ...
Scotland wreaks Havoc on Oman, bundle them out for 24.
Al Amarat [Oman], Feb 19 (ANI): Scotland reduced Oman to the fourth lowest List-A score in cricket history as bundled ...
Pak asks UN to "defuse tensions" with India post Pulwama attack
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 19 (ANI): Pakistan has called for UN intervention to "defuse tensions" with India in the wake of ...
England's Adil Rashid returns to his preferred ODI format
London [United Kingdom], Feb 19 (ANI): England spinner Adil Rashid, who had flew back home to attend the birth of ...
Caroline Wozniacki pulls out of Dubai C'ship due to illness
Dubai [UAE], Feb 19 (ANI): Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki has withdrawn from the ongoing Dubai Duty Free Tennis ...
Amul celebrates 'Gully Boy' with its new doodle
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Gully Boy' has won a million hearts owing to ...
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SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia were broadly higher on Tuesday, adding to gains of a day earlier. In Hong ...
Business community in Ireland urged to prepare for Brexit
DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland has begun warning businesses to start preparing for Brexit. Businesses are being urged to contact their ...
U.S. stocks trade higher, Dow gains 1.74%
NEW YORK, New York, Wall Street was upbeat on Mon day, in a good start to the week. Optimism about ...
Saudi crown prince kicks off Asian tour with $20b kicker for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Saudi Arabia has agreed to invest an intial $20 billion in Pakistan, and plans to invest much ...
Greenback takes a hit in Asia
SYDNEY, Australia - The U.S. dollar fell sharply against all the major currencies in Asia on Monday. The euro regained ...
Turkey moves to ease tightening credit environment
ANKARA, Turkey - The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has lowered reserve requirement ratios to improve liquidity in ...
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