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Man shot in Swedish mall, no links to militants: police 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

STOCKHOLM: An unidentified assailant shot and wounded a man in a shopping mall in the Swedish city of Malmo on Tuesday, but police...

India’s parliament passes controversial child labour bill 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

More than half of India’s child workers are employed in agriculture and more than a quarter in manufacturing - embroidering clothes, weaving carpets...

Turkish troops hunt remaining coup plotters as crackdown widens 26 Jul 2016 - 06:59 pm

More than 1,000 members of the security forces were involved in the manhunt for the 11 rogue soldiers in the hills around the...

New arrests in case of Indian girl 'gang-raped twice' 26 Jul 2016 - 06:00 pm

For representaion purpose only New Delhi: Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested two new suspects accused of raping a student, after she...

Gunmen kill two military officials in Pakistan's Karachi 26 Jul 2016 - 04:52 pm

Police and soldiers secure the area around an army vehicle after two army personnel were killed by attackers on a motorcycle in Karachi,...

Israel destroys 11 Palestinian homes on outskirts of Jerusalem 26 Jul 2016 - 04:46 pm

A Palestinian girl photographs the rubble of a house, that was demolished by Israeli army bulldozers, in the village of Qalandia, next to...

Patient shoots doctor at Berlin hospital, kills self: police 26 Jul 2016 - 03:24 pm

Police secures the area near the university clinic in Steglitz, a southwestern district of Berlin, July 26, 2016 after a doctor had been...

Hollande vows war on IS 'by every means' after church attack 26 Jul 2016 - 03:22 pm

French President Francois Hollande (L) speaks with police forces after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray...

Priest killed in French church, police shoot two attackers dead 26 Jul 2016 - 02:34 pm

Police and rescue workers stand at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near...

An Obama, not the president, brings down the house at Democratic convention 26 Jul 2016 - 02:29 pm

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 25, 2016. (REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich) By Luciana Lopez...

Malaysia jails nine Filipinos over invasion to press claim by "sultan" 26 Jul 2016 - 12:32 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court jailed nine Philippine militants for life on Tuesday for their involvement in a 2013 invasion of a Malaysian...

Two Turkish generals serving in Afghanistan held in Dubai after coup 26 Jul 2016 - 11:15 am

File photo shows a Turkish soldier standing on the hill in the Kurdish town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey. (AFP / YASIN AKGUL) ...

Erdogan to visit Russia on August 9: Turkish officials 26 Jul 2016 - 11:11 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (Reuters) Moscow: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia on August 9 for his first face-to-face meeting with...

Bangladesh police say 9 militants killed in raid in Dhaka 26 Jul 2016 - 10:36 am

Bangladeshi police stand guard in front the house where police killed nine suspected Islamist extremists in Dhaka on July 26, 2016, in a...

Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled centre 26 Jul 2016 - 10:22 am

Police officers walk outside the Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre where a knife-wielding man went on a rampage in the city of Sagamihara,...

Historic solar flight marks first round-the-world journey 26 Jul 2016 - 10:15 am

Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccardis taking a selfie on July 26, 2016 during the last leg of the round the World trip. Solar Impulse...

Baby born in Spain with Zika-caused microcephaly, first in Europe: hospital 26 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters. Barcelona: A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth to a baby with the brain-damaging disorder microcephaly in Spain...

39 people killed by fire in Madagascar: security official 26 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE. AFP ANTANANARIVO: Thirty nine people, including 16 children, died in Madagascar on Saturday in a fire in a residential compound in...