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Red Cross says Britain’s health service in 'crisis’ 07 Jan 2017 - 09:08 pm

London: Britain’s health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to...

20 die in cold snap across Europe 07 Jan 2017 - 09:08 pm

Warsaw: A cold wave across Europe has left at least 20 people dead in the past two days, including several homeless and migrants,...

Fallen entertainer Harris faces UK trial 07 Jan 2017 - 09:05 pm

London: Australian-born entertainer Rolf Harris, who was a fixture on British television for six decades, will go on trial in London tomorrow for...

UK envoy who quit EU post resigns from civil service 07 Jan 2017 - 09:05 pm

London: A SENIOR British diplomat who warned that negotiating a EU exit could take 10 years has quit the civil service, days after...

Berlin truck attacker may have got gun in Switzerland 07 Jan 2017 - 09:05 pm

Berlin/Zurich: THE Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by ploughing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had made several trips...

Anti-corruption party launched in Bulgaria 07 Jan 2017 - 09:01 pm

Sofia: A new Bulgarian political party launched yesterday months before an election, aiming to fight corruption, boost economic growth and improve living standards....

Slovak 'Wastebusters' on anti-litter crusade 07 Jan 2017 - 06:22 pm

Rovinka, Slovakia: Slovak financial analyst Rastislav Krul and his wife once waited out an hour-long traffic jam by picking up several bags worth...

Pakistani province launches app for women to report harassment 07 Jan 2017 - 06:08 pm

LAHORE: A smartphone application enabling women to report incidents of harassment to police in Pakistan’s Punjab province went live this week as authorities...

In drought-hit Zimbabwe, women’s “second shift” burden grows 07 Jan 2017 - 05:59 pm

MARWENDO, Zimbabwe: Rhoda Mhlanga looked tired. Even so, Mhlanga, who lives in a remote village in eastern Zimbabwe, managed to smile as she...

Romania seeks World Heritage status for Transylvania village in gold mine row 07 Jan 2017 - 05:30 pm

LONDON: Romania has asked the United Nations to make a Transylvanian village boasting 18th century houses and intact Roman mining shafts into a...

Migrant death toll rises by a third in 2016, fuelled by Mediterranean drownings 07 Jan 2017 - 04:44 pm

LONDON: A record 7,495 refugee and migrant deaths were recorded worldwide last year - almost a third higher than in 2015 - with...

18 dead as torrential rains submerge Thai south 07 Jan 2017 - 04:44 pm

Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand: Heavy rains continued to hammer Thailand's flood-ravaged south on Saturday, bringing the death toll up to 18 and...

Tanker bomb kills at least 60 in Syria's Azaz 07 Jan 2017 - 03:27 pm

Beirut: A huge tanker truck bomb killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens more on Saturday in the Syrian rebel-held town of...

Hundreds protest as Sri Lanka launches Chinese industrial zone 07 Jan 2017 - 03:24 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting the launch Saturday of a special industrial zone in the island's...

Hundreds protest as Sri Lanka launches Chinese industrial zone 07 Jan 2017 - 03:19 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting the launch Saturday of a special industrial zone in the island's...

Suicide bombing kills 6 soldiers in S. Yemen 07 Jan 2017 - 02:20 pm

ADEN, Yemen: Six Yemeni soldiers were killed and another 20 injured Saturday by a suicide bomber that targeted a checkpoint in southern Abyan...

Heavy gunfire heard at military camps in Ivory Coast 07 Jan 2017 - 02:06 pm

YAMOUSSOUKRO: Heavy gunfire was heard overnight and early on Saturday near military camps in two cities in Ivory Coast, where disgruntled soldiers launched...