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Turkish police detain newspaper editor for 'insulting Erdogan' 10 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Turkish police on Friday detained the editor of a leading English-language daily newspaper on suspicion of "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in...

One dead, three wounded in latest US university shooting 09 Oct 2015 - 04:15 pm

Los Angeles:One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at an Arizona university early Friday before the gunman was captured,...

King cobra captured after terrorizing US town 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MIAMI: A dangerous king cobra that panicked a Florida community has been recaptured, found under a household dryer more than a month after...

Facebook's "Like" button set to get more emotive 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Like it or not, Facebook Inc's trademark "Like" button is set to get more expressive. The social network said on Thursday it is...

French state fined for making prisoner share cell with smokers 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image CAEN, France: An ex-prisoner in France has successfully sued the state for placing him in a cell with smokers, a court...

French train attack hero stabbed in California 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Spencer Stone LOS ANGELES: One of three Americans who recently helped thwart a terror attack on a packed train bound for Paris has...

Road rage: Three people shot at in Delhi 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW DELHI: Three people were shot at in two incidents of road rage in the national capital on Thursday, police said. The first...

Blanchard: China slump would cause global crisis, chances small 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Marc Jones and Lisa Barrington LONDON: Chances of a drastic slump in Chinese growth are small but it would cause a global...

U.S. mulls sailing near disputed South China Sea islands 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The United States is considering sailing warships close to China's artificial islands in the South China Sea to signal it does not...

Mayor of Rome resigns over expenses scandal 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ROME: Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino resigned on Thursday following a scandal over his credit card expenses that has dented the image of Prime...

Murdoch says sorry for 'real black president' tweet 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: Powerful media magnate Rupert Murdoch apologized on Thursday after suggesting that Barack Obama was not "a real black president," triggering outrage....

Brazilian president fights for political life 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: President Dilma Rousseff claims to detect a glimmer at the end of the tunnel in Brazil's political crisis, but what...

Alexievich chronicled Soviet life and war 08 Oct 2015 - 04:30 pm

Caption By Anna Ringstrom and Daniel Dickson STOCKHOLM: Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of...

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize 08 Oct 2015 - 04:14 pm

Svetlana Alexievich STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 NobelLiterature Prize on Thursday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war...

Clinton message rises: She won't be Obama 2.0 08 Oct 2015 - 08:55 am

Washington: As Barack Obama's secretary of State, Hillary Clinton loyally carried out his agenda, but since mounting her presidential bid she has split...

Merkel declares asylum rules 'obsolete' as migrant talks opens 08 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Luxembourg: EU foreign ministers and their counterparts from nations bordering Syria were to gather Thursday to discuss the migration crisis, after German Chancellor...

Mexico troops must leave streets: UN rights official 08 Oct 2015 - 08:40 am

Mexico City: The United Nations' human rights chief called on Mexico on Wednesday to set a timetable for the withdrawal of military forces...

Alexievich tops list of Nobel literature favourites 08 Oct 2015 - 08:37 am

Stockholm: Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus is among the bookies' favourites for Thursday's Nobel Prize in Literature but could see herself snubbed by the...