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Italy navy recovers six bodies, rescues 209 from migrant boats 28 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

File picture of an earlier incident involving migrants ROME: Italy’s navy rescued 290 migrants and recovered six bodies from the water near a...

Algerians jailed over Cannes festival jewellery heist 28 Jan 2016 - 05:36 pm

Police patrol outside a Chopard store in Cannes after a $1m jewellery heist at the Novotel hotel. Loic Venance, AFP Grasse, France: Three...

8 killed in suicide bombing near Yemen presidential palace 28 Jan 2016 - 05:29 pm

A worker inspects damage at a car maintenance workshop after it was hit by an air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa January 28,...

Israeli campaign against artists draws accusations of ‘McCarthyism’ 28 Jan 2016 - 05:12 pm

An ultra-nationalist Israeli group that has campaigned against foreign-funded NGOs broadened its assault to include left-wing artists on Thursday, accusing authors such as...

Ivory Coast welcomes 'highly anticipated' start of Gbagbo trial 28 Jan 2016 - 05:08 pm

Addis Ababa: Ivory Coast's foreign minster welcomed Thursday the start of the trial of former president Laurent Gbagbo, accused of fomenting post-poll violence...

WHO says extremely alarmed by Zika, could reach 4 million cases 28 Jan 2016 - 04:26 pm

China's Margaret Chan, General Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks about the Information Session on Zika virus for WHO Member States,...

India names 20 cities for $7.5 billion smart makeover 28 Jan 2016 - 03:47 pm

Indian Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu NEW DELHI: India named 20 cities on Thursday which it says will be provided with uninterrupted power...

More than 800 'fugitives' returned to China: govt 28 Jan 2016 - 03:46 pm

Beijing: China's controversial campaign to hunt down alleged white-collar criminals living abroad netted 857 fugitives last year, the country's public security ministry said....

NATO mulls first Russia talks since 2014: Stoltenberg 28 Jan 2016 - 03:11 pm

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference to present Nato annual report 2015 in Brussels, Belgium, 28 January 2016. Brussels: NATO...

Pakistani cleric says willing to review blasphemy law 28 Jan 2016 - 03:07 pm

Muhammad Khan Sherani. By Tommy Wilkes and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD: The head of a powerful religious body said on Thursday he is willing...

Taiwan president says visit to disputed island promotes peace 28 Jan 2016 - 02:56 pm

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou(C) arrives on a press conference upon his arrival from visiting Taiping Island in South China Sea, at the zhongshan...

Swiss immigration slows, asylum requests boom 28 Jan 2016 - 02:33 pm

File photo of people in Zurich walking past a poster reading "Stop Mass Immigration" ahead of a previous referendum on February 9, 2014....

French, British schools on alert after bomb threats 28 Jan 2016 - 02:26 pm

Paris: Around 20 schools in France and Britain were placed on bomb alert Thursday following another round of telephone threats, the second in...

24 dead, including 10 children, in Greek migrant boat sinking: Coastguard 28 Jan 2016 - 02:16 pm

Migrants sleep covered with blankets as they wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, January 28, 2016. REUTERS...

Syrian opposition's Manna demands U.N. rethinks talks invites 28 Jan 2016 - 02:07 pm

Haytham Manna, co-leader of an opposition group called the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), talks to reporter outside a hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland January...