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North Korea tried to hack South's railway system: spy agency 08 Mar 2016 - 02:58 pm

AFP/ File photo SEOUL: North Korea has tried to hack into email accounts of South Korean railway workers in an attempt to attack...

UN refugee chief 'deeply concerned' by EU-Turkey deal 08 Mar 2016 - 02:45 pm

File photo of UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi. AFP Strasbourg: The head of the UN refugee agency on Tuesday said he was "deeply concerned"...

“Violent terrorism” in China’s Xinjiang has dropped: Party official 08 Mar 2016 - 02:29 pm

File photo of paramilitary policemen standing on a truck as they travel past the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar during an anti-terrorism oath-taking rally...

Bangladesh's top court upholds Islamist tycoon's death sentence 08 Mar 2016 - 02:00 pm

Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Mir Quasem Ali waves as he enters a van at the International Crimes Tribunal court in Dhaka in this...

Calls grow for Russia to release Ukrainian pilot 08 Mar 2016 - 01:57 pm

This file photo taken on November 7, 2014, shows Nadiya Savchenko standing inside the defendant's cage during her hearing in Moscow. AFP /...

Saudi executes citizen for drug trafficking 08 Mar 2016 - 01:55 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed one of its nationals convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 71 the number of locals and foreigners...

Syrian army retakes village in Aleppo province from Islamists: Monitor 08 Mar 2016 - 01:00 pm

A file picture of a village in Aleppo BEIRUT: Syrian army backed by allied forces recaptured a village from Islamist insurgents hours after ...

German politicians, media wary of draft EU-Turkey migrant deal 08 Mar 2016 - 12:42 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks during a press conference at the end of an extraordinary summit of European Union leaders...

China says little to cheer in improved ties with "two-faced" Japan 08 Mar 2016 - 12:39 pm

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures as he speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress, in Beijing,...

UK detained 3,500 migrants during 2015 crisis: figures 08 Mar 2016 - 12:32 pm

Migrants waits near a fence with razor barbs as an Eurotunnel freight shuttle goes to England by Channel Tunnel in Calais. REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL ...

Swiss arrest 15 in suspected mafia case, plan extradition to Italy 08 Mar 2016 - 12:29 pm

ZURICH: Swiss authorities arrested 15 Italian citizens on Tuesday and plan to extradite them to their home country, where law enforcement officials accuse...

Three kidnapped aid workers in east Congo released: UN 08 Mar 2016 - 12:03 pm

UN headquarters (Reuters) KINSHASA: Three Congolese employees of charity Save the Children who were kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week...

Iran conducts fresh ballistic missile tests: state media 08 Mar 2016 - 12:02 pm

Tehran: Iran said Tuesday its armed forces had conducted new ballistic missile tests to demonstrate "deterrent power" and the country's "all-out readiness to...

India signs accord on migratory birds in Abu Dhabi 08 Mar 2016 - 11:46 am

Amur Falcons are long-distance migratory birds. Wikipedia Abu Dhabi: India became the 56th State signatory of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) by...

Israel defends spurning Obama invite ahead of Biden visit 08 Mar 2016 - 11:32 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis hold a press conference on March 7, 2016 at the prime...

Jaitley withdraws provident fund tax proposal 08 Mar 2016 - 11:29 am

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Reuters New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government was withdrawing one of the much-resisted...