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Morrissey's debut novel panned by critics in UK 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Caption LONDON: Pop star Morrissey released his debut novel "List of the Lost" in Britain Thursday to howls of derision from critics, who...

How the EU plans to tackle the migrant crisis 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BRUSSELS: European Union plans to tackle the worst migrant crisis since World War II include a push to tighten external border controls and...

Rising emissions threaten goal of poverty-free world - researchers 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA: If the world is to end extreme poverty and stop it returning, climate-changing emissions must peak by 2030 and...

David Beckham launches UN appeal to protect kids 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Unicef Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham poses at the unveiling of a digital installation titled "Assembly of Youth" at the United Nations in Manhattan,...

Hungary starts laying razor-wire barrier along Slovenia border 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Caption BUDAPEST: Hungary announced Thursday it had started to roll out barbed wire along its border with Slovenia, after it set up similar...

Ukraine will be top item of Obama-Putin meeting -White House 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: Ukraine will be the top item of discussion when U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in New York...

Iranian, European firms hobnob with eye on post-sanction bliss 24 Sep 2015 - 06:51 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a news conference in Vienna on Jul. 18,...

Madrid court freezes assets of former IMF chief Rato 24 Sep 2015 - 06:45 pm

MADRID: A Madrid court investigating former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato for alleged tax fraud on Thursday said it had frozen some...

EU urges member states to probe emission tests after Volkswagen scandal 24 Sep 2015 - 06:40 pm

Brussels: The EU urged its 28 member states to launch national investigations into whether vehicles comply with European pollution rules, in the wake...

Condoleezza Rice says she's 'had her fill of politics' 24 Sep 2015 - 03:37 pm

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a speech on China-US relationship, at the Peking University in Beijing, China, on September 22,...

S. Korea, US defense officials warn N. Korea against missile test 24 Sep 2015 - 01:19 pm

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States on Thursday warned Pyongyang against a potential missile test that they said would be a violation...

Rwanda accused of arresting 'undesirables' to keep capital clean 24 Sep 2015 - 01:10 pm

Representative file picture KIGALI: Rwanda's government was accused Thursday by a rights group of rounding up "undesirables" including beggars and prostitutes and holding...

New climate negotiator: Pope fights for science, denouncing consumerism 24 Sep 2015 - 01:06 pm

By Rajendra Shende Pope Francis is on the way to address the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development that begins on September 25...

EU leaders to offer cash for Syrian refugees 24 Sep 2015 - 01:38 am

Migrants try on shoes they received from charity organisations at a train station in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, yesterday. BRUSSELS: European Union leaders could promise...

Putin opens huge mosque in Moscow 24 Sep 2015 - 01:37 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre right), chairman of the Russia’s Council of Muftis Ravil Gainutdin (centre left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Pope calls for urgent action on climate change 23 Sep 2015 - 05:45 pm

Pope Francis speaks during arrival ceromonies with US President Barack Obama at the White House. By Philip Pullella and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON: Pope...

Slovakia will challenge EU migrant quotas in court - PM 23 Sep 2015 - 01:59 pm

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will go to court to challenge quotas for distributing asylum-seekers approved by European Union interior ministers, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico...