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With men gone, women shake up farming in rural Nepal 09 Jun 2016 - 12:32 pm

A farmer seen in a picturesque mountain village in Nepal's Kavrepalanchowk district, about 35 kilometers from Kathmandu. ALERTNET/Saleem Shaikh via Thomson Reuters Foundation...

China's propaganda department not good enough at propaganda: govt 09 Jun 2016 - 12:19 pm

AFP/ File photo Beijing: China's propaganda department, tasked with controlling the media and arts, has been given a slap on the wrist for...

Iran arrests visiting Iranian-Canadian scholar - rights group 09 Jun 2016 - 12:08 pm

Homa Hoodfar. Photo credit: Concordia University ANKARA: Iran has arrested a visiting Canadian-Iranian expert in gender and Islam, campaigners said on Thursday, at...

Turkey PM says 'nothing to discuss' with PKK after attacks 09 Jun 2016 - 12:06 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C) consoles the relatives on June 8, 2016 in Istanbul during the funeral ceremony of police officers Gokhan...

Second specialist vessel to join EgyptAir search on Friday 09 Jun 2016 - 11:34 am

File photo of an Egyptian military search boat takes part in a search operation for the EgyptAir plane that disappeared in the Mediterranean...

Rights group urges Iraq to probe Fallujah abuses 09 Jun 2016 - 11:20 am

Baghdad: The Iraqi government must deliver on its pledge to investigate reports of abuses committed by its forces against civilians during the operation...

Bus plunges into ravine in Brazil, at least 15 killed 09 Jun 2016 - 11:18 am

Sao Paulo: A bus lost control and plunged into a ravine in Brazil's Sao Paulo state Wednesday night, killing at least 15 and...

Nepal police arrest dozens over nationwide strike 09 Jun 2016 - 11:15 am

Nepalese men read the newspaper outside shuttered shops during a general strike called by a hardline breakaway faction of the Maoist party in...

Iranian minister says export guarantee row with Germany almost solved 09 Jun 2016 - 10:49 am

BERLIN: Iran expects a row with Germany over unpaid state export guarantees to be resolved soon, its industry minister was quoted as saying...

Video hints Japan abetting illegal ivory trade: conservationists 09 Jun 2016 - 10:28 am

A picture taken on June 8, 2016 shows elephant tusks seized by French customs in Ivry-sur-Seine, outside Paris. AFP / BERTRAND GUAY Tokyo: ...

More than 22 killed, 70 wounded, in two bombings in Baghdad: Police 09 Jun 2016 - 10:18 am

BAGHDAD: More than 22 people were killed and 70 wounded in two separate bombings on Thursday in Baghdad, one targeting a commercial street...

79% passports delayed, Delhi Police verification fastest 09 Jun 2016 - 10:15 am

By Devanik Saha It took 71 days to issue an Indian passport in 2014, nearly three times as long as the 24 days...

Blair and Major to warn Brexit threatens unity of United Kingdom - BBC 09 Jun 2016 - 10:08 am

A woman holds a Union flag umbrella in front of the Big Ben clock tower. Reuters BELFAST: Tony Blair and John Major will ...

Car bomb kills 8, wounds at least 30, in eastern Baghdad - police 09 Jun 2016 - 09:58 am

BAGHDAD: A car bomb killed eight people and wounded at least 30 in Baghdad al-Jadida, an eastern district of the Iraqi capital, on...

India, Mexico to elevate ties to strategic partnership 09 Jun 2016 - 09:52 am

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto after they gave a speech at Los Pinos presidential residence in...

French military in Syria advising rebels, says defence ministry 09 Jun 2016 - 09:47 am

Paris: France has deployed military advisors in northern Syria to help the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighting the Islamic State group, a defence...

We weren't given enough info on British paedophile, Malaysia police say 09 Jun 2016 - 09:28 am

Custody picture of Richard Huckle. AFP PHOTO / NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's police chief said on Thursday that British officials did...