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Women barred from going to Maharashtra Shani Temple, call it 'black day' 27 Jan 2016 - 09:30 am

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Women were on Tuesday barred by police from proceeding towards the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple here to offer prayers, as they...

Syrian national held for overstaying in Goa 27 Jan 2016 - 09:27 am

Panaji: In a late development, police on Tuesday arrested Syrian national Mahmoud Qusay, 28, who was found overstaying in Goa for a year,...

Trump to skip next Republican debate: report 27 Jan 2016 - 09:22 am

Des Moines, United States: White House hopeful Donald Trump will not participate in Thursday's Republican debate, bowing out of a nationally televised showdown...

19 Zika virus cases in Puerto Rico: official 27 Jan 2016 - 09:19 am

San Juan: The mosquito-borne Zika virus has now been found in 19 people in Puerto Rico, although none were pregnant women, the group...

Explosions near Venezuelan legislature trigger panic 27 Jan 2016 - 09:13 am

Caracas: Four explosions near the Venezuelan legislature triggered panic Tuesday but caused no injuries or damage. The homemade explosive devices were apparently loaded...

Al-Qaeda claim kidnap of Swiss woman in Mali: report 27 Jan 2016 - 09:12 am

Beatrice Stockly Nouakchott: Private Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar said Tuesday that it has received a video purportedly from the Al-Qaeda-linked Emirate of the...

Six US cops fired after shooting 137 bullets into car 27 Jan 2016 - 09:09 am

Chicago: Six US police officers who fired 137 bullets into a car carrying two unarmed African Americans lost their jobs Tuesday, three years...

Three injured in Sierra Leone Ebola clashes 27 Jan 2016 - 08:59 am

People walk under an Ebola information board featuring Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma on January 22, 2016 in a street of Freetown...

Zika virus spreads to Costa Rica 27 Jan 2016 - 08:50 am

San José: The Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for a surge in brain-damaged babies has spread to Costa Rica, the health...

Danish parliament adopts controversial reforms on asylum seekers 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Denmark's Minister of Immigration and Integration Inger Stojberg listen to the debate in the Danish Parliament regarding a proposal on changing of the...

Could Bloomberg upend the White House race? 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in...

Remove 'Berlin Wall' blocking Syria aid: humanitarian chief 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Geneva: Warring Syrian parties expected in Geneva for peace talks this week must agree to "tear down the Berlin Wall" blocking aid workers...

Cabbies block roads as France faces multiple strikes 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

axi cars are parked near the Prefecture in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on January 26, 2016, to protest against competition from taxi app company...

One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Bure, France: One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the...

'Active shooter' reported at San Diego military hospital: official 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: An "active shooter" was reported at a San Diego military hospital Tuesday, the facility said on its official Facebook page. "An...

Syria regime advances as opposition debates attending talks 26 Jan 2016 - 06:10 pm

Beirut: Syria's regime on Tuesday seized a strategic southern town from rebel forces, as leading opposition representatives debated whether to attend peace talks...

13 illegal migrants drown off southern Malaysia 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Thirteen migrants believed to be from Indonesia drowned after their boats capsized off southern Malaysia, a district police chief was reported...

Trump's wife remains private despite prospect of presidency 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that's no accident. Donald Trump's...