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Paris police station attacker lived in German refugee shelter: Police 10 Jan 2016 - 01:38 pm

An expert of the technical and scientific police unit (L) is pictured in the Rue de la Goutte d'Or in northern Paris on...

Madagascar's presidential party wins landslide in Senate vote 10 Jan 2016 - 01:33 pm

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina's party has won an overwhelming victory in Madagascar's senatorial elections. AFP Antananarivo: The party of Madagascar's president has won an...

Four-country talks on Taliban to begin in Pakistan 10 Jan 2016 - 01:14 pm

File picture for representation only By Amjad Ali ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday...

UK govt to make EU exit work, if public vote for it 10 Jan 2016 - 01:08 pm

File photo of UK PM David Cameron LONDON: If Britons vote to leave the European Union at a membership referendum due by the...

Qaeda abducts media activists from Syria rebel town 10 Jan 2016 - 01:08 pm

File photo of Turkish fighters with an al Qaeda-linked group in the Syrian village of Aziza outside Aleppo. AFP Beirut: Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate...

Turkish forces kill 18 Kurdish rebels: Army 10 Jan 2016 - 01:02 pm

File photo of Turkish riot police blocking the street as a pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Beyoglu member tries to enter the offices...

US carries out drone strike in eastern Afghanistan 10 Jan 2016 - 12:50 pm

File picture for representation only KABUL: The United States conducted a drone strike in Afghanistan last week but a spokesman declined to confirm...

Turkey arrests 3 over killing of anti-IS Syrian filmmaker: report 10 Jan 2016 - 12:28 pm

File photo/ AFP Istanbul; Turkish authorities arrested three people over the death of a Syrian filmmaker who was assassinated in southern Turkey after...

Pakistan to present Taliban list open for peace talks 10 Jan 2016 - 12:24 pm

File photo/ AFP Islamabad: Four-way talks aimed at reviving dialogue between Kabul and the Afghan Taliban will be held in Islamabad on Monday,...

HRW accuses Yemen rebels of arbitrary detentions 10 Jan 2016 - 12:23 pm

A Houthi militant stands guard as he secures an area where Houthi supporters are demonstrating against air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa January...

India teen gang-raped, shot, dumped in well 10 Jan 2016 - 12:17 pm

New Delhi: An Indian teenager held captive for two weeks by a gang of men said in an interview broadcast Sunday that she...

No winner of record Powerball jackpot, next draw put at $1.3 billion 10 Jan 2016 - 12:00 pm

Host Sam Arlen speaks as the winning Powerball numbers are about to be drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee, Florida January...

Ambassador denies US conducting helicopter raids in northern Iraq 10 Jan 2016 - 11:47 am

File photo of US Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones at a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, October 1, 2015. Reuters BAGHDAD: The US...

Pakistan tells U.S. that India attack probe will “bring out the truth” 10 Jan 2016 - 11:46 am

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi (R) is seen shaking hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif upon his arrival in Lahore in this...

Happiest at CPI-M's new development agenda, says Chandy 10 Jan 2016 - 11:24 am

Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy on Sunday expressed happiness at the CPI-M's ongoing two-day 4th edition of...

Thousands protest over contested French airport site 10 Jan 2016 - 11:13 am

Opponents to the international airport project near Nantes clash with riot policemen as they block Nantes ring road, western France, on January 9,...

Vanuatu on red alert as Cyclone Ula, category 4 storm, approaches 10 Jan 2016 - 10:59 am

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ula strengthens as it heads towards Vanuatu. Fiji Meteorological Service By Morag MacKinnon PERTH: Residents of Vanuatu are taking shelter...

Egypt's parliament meets after more than three-year absence 10 Jan 2016 - 10:52 am

A file picture of the parliament building in Cairo. Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's new parliament held its opening session on Sunday, state television reported,...