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10 people killed in Pakistan blast 13 Dec 2015 - 11:29 am

Islamabad: At least 10 people were killed and 30 others were injured on Sunday in a bomb blast in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal...

North Korean pop band cancels Beijing concert, leaves for home 13 Dec 2015 - 10:51 am

Members of the Moranbong Band of North Korea arrive at Beijing International Airport before departing from Beijing, China, in this photo taken by...

Woman wins seat on Mecca municipal council in Saudi polls: Official 13 Dec 2015 - 10:46 am

Saudi election officials count votes at the end of the municipal elections, on December 12, 2015 in the Saudi city of Jeddah. AFP ...

Pakistan, India should resolve core issues: Imran Khan 13 Dec 2015 - 10:08 am

File photo of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. Reuters Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has asked India and Pakistan to resolve long-standing...

India cheers as Paris delivers 'historic' climate accord 13 Dec 2015 - 10:03 am

File photo of India's Environment and Foreign Minister Prakash Javadekar. Reuters Paris: Amid cheers, hugs and tears of joy, delegates from 196 countries...

Historic municipal poll concludes peacefully in Saudi Arabia 13 Dec 2015 - 09:27 am

Riyadh: The historic poll for 3,159 seats at 284 municipal councils across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concluded peacefully on Saturday amid reports...

Fire at Russian hospital kills 21: ministry 13 Dec 2015 - 09:19 am

Photo from video. Moscow: A fire at a psychiatric hospital in southern Russia killed 21 people, the country's emergencies ministry said on Sunday....

As garbage mountains rise, Indonesian capital faces waste crisis 13 Dec 2015 - 09:15 am

This picture taken on November 13, 2015 shows a child scavenging at the dump area of Bantar Gebang, Bekasi districk, on the outskirts...

Vast desert sun farm to help light up Morocco 13 Dec 2015 - 09:13 am

A picture taken on October 17, 2015 shows a car driving past solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant,...

Two dead in MTV helicopter crash in Argentina 13 Dec 2015 - 09:09 am

Photo released by Noticias Argentinas of policemen standing near a police helicopter after a helicopter carrying two members of a team recording for...

Dozens injured in German protest clashes 13 Dec 2015 - 09:07 am

Berlin: More than 50 police officers and several demonstrators were injured in clashes in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday as...

World 'met the moment' with historic climate accord 13 Dec 2015 - 09:04 am

Washington: President Barack Obama on Saturday praised the "strong" and historic" accord hammered out in Paris, which he said could mark "a turning...

'Cooking up history': Best quotes from Paris climate talks 13 Dec 2015 - 12:47 am

Le Bourget, France: Here are 10 of the best quotes from the 13-day UN climate conference in Paris, which sealed a historic pact...

UN climate deal blow to fossil fuels: green groups 13 Dec 2015 - 12:42 am

Le Bourget, France: A global accord for taming global warming, sealed at UN talks in Paris on Saturday, represents a potential body-blow to...

France seeks to form coalition of ambition, carbon price 13 Dec 2015 - 12:31 am

PARIS: France will revise its domestic goals for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020 and will seek to build a coalition of nations striving...

China, India, hail hard-fought Paris climate pact 13 Dec 2015 - 12:23 am

Prakash Javadekar Le Bourget: China and India, the world's two most populous nations and biggest developing country greenhouse-gas polluters, hailed Saturday's adoption of...

Before Paris climate deal, a landgrab on the web 13 Dec 2015 - 12:17 am

John Niles PARIS: Months before the world’s nations began forging a climate accord in Paris, a California environmentalist named John Niles was digging...

87 killed in Burundi clashes: army 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Gaspard Baratuza Nairobi: Seventy-nine rebels and eight government soldiers died during and after Friday's coordinated attacks on three military bases in Burundi, the...