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Indian govt aims to cut defence imports, hold spending steady 29 Feb 2016 - 06:35 pm

Indian army officers stand on vehicles displaying missiles during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2016. Reuters/Altaf Hussain/Files By...

Ireland facing struggle to find new government 29 Feb 2016 - 06:18 pm

Ballot papers sit in stacks on a table as a member of the count staff has a break at the main general election...

Myanmar lawmakers to speed up president selection: MPs 29 Feb 2016 - 05:45 pm

Aung San Suu Kyi is currently barred from top political office by a junta-era constitution because her children are foreign born, as was...

Rich world joins charity crackdown as social media boosts influence 29 Feb 2016 - 05:03 pm

Danny Sriskandarajah. YouTube screenshot By Tom Esslemont LONDON: Western governments are stepping up efforts to suppress campaign groups - a trend already seen...

Cyprus tourism records best year since 2001 29 Feb 2016 - 04:53 pm

Tourists walk near a shipwreck in the coastal village of Pegeia, Cyprus February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou Nicosia: Bailed-out Cyprus recorded a 4.4...

Japan driverless taxi start-up eyes partnerships with automakers 29 Feb 2016 - 04:46 pm

The unveiling ceremony of the self-driving taxi in Yokohama Japan. Reuters file photo By Naomi Tajitsu FUJISAWA: Japan's Robot Taxi aims to forge...

In Pakistan, young female boxers punch through gender barriers 29 Feb 2016 - 04:39 pm

A combination photo shows students of coach Younus Qambrani posing with their boxing gloves at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Pak...

Suicide bombing kills 4 in Yemen's Aden: official 29 Feb 2016 - 04:21 pm

A picture taken on February 28, 2016 shows a window view of damaged houses in the capital Sanaa. AFP / MOHAMMED HUWAIS/ For...

More than 150,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey: deputy PM 29 Feb 2016 - 03:32 pm

A woman holds a baby as she arrives with other migrants in Mytilene, in the nortern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean...

U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support 29 Feb 2016 - 03:13 pm

BY JOSEPH AX NEW YORK: A U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State is set to go on...

Iran hardliners lose seats on top clerical body 29 Feb 2016 - 02:54 pm

Iran's former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers his speech during Friday prayers in Tehran in this April 24, 2009 file photo. Top ...

Turnout in Iran election was 62 percent-state TV 29 Feb 2016 - 02:49 pm

An Iranian man gives a ride to a woman in the back on a motorcycle at Hafez square in central in Tehran on...

Syrian opposition official says truce faces “nullification”: Al Arabiya TV 29 Feb 2016 - 02:40 pm

Ahrar Souriya brigade fighters, part of the Free Syrian Army, walk in al-Tamorah village mountains near the villages of Nubul and al-Zahraa, northern...

Israeli military braces for battle over beards 29 Feb 2016 - 02:30 pm

An Israeli soldier prays during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at the military cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, in this...

Woman arrested in Moscow for murder after brandishing child’s severed head 29 Feb 2016 - 02:22 pm

MOSCOW: Russian investigators said on Monday they had arrested a nanny and charged her with murdering a young child in her care after...

Macedonia police fire teargas on migrants at Greek border 29 Feb 2016 - 02:00 pm

Syrian and Iraqi refugees trapped at the Greek-Macedonian borders protest demanding the opening of the borders on February 28, 2016. More than 5,000...

France begins bulldozing part of 'Jungle' refugee camp: AFP 29 Feb 2016 - 01:50 pm

Agents dismantle shelters on February 29, 2016 in the "jungle" migrants and refugees camp in Calais, northern France. AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN Calais: ...

NATO chief says concerned about Russian military build-up in Syria 29 Feb 2016 - 01:46 pm

File photo of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. KUWAIT: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that a fragile truce in Syria...