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2 firefighters die dousing small fire 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

New Delhi: Two Delhi firefighters dousing a small fire in a shop here were killed yesterday when a cooking gas cylinder inside the...

Cash handler held over toy notes in India ATM 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

New Delhi: INDIAN police have arrested a cash handler after notes in a State Bank ATM were replaced with children’s toy bills, an...

Chemical plant explosion reported in Uzbekistan 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

Bishkek: Emergency services in Central Asian Uzbekistan have said that a blast at a chemical plant in the eastern town of Fergana claimed...

Pakistan & UK launch digital remittance services 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

Karachi: At a time when remittances to Pakistan slow down, a leading mobile financial services company has partnered with a global digital money...

Two dead as plane crashes in central Pakistan 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

Multan: A PAKISTANI police officer says a twin-seat training plane has crashed near an airport in central Pakistan killing both instructor and the...

Afghan deportation flight from Germany half empty 25 Feb 2017 - 01:06 am

Berlin: The German government admitted yesterday that it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a charter...

Damage control Pyongyang style: Deny and attack 25 Feb 2017 - 01:00 am

Faced with the killing of its leader’s half brother in what appears to have all the trappings of a politically motivated hit, North...

German secret service spied on global media 25 Feb 2017 - 12:59 am

Berlin: Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND long spied on journalists of the BBC, The New York Times, Reuters and other media, news weekly...

5-year jail for Hitler-inspired British extremist 25 Feb 2017 - 12:59 am

London: A RIGHT-WING extremist from London who described Adolf Hitler as “his God” was jailed for five years yesterday for terrorism and hate...

Pop music ban a hit with Bulgarian radio audience 25 Feb 2017 - 12:59 am

Sofia: Bulgaria’s public radio has been given a surprise boost in listenership after a copyright war limited the broadcaster to airing music recorded...

Dutch MPs back compromise to ratify EU-Ukraine pact 25 Feb 2017 - 12:57 am

The Hague: Dutch MPs have backed a hard-won compromise deal ratifying an amended EU-Ukraine pact which was rejected in a controversial referendum last...

US must work together on solution to N Korea: China 25 Feb 2017 - 12:57 am

Beijing: China called on the US to shoulder more responsibility in tackling North Korea’s rogue nuclear programme yesterday , slapping down claims by...

Opinion: Trump and the death of the two-state solution 25 Feb 2017 - 12:57 am

At his meeting with the US President Donald Trump at the White House on February 15, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored what...

Kremlin politicians warn Trump may unleash new arms race 25 Feb 2017 - 12:56 am

Moscow: Russian politicians close to the Kremlin said yesterday US President Donald Trump’s declared aim of putting the US nuclear arsenal “at the...

Greek Cypriot leader sees talks stalled until April 25 Feb 2017 - 12:56 am

Nicosia: GREEK Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades said he believes UN-backed talks on reunifying Cyprus will remain stalled until after Turkey’s April 16 referendum...

Le Pen snubs cops'questioning 25 Feb 2017 - 12:52 am

Paris: French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen yesterday refused to attend questioning by investigating magistrates over claims she broke rules on use...

Courts orders release of Ukraine oligarch 25 Feb 2017 - 12:52 am

Vienna: An Austria judge yesterday ordered release of Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s richest men who was detained earlier this week over alleged...

Trump vows great military build-up 25 Feb 2017 - 12:51 am

Washington: P resident Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the “greatest military buildups in American history”...