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Britain to boost spy agencies after Paris attacks: reports 16 Nov 2015 - 04:17 am

Britain to boost spy agencies after Paris attacks: reports London: Britain is to recruit an extra 1,900 security and intelligence staff to counter...

Nicaragua sends Cuban border-crashers back to Costa Rica 16 Nov 2015 - 04:11 am

Cuban migrants who were detained by immigration police wait to board a bus that will take them to the Nicaraguan border, in San...

US transfers five Guantanamo detainees to UAE: Pentagon 16 Nov 2015 - 04:08 am

Washington: The United States announced Sunday the transfer of five detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates, part of a long-delayed...

Tech-savvy sex traffickers stay ahead of authorities as lure teens online 16 Nov 2015 - 03:05 am

By Alex Whiting LONDON: When Nicole was aged 17 and her mother was sent to prison for white collar crimes, she met a...

Canada sticks to refugee plan but security pressures mount after Paris attacks 16 Nov 2015 - 02:45 am

By Allison Lampert MONTREAL: Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country will still take in 25,000 Syrian refugees before Jan....

Paris fears for what is to come amid the shock, tears 16 Nov 2015 - 02:35 am

Paris: "Why are the people crying, Mummy?" a little girl out for a Sunday afternoon cycle with her parents asked, as she passed...

Paris attacks: what we know so far 16 Nov 2015 - 02:31 am

Paris: French investigators believe there were three teams involved in Friday's attacks on Paris and are probing possible links to the conflict in...

France launches air strikes in Syria; Paris investigation widens 16 Nov 2015 - 01:57 am

By Emmanuel Jarry and Robert-Jan Bartunek PARIS/BRUSSELS: French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their...

Paris attacks: an international joint venture in violence 16 Nov 2015 - 01:43 am

By John Irish PARIS: Early leads in the investigation into the deadly Paris attacks point to the likelihood of a team led by...

Insight: Automakers battle for high-tech dominance on the road to self-driving car 16 Nov 2015 - 12:59 am

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, presents the Nissan IDS concept car at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, in this...

Obama, Putin agree need for UN-negotiated Syria talks, ceasefire: US official 16 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and U.S. security advisor Susan Rice (2nd L) prior to the...

Second Paris suicide bomber identified: security source 16 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: The body of a second suicide bomber involved in the Paris attacks has been identified, sources close to the investigation said Sunday,...

Paris attacks pose quandary for Canada's Trudeau 16 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Ottawa: In power for just 10 days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the dilemma Sunday of whether to make good on a...

Syrian refugees brace for backlash after Paris attacks 15 Nov 2015 - 05:43 pm

Berlin: Carefully shielding a lit candle against the cold pouring rain, Syrian refugee Ghaled, 22, had come to the French embassy in Berlin...

World leaders arrive in Antalya For G20 summit 15 Nov 2015 - 05:06 pm

Leaders pose for the family photo at G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, 15 November 2015. EPA Antalya, Turkey: US President Barack Obama and...

Several Kalashnikovs found in abandoned car after Paris attacks: Judicial source 15 Nov 2015 - 02:34 pm

Shattered glass from the car used by the third group is still on the road where the car was found yesterday around midnight...

Obama vows to 'redouble' fight against Islamic State jihadists 15 Nov 2015 - 02:21 pm

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks to reporters at the Regnum Carya Resort in Antalya, Turkey, November 15, 2015. Reuters Antalya, Turkey: US...