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Comment: Rohith and other Dalits: Carl Sagan to sewage cleaning 31 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Saeed Naqvi Rohith Vemula, a PhD student, focused on the interstellar spaces and Carl Sagan. In a different location, a sewage cleaner...

Italy vows to defy those out to destroy Schengen, Europe 30 Jan 2016 - 06:46 pm

Matteo Renzi Rome: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Saturday accused those who would "destroy" the passport-free Schengen zone of wanting to destroy Europe,...

China to increase investment in tourism 30 Jan 2016 - 06:34 pm

Beijing, January 30 (QNA) - Investment will rise to 1.2 trillion yuan, $180 billion, and revenue to 4.55 trillion yuan, China's head of...

Masked gangs attack migrants in Sweden: police 30 Jan 2016 - 06:30 pm

Swedish police surrounds an arrested group of neo-Nazis that staged an unannounced rally in Stockholm following a brawl on January 23, 2016. AFP,...

Insight: Did Brazil, global health agencies fumble Zika response? 30 Jan 2016 - 06:20 pm

Sueli Maria (obscured) holds her seven-day-old daughter Milena, who has microcephaly, at a hospital in Recife, Brazil, January 28, 2016. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino By...

South African TV re-instates 'Idols' judge after racism row 30 Jan 2016 - 06:13 pm

TV host Gareth Cliff waits at Johannesburg high court, prior to a hearing regarding the ruling against his layoff on January 29, 2015....

EU voices support for German migrant fuel tax idea 30 Jan 2016 - 06:06 pm

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble last week floated the idea of introducing a tax on petrol in Europe to help cover the costs...

Turkey police recover stolen Picasso in Istanbul: report 30 Jan 2016 - 05:58 pm

The woman who appears in the 1940 painting is Dora Maar, Picasso's lover and longtime muse. Ankara: Turkish police have recovered an original...

Iraqi Kurd teachers strike over unpaid wages 30 Jan 2016 - 05:51 pm

File photo courtesy Press TV Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Thousands of teachers in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have gone on strike to protest months of...

Swiss drop investigation of two men arrested in Geneva 30 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

VIENNA: Switzerland has dropped an investigation of two men of Syrian origin arrested in Geneva last month over traces of explosives found in...

Sri Lanka arrests ex-leader's son over money laundering 30 Jan 2016 - 05:19 pm

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse's (left) second son Yoshitha Rajapakse, 27 (right) was remanded in custody for two weeks after being arrested...

Cuba's Raul Castro on grand bridge-building France trip 30 Jan 2016 - 05:15 pm

Paris: Cuba's Communist President Raul Castro will be welcomed under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during a rare state visit Monday to...

UN chief tells African leaders not to “cling to power” 30 Jan 2016 - 04:59 pm

Obama made similar remarks at African Union last year. Debate over term limits stoked unrest in some states. Zimbabwe’s veteran leader rebuffs Western...

Statue of controversial Bolshevik leader toppled in Ukraine 30 Jan 2016 - 04:49 pm

File photo Kiev: Ukrainian activists in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk on Friday night toppled a statue of controversial Bolshevik leader Grigory Petrovsky,...

Bahrain says austerity plans in line with IMF 30 Jan 2016 - 04:49 pm

Finance Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa DUBAI: Bahrain plans austerity steps to cut its budget deficit in line with IMF recommendations,...

Spain’s Socialist leader to consult party bases for support on pacts 30 Jan 2016 - 04:25 pm

MADRID: Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he will poll his party’s members on any coalition deal to form the next...

Germany’s Merkel says refugees must return home once war over 30 Jan 2016 - 04:17 pm

NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday tried to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for refugees, insisting that...