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Czechs not planning border controls with Austria: foreign minister 14 Sep 2015 - 01:35 pm

A Czech police officer writes a number on the skin of a refugee in Breclav on September 1, 2015. PRAGUE: The Czech Republic...

Austria deploys army to boost refugee checks, Slovakia brings back border controls 14 Sep 2015 - 01:27 pm

A member of the Austrian army guards (Reuters). The Austrian army has been sent to assist in introducing tougher border checks amid the...

U.N. rights chief urges Europe to expand migration channels 14 Sep 2015 - 01:15 pm

Jordan's Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during a news conference at the United Nations European...

Egyptian forces mistakenly kill Mexican tourists 14 Sep 2015 - 12:10 pm

Safari cars drive through the Black desert near the Bahariya Oasis, about 400km (249 miles) southwest of Cairo. (file picture) CAIRO: Egyptian security...

Indonesia sending hundreds of troops to fight smog-causing fires 14 Sep 2015 - 10:37 am

PADAMARAN, Indonesia: Indonesia said on Friday it will send more than 1,000 troops to fight fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke makes thousands...

Taliban storm Afghan prison, free hundreds of inmates 14 Sep 2015 - 09:34 am

GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents stormed a mud fort being used as a prison in Afghanistan on Monday, killing police and releasing more than...

Pakistan Blast Leaves 11 People Dead, 59 Injured 14 Sep 2015 - 09:26 am

Islamabad: At least 11 people were killed and 59 others injured in a suicide blast at Vehari Chowk in Multan in Pakistan. Rescue...

Australian PM asked to step down by senior ministers 14 Sep 2015 - 09:24 am

Sydney, Australia High-profile Australian minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the leadership of the Liberal Party, saying the...

34 refugees drown off Greece 14 Sep 2015 - 01:44 am

Clockwise from top: Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea; a refugee raises a child into the air; a Syrian refugee holding...

Yemen govt shuns talks, begins major military push 14 Sep 2015 - 01:39 am

Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, hold position in Marib...

Tragedy highlights development boom in Makkah 14 Sep 2015 - 01:18 am

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia listening to Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al Faisal (sitting centre)...

Deadly clashes kill 9 in southeast Turkey 14 Sep 2015 - 01:18 am

Protesters set chairs on fire as they clash with riot police in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, yesterday. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Kurdish...

Debate on meat ban over, says Sena leader 14 Sep 2015 - 01:13 am

Mumbai: A delegation of top Jain religious leaders met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray yesterday and drew curtains on the controversy over the...

Munnar plantation stir ends 14 Sep 2015 - 01:12 am

KOCHI: A nine-day protest by more than 7,000 women plantation workers demanding better conditions, both in terms of bonus and facilities, ended late...

UK envoy meets those injured in train mishap 14 Sep 2015 - 01:07 am

Britons injured in the train mishap leaving after being discharged from a hospital in Mohali yesterday. Chandigarh: British High Commissioner James Bevan yesterday...

Probe ordered into MP blasts 14 Sep 2015 - 01:05 am

The daughter of one of the victims of the blasts in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district is consoled during the funeral of her father...

Toll in Japan floods rises 14 Sep 2015 - 01:04 am

A resident stands on a flooded road in Joso city in Ibaraki Prefecture yesterday. Tokyo: The death toll from floods which have devastated...

Young performers 14 Sep 2015 - 12:58 am

Children in traditional costumes participate in a folk performance during a cultural heritage festival in Longhui county, Hunan province, China, yesterday.