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Afghanistan turns disused NATO camp into drug treatment base 09 Jan 2016 - 11:53 am

Afghanistan is one of the world's biggest sources of opium. By Mirwais Harooni KABUL: Afghan officials have opened a new drug treatment centre...

Beijing to shut 2,500 firms this year to fight pollution 09 Jan 2016 - 11:35 am

Beijing issued its second ever "red alert" over heavy air pollution, closing schools and banning outdoor construction last month SHANGHAI: Beijing will close...

Sri Lanka president vows reforms to prevent ethnic war 09 Jan 2016 - 11:28 am

Sri Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena marked his first year in office Saturday with a pledge to introduce...

Crisis looms as Haiti second-round presidential campaigning kicks off 09 Jan 2016 - 11:15 am

Demonstrators shout during a protest near the parliament in Port-au-Prince, on December 8, 2016. AFP Port-au-Prince: Campaigning for the second round of Haiti's...

UN Yemen envoy suggests Geneva location for peace talks 09 Jan 2016 - 10:52 am

UN Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to the media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20,...

PM Modi visits attacked Indian air base near Pakistan 09 Jan 2016 - 10:46 am

File picture of heightened security at Pathankot Air Force New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Pathankot air force base Saturday to...

Indian court issues arrest warrant for Dhoni 09 Jan 2016 - 10:29 am

The controversial cover of a magazine Hyderabad, India: A court in southern India has issued an arrest warrant for one-day international captain Mahendra...

Chinese hospital demolished with patient still inside 09 Jan 2016 - 10:26 am

Hospitals workers hold a banner at the site saying: "We are saving lives while the forced demolition is trashing lives". EPA Beijing: Workers...

Pathankot attack: Pakistan needs concrete evidence from India 09 Jan 2016 - 10:24 am

Military alert outside Pathankot Air base in India Islamabad: Pakistan needs concrete evidence from India for acting against the elements involved in the...

Vietnam warns China over air safety threat 09 Jan 2016 - 09:46 am

A China Southern Airline passenger plane lands at a newly-built airport during a test flight in Yongshu Reef island, South China Sea, January...

North Korea cites Kadhafi's 'destruction' in nuke test defence 09 Jan 2016 - 09:39 am

North Korea says its fourth nuclear test was a "great event" with a deterrent powerful enough to secure its borders against all hostile...

Knife attack on Israeli soldiers in West Bank, two Palestinians killed: Army 09 Jan 2016 - 09:36 am

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank before being shot dead on Saturday, an army spokeswoman...

Massive California gas leak provokes anger 09 Jan 2016 - 09:30 am

This infrared image released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) shows methane gas leaking from the Aliso Canyon facility of Los Angeles. EDF/AFP ...

Bus fare protest in Brazil's biggest city turns violent 09 Jan 2016 - 09:16 am

Riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators during a protest against fare hikes for city buses in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 8, 2016....

Foreign tourists wounded in attack at Egyptian Red Sea resort 09 Jan 2016 - 09:11 am

Security is ramped up outside a hotel where two attackers opened fire in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, Egypt, January...

China makes five more arrests over deadly Shenzhen landslide: Xinhua 09 Jan 2016 - 09:07 am

Damaged vehicles and containers at an industrial estate hit by a landslide in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, December 23, 2015. Reuters SHANGHAI: Chinese police...

Body tissues of Pathankot terrorists preserved, weapons seized 09 Jan 2016 - 08:56 am

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Pathankot air base terrorist attack, has preserved body tissues of the slain terrorists for...