Plastic found in over 70 pct of deep ocean fish: study

6 years ago

LONDON - Plastic particles have been found in almost three quarters of fish living in the ocean depths in northwest Atlantic, one of the highest frequencies of microplastic in fish...

Egypt court enlists 16 as terrorists including ex-presidential candidate

6 years ago

CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Tuesday issued a ruling enlisting 16 persons including head of Strong Egypt Party and former presidency candidate Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh on the lists of terrorists,...

Cholera outbreak kills 18 in central Tanzania since October

6 years ago

ARUSHA, Tanzania - An outbreak of cholera in central Tanzania's Dodoma region of has left 18 dead in four months, a health official said on Tuesday.  Since last October, 470 cholera...

Nearly 200 dead in Syria enclave as UN warns situation 'out of control'

6 years ago

ARBIN, Syria - Air strikes hit Syria's Eastern Ghouta for a third straight day on Tuesday, bringing the civilian death toll to nearly 200 as the UN warned the situation...

SAARC parliamentary body appeals for restoration of democracy in Maldives

6 years ago

Colombo [Sri Lanka] - Expressing concern over the ongoing political crisis in the Maldives, where democratic norms have been cast aside, the Chairman of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians...

Iran teams find wreckage of plane in Zagros mountains

6 years ago

TEHRAN - Iranian search teams found the wreckage on Tuesday of a plane that went missing in the Zagros mountains two days earlier with 66 people on board, a spokesman said.  ...

Syria bombardment of rebel enclave kills 18 civilians: monitor

6 years ago

BEIRUT - Heavy Syrian regime bombardment of rebel-held Eastern Ghouta killed at least 18 civilians on Monday, a monitor said, as government forces appeared to prepare for a ground assault.  The...

Swiss welcome Russia parliament head despite EU-US sanctions

6 years ago

GENEVA - Russia's parliamentary speaker, slapped with US and EU sanctions, will meet the Swiss foreign minister Monday during a visit that Bern said aims to foster "dialogue" on the Ukraine...

Syrian army to enter Afrin under deal with Kurdish forces: report

6 years ago

DAMASCUS - The Syrian army and the Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement on the army's entry into the Afrin enclave where Turkey is launching a military offensive, a report...

27 paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters killed in ambush in central Iraq

6 years ago

BAGHDAD - Up to 27 members of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters were killed in an ambush by Islamic State (IS) militants near the town of Hawijah in Kirkuk province, a...

7,400-year-old rice grains discovered in central China

6 years ago

CHANGSHA - New archaeological discoveries show that people in central China were already eating rice more than 7,000 years ago.  Three carbonized rice grains have been identified at the Gaomiao...

Hundreds stranded for hours in cable cars breakdown in Malaysia

6 years ago

KUALA LUMPUR - More the 80 people were trapped inside the cable cars while hundreds more stranded for hours due to a breakdown at Malaysia's northern resort island of Langkawi late...

Bodies of 9 Afghan civilians kidnapped by IS found in eastern province

6 years ago

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The bodies of nine civilians abducted by the Islamic State (IS) group from Kot district of the eastern Nangarhar province 18 months ago have been found, spokesman for...

150 rescued as huge waves batter Australia's east coast

6 years ago

SYDNEY - Due to Tropical Cyclone Gita, which is to hit New Zealand in the next 24 hours, Australian authorities warned of dangerous surf conditions on Monday as massive 4-meter...

Six wounded in bomb attack in Iraq's Baghdad

6 years ago

BAGHDAD - At least six people were wounded Sunday in a bomb blast in downtown Baghdad, while the police arrested head of a criminal gang in Iraq's eastern province of...