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UN wants to see willingness to reach Syria peace deal: envoy 05 Feb 2016 - 05:54 pm

Rome: The UN's Syria envoy said Friday he was looking for confirmation that key international players were willing to push ahead with peace...

Scientists find Zika in saliva, urine; unclear if can transmit infection 05 Feb 2016 - 05:51 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Zika has been identified in the saliva and urine of two patients infected by the virus, a leading Brazilian health...

Armed with new US money, NATO to strengthen Russia deterrence 05 Feb 2016 - 05:44 pm

The plans are welcomed by NATO whose chief, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (pictured) says it will mean “more troops in the eastern part...

Erdogan calls Russian claim of Syria invasion plan 'laughable' 05 Feb 2016 - 05:40 pm

File photo Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday blasted as "laughable" Russia's accusation that Turkey was actively preparing to invade Syria. "I...

Two Palestinian youths shot in clashes with Israeli troops in Jenin 05 Feb 2016 - 05:36 pm

File photo Ramallah: Two Palestinian young men were shot with live ammo as clashes with Israeli troops renewed on Friday afternoon in the...

Assange tells UK, Sweden to let him go after UN finding 05 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Friday urged Britain and Sweden to let him walk free from Ecuador's embassy in London after a UN...

Pope, Russian patriarch to talk about persecution of Christians 05 Feb 2016 - 04:44 pm

Senior Orthodox cleric Metropolitan Hilarion said that long-standing differences between the two churches remain, most notably a row over the status of the...

Indian trucks cross freely into Nepal for first time in four months 05 Feb 2016 - 04:41 pm

Protesters stand near burning tyres as they gather to block the highway connecting Nepal and India, during a general strike called by Madhesi...

Germany launches scheme to find training places for 10,000 refugees 05 Feb 2016 - 04:39 pm

Berlin: The German government and the country's skilled craft sector on Friday launched an initiative to offer 10,000 refugees on-the-job training places as...

Volcano in southern Japan erupts: weather agency 05 Feb 2016 - 04:28 pm

In this image taken from a surveillance camera observed from Kusasenri and released by Japan Meteorological Agency, a column of black smoke rises...

In Indonesia, an experiment with bacteria to tackle Zika 05 Feb 2016 - 04:24 pm

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. By Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor YOGYAKARTA/JAKARTA, Indonesia: A...

Thieving monkey bound and caged in India's Mumbai 05 Feb 2016 - 04:20 pm

Raju, a monkey, is seen chained to a wooden log on a thatched roof at Banetha village, located in the northwestern state of...

Nigerian senate president's graft trial to go ahead 05 Feb 2016 - 04:16 pm

Abuja: Nigeria's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by senate president Bukola Saraki to stop his corruption trial, paving the way for...

Zika-hit nations should allow access to contraception, abortion: UN 05 Feb 2016 - 04:13 pm

Geneva: The United Nations on Friday urged countries hit by the Zika virus, believed to be linked to serious birth defects, to allow...

Top Iraq Shiite cleric to end weekly political messages 05 Feb 2016 - 04:10 pm

Baghdad: Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will no longer provide weekly political messages that have had a major impact on...

Two Indian police suspended over Tanzanian student attack 05 Feb 2016 - 04:06 pm

Protests over the mob attack on a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru Bangalore, India: Indian authorities suspended two policemen and made four more arrests...

Migration flow from Turkey must be reduced: France, Germany 05 Feb 2016 - 04:02 pm

Athens: The huge flow of migrants and refugees to Europe via Turkey must be slowed, the interior ministers of France and Germany said...

French PM defends emergency rule, says terror threat “here to last” 05 Feb 2016 - 03:56 pm

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS: Thousands of house searches since November’s Islamist attacks in Paris have helped foil another terrorist plot, French Prime Minister...