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Israel evacuates thousands as fire spreads in northern city

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 11:22 AM

Fire forces mass evacuationHAIFA (AP):A wildfire roared through parts of Israel's third-largest city yesterday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting a rare call-up of hundreds of military reservists to join...

Britain urges settlement of Kashmir crisis

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 11:06 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP):Britain's top diplomat yesterday urged Pakistan and India to find a lasting solution for Kashmir a day after a deadly exchange of fire killed more than a dozen people in the disputed Himalayan region.But after meeting with Pakistani...

Pence visits community kitchen, chops up veggies

Published:Wednesday | November 23, 2016 | 12:34 PM

Pence visits community kitchen, chops up veggiesUnited States Vice-President-elect Mike Pence visited a community kitchen in Indianapolis and promised an 80-year-old volunteer a ride on the government plane he uses.Pence and his wife, Karen, toured...

Trump win could give Israel freer hand with Palestinians

Published:Wednesday | November 23, 2016 | 12:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP):Donald Trump's presidential victory has dimmed hopes for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and analysts say Israel maybe given carte blanche from his administration.American presidents have long struck a delicate balance in...

Dutch populist lawmaker slams his trial as 'charade'

Published:Wednesday | November 23, 2016 | 12:51 PM

Dutch populist lawmaker slams his trial as 'charade'THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP):Populist anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders delivered a fiery closing statement yesterday at his hate-speech trial, slamming his prosecution as a "charade, a disgrace for...

Americans who live near border say Trump's wall is unwelcome

Published:Tuesday | November 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LOS EBANOS, Texas (AP):All along the winding Rio Grande, the people who live in this bustling, fertile region where the US border meets the Gulf of Mexico never quite understood how Donald Trump's great wall could ever be much more than campaign...

US allows GM to delay recall to prove safety of airbags

Published:Tuesday | November 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM

DETROIT (AP):US auto safety regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective airbags, giving the company time to prove that the devices are safe and to...

British MP’s call for legalisation of cannabis in the UK

Published:Monday | November 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

THE VOICE (UK): Senior Liberal Democrats and other Tory and Labour figures backed a report that argues that the UK should follow the lead of the US in legalising cannabis. The report, by the Adam Smith Institute and Volteface, claims legalisation...

Judge allows suit by ex-TV anchor fired after online remarks

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PITTSBURGH (AP):A federal judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit filed by a former Pittsburgh newscaster fired after her comments in a Facebook post about a shooting were deemed...

German Chancellor Merkel to seek fourth term

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term as Germany's chancellor in general elections next year, the German news agency dpa reported Sunday.Dpa, citing sources at the Berlin headquarters of Merkel's...

Iraqi forces dig in as Mosul battle rages

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MOSUL (AP):Iraqi troops on Sunday fortified their positions in Mosul neighbourhoods retaken from the Islamic State (IS) group as their advance towards the city centre was slowed by sniper fire and suicide bombings, as well as concern over the safety...

Monkey attack sets off tribal clashes in Libya, 20 dead

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BENGHAZI (AP):Activists and medics say tribal clashes that erupted in southern Libya after three young men turned a pet monkey loose on a high-school girl have killed at least 20 people.The girl's family...

French conservatives voting in first presidential primary

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) -- French conservatives were voting in a nationwide primary for the first time Sunday to choose their nominee for next year's presidential election, after a campaign marked by concerns about immigration and Islamic extremism. Donald...

Trump hosts potential cabinet contenders at NJ golf club

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is welcoming a parade of officials at the white-pillared clubhouse of his New Jersey golf club this weekend as he weighs who will be in line for roles in the new administration. Trump's...

115 dead as train derails in north India; some still trapped

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PUKHRAYAN, India (AP) -- At least 115 people were killed when an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India early Sunday, with rescuers working into the night to pull people out of the mangled coaches, police said. The death...

Waterboarding will not be reinstated – McCain to Trump

Published:Saturday | November 19, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP): A leading Republican voice on national security matters says he doesn't care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not reinstate waterboarding. Senator John McCain of Arizona, chairman of the...

Sudan lauds Russia's snub of ICC, which seeks its president

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2016 | 12:00 AM

KHARTOUM (AP):Sudan has welcomed Russia's snub of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which seeks the arrest of President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges related to atrocities committed in Darfur.Ghareb...

US cardinal predicts challenging four years with Trump

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2016 | 1:36 PM

ROME (AP):Pope Francis' surprise pick for cardinal, American Archbishop Joseph Tobin, has said the US church has four difficult years ahead as it insists on providing a refuge to migrants and refugees during a Donald Trumpadministration.Tobin knows...

Trump team 'not going to rush' Cabinet picks

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):A spokesman for United States President-elect Donald Trump said the transition team is "not going to rush" to put forward potential Cabinet selections.Jason Miller said yesterday that Trump's team wants to feel confident that their...

Afghan officials: Suicide bomber kills six in Kabul

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

KABUL (AP):A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed six people in Kabul yesterday in an attack targeting a minibus with security agents working for the government. The Islamic State (IS) affiliate in...

Brexit ambassador Boris Johnson frustrates EU leaders

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is Britain's top diplomat tasked with winning international friends as the country prepares its exit from the European Union (EU).So far, that is...

The 'Trump effect' weighs on France's presidential election

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):Donald Trump's election in the US has given a new boost to conservative leaders in what may be the next major populist battleground, France, where far-right leader Marine Le Pen...

Obama: World leaders must heed people's economic fears

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2016 | 1:18 PM

ATHENS (AP):Drawing a broad lesson from the election of Donald Trump, President Barack Obama said yesterday that world leaders need to pay attention to people's very real fears of economic dislocation and inequality in the midst ofglobalisation."The...

Germany bans Islamic organisation, police search 190 sites

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):The German government announced yesterday it had banned an Islamic group, the 'True Religion', which is suspected of targeting teenagers to radicalise to fight in Syria and Iraq. At the same time, police raided...

Iraqis demand food from troops in newly cleared Mosul areas

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MOSUL, (AP):Hundreds of Iraqi civilians spilled into the streets yesterday in eastern Mosul areas recently retaken from the Islamic State (IS) group to demand food from the military as...

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