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Meter-gauge rail track is now history in northeast India 19 Sep 2015 - 05:57 pm

Representational image of Himalayan Queen (Kalka – Shimla) By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala: Saturday morning was a momentous day in the history of the...

U.S. says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation 19 Sep 2015 - 02:36 pm

LONDON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria's President Bashar Al Assad has to go but the timing of his...

Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant camps in Iraq, at least 55 killed: sources 19 Sep 2015 - 02:28 pm

DIYARBAKIR (Turkey): At least 55 militants were killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq overnight, security sources...

Qaeda in Syria executes 56 regime troops: monitor 19 Sep 2015 - 01:52 pm

Members of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies sit on a Syrian army MiG-21 fighter jet after they seized the Abu Duhur military...

Four killed in suspected Iraq cholera outbreak 19 Sep 2015 - 01:45 pm

Displaced populations in Iraq have been affected by the lack of clean water. BAGHDAD: A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west...

Bulgaria detains 137 migrants in sweep in central Sofia 19 Sep 2015 - 01:40 pm

SOFIA: Bulgaria's security forces have detained 137 foreigners in the capital Sofia in a sweep aimed at combating illegal migration, the country's latest...

Polish right joins eastern EU's anti-migrant camp 19 Sep 2015 - 01:36 pm

WARSAW: Poland's conservative party chief who appears poised to win the October general election has ruled out taking in refugees, bolstering the hardline...

Western media 'welcome' in China, Xi tells Murdoch 19 Sep 2015 - 01:33 pm

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Rupert Murdoch that Western media organisations are "welcome" in China, despite the continued blocking of numerous...

Flash floods kill 10 people in Iran 19 Sep 2015 - 01:26 pm

At Least 10 Killed In Iran Flash Flooding: State TV. TEHRAN: Iran's state TV says flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed...

Egypt's Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts 19 Sep 2015 - 01:24 pm

By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on...

Taiwan boat caught with huge illegal shark fin haul 19 Sep 2015 - 01:23 pm

TAIPEI: A Taiwan-flagged boat has been caught with an illegal haul of more than 100 shark fins and is being escorted back to...

Hungary has completed barbed-wire barrier on border with Croatia: ministry 19 Sep 2015 - 01:17 pm

Budapest Hungary has finished placing barbed wire along 41 kilometres (25 miles) of its border with Croatia in a bid to stem a...

Malaysia whistleblower who targeted PM arrested: lawyer 19 Sep 2015 - 01:12 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested a former ruling party official who has travelled the globe to highlight corruption allegations against Prime Minister...

Tsipras regains slim lead hours ahead of Greek vote 19 Sep 2015 - 01:10 pm

Radical left Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras greets his supporters during the party's main pre-election rally in central Athens Syntagma square on September 18....

Pakistan detains 22 after Taliban air base attack 19 Sep 2015 - 12:48 pm

PESHAWAR: Twenty-two suspects have been detained in connection with a deadly attack on a Pakistan air force base claimed by the Taliban, officials...

Four killed in suspected Iraq cholera outbreak 19 Sep 2015 - 12:45 pm

BAGHDAD: A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west of Baghdad, where vulnerable displaced populations have been affected by the lack of...