BEIRUT: As a tenuous ceasefire took hold in Gaza this month, Israel launched more airstrikes on southern Lebanon — 11…
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TOKYO: Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling…
Read More »VIENNA: Austria deported an Afghan national back to his home country on Tuesday for the first time since the Taliban…
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WASHINGTON: The 20-day US federal government shutdown is likely to end this week, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said…
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LONDON: Police were investigating Monday what they called a hate crime after a mosque was set on fire in an…
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THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted the first militia leader ever put on trial for atrocities committed…
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SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Choe Hyon naval destroyer at a military exhibition, state media KCNA…
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BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday ordered urgent relief efforts after flooding triggered by days of heavy rain…
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WASHINGTON: The bitter tribalism that drove the United States into a government shutdown is putting compromise out of reach, analysts…
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STOCKHOLM: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their…
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