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Kuwait denies radiation leakage from refinery 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) denied today any radiation leakage from Shuaiba Refinery following the fire accident that broke out inside the...

Insight: How conservatives bested corporate lobbying machine on US EXIM 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By David Lawder WASHINGTON: When Boeing Co., General Electric Co. and other companies wanted to show Congress last February the dangers of closing...

Mixed martial arts fighter arrested for throwing tile at California police 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES: Mixed martial arts fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller was arrested on Friday on a charge of suspicion of assault...

Obama says "no meeting of minds" with Russia on Syria 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Friday the only area of U.S. understanding with Russia on Syria was on how to prevent accidental...

Opinion: After a suicide bombing, can Turkey pull back from the brink? 16 Oct 2015 - 06:54 pm

By Andrew Finkel The date 10/10 is now synonymous with Turkey's most deadly terrorist attack in history - the day this month when...

Taliban defiant over delay to U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan 16 Oct 2015 - 06:26 pm

By James Mackenzie and Jibran Ahmad KABUL: The Taliban on Friday brushed aside a U.S. decision to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, saying...

Turkey says EU financial offer on migrants is 'unacceptable' 16 Oct 2015 - 06:16 pm

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu on Friday slammed an EU offer of financial help to Turkey to ease the migrant crisis as...

Canada's frozen north feels financial burn of global warming 16 Oct 2015 - 06:09 pm

By Chris Arsenault YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada: C limate change is taking a heavy economic toll on Canada's far north, with buildings collapsing...

US believes drone downed by Turkey was Russian 16 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Washington: The US military believes a drone downed by Turkey was Russian, a US official said Friday, contradicting Moscow's claims that none of...

MSF says US tank entered compound of bombed Afghan hospital without permission 16 Oct 2015 - 05:46 pm

By Krista Mahr KABUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that a U.S. tank entered the...

Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli army fire: medics 16 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

Gaza City: A Palestinian died after being shot by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, the...

Film banned in India gets Meryl Streep's backing for Oscar 16 Oct 2015 - 05:16 pm

Feminist writer Gloria Steinem, actor Meryl Streep and director Leslee Udwin attend the New York Premiere of India’s Daughter at NYIT Auditorium on...

Modi to open 70-yr-old Netaji secret files in challenge to Nehru dynasty 16 Oct 2015 - 04:47 pm

By Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will seek to unravel one of India's most enduring mysteries surrounding the...

Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive 16 Oct 2015 - 04:36 pm

A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia's Defence Ministry October 15, 2015, shows a Sukhoi Su-24M military aircraft landing on the...

Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Russia said Thursday its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while...

26 more elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

HARARE:A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months,...

Five members of Lebanese family drown on journey to Greece 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Five members of a Lebanese family drowned and another four are missing after the boat carrying them from Turkey to Greece sank...

Parishioners vow to continue Massachusetts vigil despite trespass ruling 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Scott Malone SCITUATE, Mass: Parishioners who have occupied their Massachusetts church for 11 years to prevent the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston...