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Four castaways rescued off Mexico after month adrift 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Mexico City: The Mexican navy has rescued four fishermen from Colombia and Ecuador who spent more than a month adrift in...

Austrian far-right party says to eject MP over anti-Semitic exchange 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Susanne Winter VIENNA: Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) said on Monday it would dismiss a member of its parliamentary group for an anti-Semitic...

'World's largest' floating wind farm gets ok in Scotland 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Construction on the UK’s first floating offshore windfarm is to begin in 2016. Photograph: Øyvind Hagen / Statoil ASA London: The Scottish government...

South African police surrender after caught on camera killing suspect 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image JOHANNESBURG: South African police officers who killed a suspected robber by shooting him in the head as he lay on the...

Space station marks 15 years of astronaut life 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

The first crew on the International Space Station arrived on November 2, 2000 Miami: Astronauts have circled the Earth on board the International...

Spotlight on IS after claim it downed Russian jet 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Cairo: Despite a lack of evidence for the claim, the Islamic State group has stepped into the spotlight by saying it downed a...

Comic Carrey to film murder drama in Poland 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Warsaw: Veteran comic actor Jim Carrey will star in "True Crimes", a murder drama set to begin production on location in Poland later...

Congo opposition drops civil disobedience over election row 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Secretary-general of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) Jean-Bertrand Ewanga (C) at a protest called by the Congolese opposition, on August 4,...

Canada's new PM to move quickly on pledges, faces refugee challenge 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren TORONTO: Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will move quickly to implement campaign promises such as overhauling...

Erdogan says world must respect Turkish election result 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan smiles as he leaves from Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, November 2, 2015. Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir By Nick Tattersall...

UN pushes for final Libyan unity agreement 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

TRIPOLI: The United Nations on Monday urged Libya's warring factions to agree on a unity government after they were offered proposals to ease...

Merkel congratulates Turkish PM on election victory 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday to congratulate him on election victory and urged...

Bomb found in Maldives capital: military 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Abdulla Yameen Malé, Maldives: A remote-controlled bomb was discovered near the presidential palace in the politically charged Maldivian capital on Monday, but the...

Russian airline blames Egypt crash on 'external' factors 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline...

Adele breaks record with million song downloads 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

New York: Adele on Monday shattered a record with her long-awaited song "Hello," which became the first track downloaded more than one million...

UN Chief: Corruption must end in order to achieve sustainable development 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

St. Petersburg: Ending corruption is vital to efforts to achieve sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world's largest anti-corruption forum,...

War-weary Turkish Kurds long for end to conflict 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: As they digest the resounding victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in Turkey's general election, residents of the mainly Kurdish...