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EU-Turkey summit on migration called for Sunday, Nov. 29 -EU council head 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Donald Tusk BRUSSELS: Leaders of the European Union and Turkey will meet in Brussels next Sunday for talks on how to handle the...

Mali state TV shows photos of “authors” of hotel attack 23 Nov 2015 - 06:09 pm

BAMAKO: Mali state television showed images on Monday of two men, apparently dead, that it said were the “authors” of an attack by...

Twitter users in Belgium combat terror lockdown with cat pictures 23 Nov 2015 - 05:34 pm

For Twitter users in Brussels, the answer was obvious — you obey the police request, help defuse tensions, and defy the terror threat...

Kenya’s president says will crack down on corrupt banks, officials 23 Nov 2015 - 05:17 pm

By Edith Honan and Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday Kenya would introduce new anti-corruption legislation, blacklist officials accused of...

Cameron pledges to outline strategy against IS this week 23 Nov 2015 - 04:49 pm

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, gestures as he speaks to France's President Francois Hollande after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in...

UK Muslim hate crimes soar post-Paris attacks: Monitoring body 23 Nov 2015 - 04:48 pm

Representational image LONDON: The number of hate crimes against Muslims has soared by almost 275 percent since the Paris attacks\ 10 days ago,...

Belgium detains five more people in raids on Monday 23 Nov 2015 - 04:41 pm

BRUSSELS: Belgium has detained five more people following raids on Monday morning in the Brussels and Liege regions as it searches the country's...

Pro-Ukraine activists block repair of sabotaged power lines to Crimea 23 Nov 2015 - 04:40 pm

By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KIEV: Pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged power lines leading to Crimea on Monday, keeping the Russian-annexed...

Lufthansa cabin staff to strike on Thursday, Friday: union 23 Nov 2015 - 04:20 pm

Berlin: Lufthansa cabin staff will go on strike on Thursday and Friday, their union UFO said, warning of more stoppages next Monday if...

Terror alert makes Brussels surreal for residents, tourists 23 Nov 2015 - 04:20 pm

BRUSSELS: Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of European diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets. Its stores...

Nigeria probing Biafra activist for 'terrorism': lawyer 23 Nov 2015 - 03:48 pm

Nnamdi Kanu Abuja: An activist campaigning for a separate state of Biafra in southeast Nigeria is being investigated for "terrorism and terrorism financing",...

UK opposition faces split over Syria air strikes 23 Nov 2015 - 03:01 pm

Britain's opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn London: British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn was Monday under increasing pressure to allow his Labour Party's lawmakers...

As Islamic State threat looms, New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade 23 Nov 2015 - 03:01 pm

Members of the Madison Scouts perform during the 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York November 27, 2014. Reuters/Andrew Kelly By...

Jewish group in Germany urges limit to refugee influx 23 Nov 2015 - 02:48 pm

Berlin: The Central Council of Jews in Germany called Monday for a limit to the migrant influx because of problems with integrating the...

US military helicopter crashes in South Korea, two dead 23 Nov 2015 - 02:27 pm

SEOUL: A US Apache helicopter crashed in central South Korea on Monday, killing its pilot and another crew member, police and military officials...

Analysis: Argentina in for a radical post-election grains output increase 23 Nov 2015 - 02:04 pm

Workers cover up a billboard advertising Argentina's ruling party presidential candidate Daniel Scioli with a new publicity sign in Buenos Aires, early November...