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Philippine parliament scraps budget for contraceptives 06 Jan 2016 - 01:09 pm

File photo taken in August 2012 shows people rallying for the passage of a bill providing greater access to birth control in Quezon...

Palestinians call for Greek action on Israel plane 'apartheid' 06 Jan 2016 - 12:27 pm

Jerusalem: The Palestinian leadership on Wednesday demanded the Greek government act after two Arab passengers were expelled from an Israel-bound flight, saying the...

Oman says regrets attacks on Saudi missions in Iran: ONA 06 Jan 2016 - 12:20 pm

MUSCAT: Oman expressed regret on Wednesday at attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran over Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric, but...

Malaysia bans bauxite mining for three months amid pollution fears 06 Jan 2016 - 12:02 pm

Malaysia's Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (C) speaks during a special press conference on bauxite mining activities in Kuala Lumpur on January...

Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis 06 Jan 2016 - 11:55 am

Saud Usman Nasution, the head of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency, gestures during an interview at his office in Bogor, January 5, 2016. By...

Hong Kong on holiday health alert after China bird flu death 06 Jan 2016 - 11:42 am

File picture for representation only HONG KONG: A woman in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being infected with the...

Israel approves construction of new settlement in West Bank 06 Jan 2016 - 11:37 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has reportedly approved an expansion of the West Bank Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem to include...

Suu Kyi's victorious party to join parliament on February 1 06 Jan 2016 - 11:23 am

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark 68th anniversary of Myanmar's Independence day at the...

Merkel's office sealed off due to suspicious package: Police 06 Jan 2016 - 11:16 am

File photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel BERLIN: The office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been sealed off due to a suspicious...

China 'firmly opposes' North Korean nuclear test: Beijing 06 Jan 2016 - 11:02 am

This picture taken on Jan 6, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un signing a document of a hydrogen bomb test in Pyongyang....

Islamic State vows to destroy Saudi prisons after executions 06 Jan 2016 - 10:50 am

File photo for representation only RIYADH: The Islamic State group pledged to destroy Saudi Arabian prisons holding jihadists after Riyadh's execution of 47...

Malaysia Airlines baggage allowance restored to normal 06 Jan 2016 - 10:45 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) on Wednesday restored the normal baggage allowance and the normal route for its flights to Europe. "All Malaysia...

Consider limiting odd-even formula for a week: HC tells Delhi government 06 Jan 2016 - 10:33 am

File photo of the civil defence members on the day odd-even was introduced in Delhi New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday...

17 union ministers to tour Uttar Pradesh 06 Jan 2016 - 10:28 am

File photo of BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak Lucknow: In what is possibly the biggest outreach by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in...

Maoists kill TDP leader for supporting bauxite mining 06 Jan 2016 - 10:23 am

Visakhapatnam: Maoists shot dead a former sarpanch (village headman) of the ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh's Viskhapatnam district late Tuesday, police...

'Anti Pak-India elements won't succeed in their plans' 06 Jan 2016 - 10:19 am

Pic for representation only Islamabad: Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Wednesday said some anti Pak-India elements want to sabotage the...

ISIS detonates Ramadi hospital in Western Iraq 06 Jan 2016 - 10:14 am

Baghdad: ISIS organization managed to detonate some parts of Ramadi General Hospital in Iraq's Anbar province, before the arrival of the Iraqi security...

Combing operations continue in Pathankot; focus on NIA probe 06 Jan 2016 - 10:12 am

Indian security personnel stands guard at IAF base in Pathankot. Reuters Pathankot/Gurdaspur (Punjab): Combing operations continued on Wednesday to sanitise the Pathankot Air...