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Brisbane, Australia: A woman was in a critical condition Thursday after she was mauled by a shark on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The 46-year-old tourist from Tasmania state was swimming Wednesday from a yacht in Cid Harbor on Whitsunday Island off the Queensland state coast when she was attacked by a shark that mauled an upp

Dubai:  Qatar Airways says it suffered a $69 million loss this year off revenue of $11.5 billion amid a boycott of Doha by four Arab nations.The carrier made the announcement in a statement Tuesday, over a year after the boycott saw Qatar Airways locked out the airspace of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Qatar Airways al

Dubai:  United Arab Emirates Pakistan's new Prime Minister, the former cricket player Imran Khan, is in Saudi Arabia as part of his first overseas trip. Khan arrived in the kingdom on Tuesday and will later travel to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. While in Saudi Arabia, Khan traveled to Medina and visited the Prophet's M

New Delhi: Indian police have arrested a nurse for trying to perform an abortion on a 28-year-old woman who died at her home in southern India. District administrator S. Natrajan says the woman, a mother of three daughters, approached a private hospital on Monday in Usilampatti, a town in southern Tamil Nadu state, but doctors refused to carry o

Both sides were preparing to hold new talks on their tariff dispute. Last week Trump told reporters such a move could come "very soon."

She told the BBC in an interview scheduled to be broadcast Sunday that she is concerned for the country's future, not her own, as talks about Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union continue.

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The court gave its ruling Thursday on a petition filed by five people who challenged the law, saying they are living in fear of being harassed and prosecuted by police. In 2009, a New Delhi High Court declared

The deal represents a big return to Whitbread, which bought Costa in 1995 for 19 million pounds. Since then, Costa has grown from just 39 shops to become the biggest coffee firm in Britain. In recent years, Whitbread has invested heavily in Costa's expansion overseas.

Trump said yesterday that he was nixing a 2.1 per cent across-the-board raise for most workers as well as separate locality pay increases averaging 25.7 per cent

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg are scheduled to testify Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Royal fashion fans will be able to get a close look at the bride's silk Givenchy wedding dress and 16-foot (5-meter) veil, as well as the diamond-and-platinum tiara loaned to Meghan by Queen Elizabeth II.

The National Weather Service warned that Lane will get "perilously close" to Hawaii and that some areas could see up to 30 inches (about 80 centimeters) before the system passes.

Mecca: More than 2 million Muslims have begun the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. From first light on Sunday, throngs of the faithful have circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God. Observant Muslims around the world face toward the

The victims have been sent to trauma centres across the city after the shooting started around 10 p.m. on Sunday outside the restaurant on Danforth Avenue in Greektown

Shyamalan says his film will likely be on the edge of a PG-13 and R-rating. It will be released in North American theaters in January.

Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan must reduce the stockpile to keep the pact in place stably.

France led 2-1 at halftime courtesy of the first own-goal and the first video-reviewed penalty in a World Cup final.