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Man deliberately rams car into students in southern France, three hurt 10 Nov 2017 - 08:31 pm

TOULOUSE: A man deliberately drove his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday, injuring...

Fire trucks to spray Indian capital amid deepening smog emergency 10 Nov 2017 - 08:26 pm

NEW DELHI: India plans to use fire trucks to spray water over parts of its capital to combat toxic smog and dust that...

Blow for French writers in Moroccan royal blackmail case 10 Nov 2017 - 08:12 pm

Paris: A French appeals court on Friday dealt a blow to two journalists accused of trying to blackmail the king of Morocco by...

Tensions over Muslim street prayers north of Paris 10 Nov 2017 - 07:28 pm

Clichy, France: Around 100 local French lawmakers attempted to block Muslims praying in a street north of Paris on Friday and called on...

Nigeria's president urged to free ailing Shiite leader 09 Nov 2017 - 07:26 pm

Lagos: Nigeria's government was urged on Thursday to order the release of the leader of a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim group who has been...

UN watchdog urges Australia to end offshore immigrant detentions 09 Nov 2017 - 07:04 pm

Geneva: A UN rights watchdog urged Australia Thursday to stop sending refugees to offshore detention centres, expressing serious concern about conditions and abuses...

Row in Greece over two-day leave for extremist assassin 09 Nov 2017 - 06:54 pm

Athens: A political row erupted in Greece on Thursday after a key far-left assassin implicated in deadly attacks on US, British, Turkish and...

Indian arrested in Germany for decades-old murder 09 Nov 2017 - 06:42 pm

Berlin: An Indian man was arrested Thursday at Frankfurt airport over a murder in Scotland 24 years ago, German and Scottish police said....

Netanyahu grilled again in graft probe: public radio 09 Nov 2017 - 06:26 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police on Thursday evening in connection with two separate investigations into alleged corruption, Israeli...

Police arrest 111 Islamic State suspects in Ankara 09 Nov 2017 - 04:58 pm

ANKARA, Turkey: A total of 111 Islamic State terror suspects were arrested in Ankara on Thursday, according to a police source. The Ankara...

India rolls out the red carpet for 100-year-old voter 09 Nov 2017 - 04:08 pm

Shimla, India: Authorities in a remote Himalayan village in northern India rolled out the red carpet Thursday for a 100-year-old man who has...

29 civilians 'will die' if not evacuated from Syria's Eastern Ghouta: UN 09 Nov 2017 - 03:59 pm

Geneva: Some 400 civilians are in urgent need of medical evacuation from Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, including 29 who will die if they...

Delhi restricts vehicles as smog envelopes India and Pakistan 09 Nov 2017 - 03:56 pm

New Delhi: New Delhi banned all construction, barred lorries from entering the city and announced stringent restrictions on private car use on Thursday,...

Calls for action after Myanmar land rights activist beaten to death 09 Nov 2017 - 03:49 pm

MUMBAI: Activists want a thorough investigation into the killing of a land rights activist in Myanmar, and greater protection of land defenders, amid...

German nurse may have killed over 100 patients: Prosecutors 09 Nov 2017 - 03:30 pm

BERLIN: A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients over several years...

For some Palestinians in love, this slum is the only place to live 09 Nov 2017 - 12:17 pm

JERUSALEM: Kafr Aqab is no one's dream destination: the overcrowded neighbourhood separated from adjacent East Jerusalem by Israel's barrier in the occupied West...

Swiss drop inquiry against director Polanski 09 Nov 2017 - 12:09 pm

ZURICH, Swiss prosecutors have dropped an investigation of film director Roman Polanski after finding the statute of limitations did not allow pursuing allegations...