More than two million new refugees this year — UN
GENEVA: Conflicts, violence and persecution in Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have forced more than two million people to…
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Worst mass shootings in the modern United States
WASHINGTON: After a gunman killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert Sunday, here are some of the…
US body clock geneticists win Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM: US geneticists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young were awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for…
Trump to address nation after music festival carnage
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is set to address the nation after a shooting massacre in Las Vegas – the most…
EU urges ‘unity’ in Catalan crisis
BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday urged all sides in the crisis over Catalonia’s banned independence referendum to “move very swiftly…
50 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting
Las Vegas (AFP) – A gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 when he opened fire…
Japan makes sake tax-free for foreigners
TOKYO: Foreign tourists now can buy sake and other alcoholic beverages tax-free at breweries and distilleries in Japan, Japan’s…
Mountains of garbage and despair in India’s dirtiest city
GONDA CITY: Flies throng over piles of faeces, the drains overflow with sewage and the foul smell in the air…