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British PM Cameron to meet EU’s Juncker on Friday 27 Jan 2016 - 05:14 pm

Jean-Claude Juncker LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Friday on his renegotiation...

Syria opposition reiterates demands in letter to UN’s Ban 27 Jan 2016 - 05:05 pm

File picture BEIRUT: The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition has reiterated demands for a halt to bombardments of civilian areas and the lifting of blockades...

Refugee crisis triggers rights clampdown: HRW 27 Jan 2016 - 05:00 pm

Istanbul: European governments have responded to fears of terrorism and an influx of Muslim refugees by cracking down on basic freedoms, Human Rights...

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation 27 Jan 2016 - 04:52 pm

An AirLife medical transport helicopter lifts-off from St. Charles Medical Center in Bend,Oregon on January 26, 2016 en route to Burns, Oregon. One...

Envoy warns Libya peace process slower than IS expansion 27 Jan 2016 - 04:35 pm

United Nations envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, holds a press conference in the Tunisian capital Tunis on January 27, 2016. Libya's internationally recognised...

Curfew widened in southeast Turkey after clashes kill 23 27 Jan 2016 - 04:12 pm

Kurdish residents flee with some of their belongings after new curfews were imposed in the Sur district of Diyarbakir on January 27, 2016....

Simply not cricket: Pakistan man faces jail for flying India flag 27 Jan 2016 - 03:49 pm

Pakistani Rangers (in black) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in khaki) perform the flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border crossing, in...

Saudi executes Egyptian convicted of murder 27 Jan 2016 - 03:38 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an Egyptian convicted of murder, adding to a surge in death sentences carried out since late 2014....

Algeria suspends flights to Libya - aviation authority 27 Jan 2016 - 03:23 pm

Libyan protesters wave national flags shouting slogans during a demonstration against an UN-sponsored agreement on forming a national unity government in the capital...

Moscow warns of IS plans to abduct Russians in Turkey 27 Jan 2016 - 03:17 pm

Moscow: Russia's federal tourism agency on Wednesday issued a warning that Islamic State jihadists were planning to abduct Russian citizens in Turkey. "According...

Five Kenyan police killed after truck hits explosive device 27 Jan 2016 - 03:10 pm

File photo of a soldier as he stands guard at the Moi International Sports centre in Nairobi. AFP MOMBASA: Five Kenyan policemen were...

Court orders Uber to pay 1.2 mn euros to French taxi group 27 Jan 2016 - 03:08 pm

General view as striking French taxi drivers block the road as they continue their national protest about competition from private car ride firms...

India’s Jet Airways Kathmandu flight evacuated, second time this week 27 Jan 2016 - 02:53 pm

NEW DELHI: Passengers on a Kathmandu-bound aircraft of India’s Jet Airways were forced to evacuate minutes before take-off from New Delhi on Wednesday...

German cabinet backs deportation law for foreign criminals 27 Jan 2016 - 02:24 pm

Refugees wait in front of the State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LaGeSo) in Berlin, Germany, 27 January 2016. Refugees can register...

Indonesia evacuates hundreds of members of sect after clashes 27 Jan 2016 - 02:02 pm

In this photo taken on January 26, 2016, children of members of the Light of Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), who were relocated from their...

Saudi soldier dies in border shelling from Yemen 27 Jan 2016 - 01:57 pm

A Yemeni tribesman from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, stand on a pick-up truck...

Britain's unions ready to join fight to stay in European Union, top official says 27 Jan 2016 - 01:50 pm

General secretary of the Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady By William Schomberg LONDON: Britain's trade unions are close to joining the push to...