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Sunday 03/February/2019 13:00 PM

Video: US vice president Mike Pence meets Venezuelan diaspora

Muscat: US Vice President Mike Pence met members of the Venezuelan diaspora in Doral, Florida, reaffirming Washington's commitment to the South American...

Sunday 03/February/2019 12:52 PM

Eight killed in firefight between Philippine troops and terrorists

Manila: A "fierce firefight" on Saturday killed five Philippine soldiers and three militants from the notorious terrorist group suspected of this...

Sunday 03/February/2019 10:58 AM

Search for missing Sala plane to begin on Sunday

London: The privately-funded search for the missing plane carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala will begin on Sunday, conditions permitting, the...

Saturday 02/February/2019 21:29 PM

France's 'yellow vests' rail at police violence

Paris: France's "yellow vest" movement demonstrated against alleged police violence in rallies across the country on Saturday, as nearly 60...

Saturday 02/February/2019 21:24 PM

11 dead as war-damaged flats collapse in Syria's Aleppo

Damascus: Four children were among at least 11 people killed when a war-damaged block of flats collapsed in Syria's second city Aleppo on Saturday,...

Saturday 02/February/2019 19:26 PM

Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif taken to hospital

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year jail term over graft charges, was taken to hospital on Saturday,...

Saturday 02/February/2019 18:51 PM

Iran announces successful test of long-range cruise missile

Tehran: Iran announced the "successful test" of a new cruise missile with a range of over 1,350 kilometres on Saturday, coinciding with...

Saturday 02/February/2019 18:10 PM

Man smuggles month-old leopard cub on plane to India

New Delhi: A passenger who smuggled a month-old leopard cub in hand luggage on a flight from Bangkok to Chennai has been arrested, Indian authorities said...

Saturday 02/February/2019 16:55 PM

Belgium to take in ex-Ivory Coast president Gbagbo

Brussels: Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal at the International Criminal Court in The...

Saturday 02/February/2019 16:38 PM

Strong 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia

Padang(Indonesia): A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Mentawai on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The...