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Romania in mourning after Bucharest club blaze kills 27 31 Oct 2015 - 10:49 am

Romanian relatives of club explosion victims are overwhelmed while watching survivors being transferred to hospital, in Bucharest. EPA Bucharest: Romania was plunged into...

Egypt loses contact with passenger plane over Sinai - Sources 31 Oct 2015 - 10:20 am

Cairo: Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner carrying 212 people shortly after it took off from the Red Sea...

Gogoi slams intolerant government, Jaitley's remark on special status 31 Oct 2015 - 09:42 am

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday slammed what he called an intolerant central government and...

Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas 31 Oct 2015 - 09:36 am

William Cannon Drive is closed after heavy flooding in Austin,Texas. AFP Austin, Texas: At least two people were killed when a storm with...

Building collapse kills 17 in central China: Reports 31 Oct 2015 - 09:31 am

Rescuers carry a victim onto a ambulance after a residential building collapsed in Wuyang county, Henan province, October 30, 2015. Reuters Shanghai: The...

China court jails religious 'cult' leader for life 31 Oct 2015 - 09:25 am

File photo of Wu Zeheng, head of the "Huazang Zongmen" sect Shanghai: A Chinese court has sentenced the leader of a religious sect...

Bucharest nightclub fire kills 27, many injured 31 Oct 2015 - 09:07 am

Paramedics carry an injured person at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania October 31, 2015. Reuters Bucharest: A fire has ripped through a Bucharest...

Six children among 15 killed in Philippine market fire 31 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

Manila: Fifteen people including six children perished on Saturday after they were trapped in a burning market in the southern Philippines, police said....

Wives keep Karva Chauth fast, luxuriously, for husbands 31 Oct 2015 - 08:55 am

Women look through sieves as they perform a ritual during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth in Chandigarh, October 30, 2015. Reuters By...

Pakistani mother begs to be reunited with son stuck in India 31 Oct 2015 - 08:46 am

Pakistani mother, Razia Begum, displays a picture of her son, Mohammad Ramazan in Karachi on October 30, 2015. AFP Karachi: A Pakistani mother...

Tension in India due to provocation of minorities: Moody's 31 Oct 2015 - 08:29 am

Moody's has warned of a "possible increase in violence" that could affect the long-term growth of the country. Chennai: The belligerent provocation of...

Modi holds bilaterals with 41 visiting African leaders 31 Oct 2015 - 08:23 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Rwanda's counterpart Anastase Murekezi before their bilateral meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi...

Month into Russia's Syria strikes, what has changed? 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Russia launched a campaign of air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad on September 30, providing air cover for...

U.N. causes food-poisoning with deliveries of old, "mouldy" biscuits to Syria, says rights body 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ANKARA/GENEVA: The United Nations sent hundreds of boxes of "mouldy" high-energy biscuits that were past their 'sell-by' date to besieged people in Syria...

Beheaded bodies of Syria anti-IS activist, friend found in Turkey: group 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: The beheaded bodies of a Syrian activist opposed to the Islamic State group and a friend were found early Friday in the...

US to send dozens of special forces to Syria as first boots on ground 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Sabine Siebold, Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA/WASHINGTON: U.S. officials disclosed plans on Friday to station the first American boots on the...

Palestinian baby dies from tear gas as clashes grip West Bank 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Jerusalem: A Palestinian baby boy died Friday after choking on tear gas fired by Israeli forces, Palestinian officials said, as new...