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Swedish peacekeepers kill attempted Mali suicide attacker: UN 11 Oct 2016 - 02:12 pm

Bamako: Swedish peacekeepers serving with the UN's Mali mission killed a man attempting to mount a suicide attack in the central city of...

Jailed Chinese activist wins top rights prize 11 Oct 2016 - 01:06 pm

Geneva: A jailed scholar from China's mostly-Muslim Uighur minority was awarded the Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders on Tuesday, a move...

Thai junta appeals for calm after car bomb plot alert 11 Oct 2016 - 12:08 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's junta chief appealed for calm Tuesday after police warned of a plot to target Bangkok with car bombs, sparking a security...

Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia 11 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

BRUSSELS/ PARIS: Outraged by Russia's intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on...

Turkey orders detention of 125 police officers 11 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

ISTANBUL: A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the detention of 125 police officers in the investigation of a religious movement the government blames...

Central African Republic, Chad, Zambia top global hunger index 11 Oct 2016 - 11:09 am

ROME: Hunger levels in developing countries have fallen 29 percent since 2000, but efforts to curb hunger must be accelerated in order to...

Ruling party official shot dead in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast 11 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Suspected Kurdish militants shot and killed an official in Turkey's ruling AK Party late on Monday, authorities said, the second shooting...

Three killed in Burundi as toll from political violence rises 11 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am

NAIROBI: A ruling party official and two others were killed in a bar in southern Burundi, an official said on Tuesday, as the...

Pakistan bans leading journalist from leaving country 11 Oct 2016 - 10:19 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's government has imposed a travel ban on a leading journalist after he sparked an uproar by reporting that civilian officials had...

Merkel's conservatives fall to lowest level in INSA poll 11 Oct 2016 - 10:13 am

BERLIN: Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has dipped below the 30 percent mark for the first time, a poll showed on...

Trump's female supporters oblivious to sleaze scandal 11 Oct 2016 - 10:04 am

Wilkes-Barre, United States: Lewd remarks about groping women? It's locker-room banter. Accusing former US president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse? He had to....

Brazil lawmakers pass spending cap, boosting Temer's austerity drive 11 Oct 2016 - 09:32 am

BRASILIA: Brazil's lower house of Congress approved a landmark proposal to cap public spending in a first-round vote on Monday, a major victory...

Apple, Samsung take battle to US Supreme Court 11 Oct 2016 - 08:45 am

Washington: The epic legal battle pitting Apple against its bitter rival Samsung over the design of the iPhone reaches a new level Tuesday...

Thais wear auspicious pink to help hospitalised king recover 11 Oct 2016 - 08:41 am

BANGKOK: Thais on Tuesday wore pink for 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a colour they believe will help improve the monarch's health, two days...

China raps US interventions in Asia at regional forum 11 Oct 2016 - 08:29 am

Beijing: Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South...

Most Afghan women serve sentences in elders' homes, not prisons 11 Oct 2016 - 08:09 am

SHARANA, AFGHANISTAN: When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her...

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan may have to take a tough call on nepotism charges 10 Oct 2016 - 08:53 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: In a bind already over charges of nepotism following appointment of a number of friends and relatives of state CPI-M leaders to...