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4 dead, 20 wounded in Istanbul suicide attack 19 Mar 2016 - 12:39 pm

4 people, including the bomber, were killed and six others injured in a suicide attack on a major shopping street in Istanbul on...

US views EU, Turkey migrant deal as 'important step' 19 Mar 2016 - 12:38 pm

A girl sits on railway tracks at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni,...

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam leaves Brussels hospital: mayor 19 Mar 2016 - 12:31 pm

Belgian police arrested five people in counter-terror raids in Brussels on March 18, including Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam and the family who...

Explosion rocks major Istanbul shopping street: Turkish media 19 Mar 2016 - 12:19 pm

Istanbul: An explosion rocked a busy shopping street in the heart of Istanbul early on Saturday, Turkish media reported. The cause of the...

Two Indians among 62 killed as FlyDubai plane crashes in Russia 19 Mar 2016 - 12:13 pm

Investigators, members of Russia's Emergencies Ministry and other services work at the crash site of a Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based...

Heavy gunfire in Libya capital as rivals clash - witnesses 19 Mar 2016 - 12:12 pm

TRIPOLI: Heavy gunfire broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday after two rival armed groups clashed in the city, witnesses said....

Flydubai plane's wing hit the ground and burst into flames: Russian emergency ministry 19 Mar 2016 - 11:42 am

A psychologist of the Russian Emergencies Ministry (L) speaks with a relative (C) of a victim of the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 at...

Eight killed due to rains, landslides in Pakistani Kashmir 19 Mar 2016 - 11:37 am

A Pakistani couple covered with plastic sheet ride a motorbike on a street as rain falls in Rawalpindi on March 16, 2016. AFP...

Government seeks report from China mission on detained Indian 19 Mar 2016 - 11:31 am

New Delhi: The government has sought a report from the Indian embassy in Beijing regarding an Indian national who was detained in the...

British captive appears in new IS video 19 Mar 2016 - 11:25 am

Beirut: British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the Islamic State group, appeared in a new video released Saturday supposedly...

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack on Algerian gas plant 19 Mar 2016 - 11:10 am

Technicians stand at a Krechba gas treatment plant, about 1200 km (746 miles) south of Algiers, in this December 14, 2008 file photo....

Parties struggle with candidate lists for Kerala polls 19 Mar 2016 - 10:57 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Even a fortnight after the dates of Kerala assembly elections were notified, neither traditional rivals, LDF and UDF, nor BJP-led National Democratic...

Apple hires corporate security officer amid legal battle with government - sources 19 Mar 2016 - 10:42 am

File picture for representation By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc, amid a pitched battle with the U.S. government over law enforcement's desire...

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier in West Bank, is shot dead: police 19 Mar 2016 - 10:32 am

People move the body of Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Fanuneh, 21, who the Israeli military said was shot dead by Israeli troops on Friday...

Myanmar's ethnic rebels pin hope on new civilian president 19 Mar 2016 - 10:21 am

Yangon: An ethnic rebel group locked in conflict with Myanmar's military is eager to broker peace with the new civilian president, a spokesman...

Posh Parisians revolt over homeless shelter 19 Mar 2016 - 10:10 am

Residents in Paris's poshest district fear a planned centre on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, will turn their beloved woods into...

Russian spacecraft with US grandpa onboard docks at space station 19 Mar 2016 - 10:03 am

US astronaut Jeff Williams waves at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station on March...