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Week-long assault captures extremist camp, claims 29 lives: Philippines 20 Dec 2015 - 01:05 pm

File photo of heavily armed Philippine soldiers in a forested area of Basilan island Zamboanga, Philippines: A week-long assault by Philippine troops ended...

Landslide at industrial park in China; 41 missing 20 Dec 2015 - 01:04 pm

A general view shows buildings covered by mud at the site of a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China,...

Israel to revoke 230,000 Palestinians’ residency permits 20 Dec 2015 - 12:13 pm

File photo of Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli authorities are poised to strip tens of thousands of Palestinians in Occupied...

Islamabad to host next year’s Indian expo 20 Dec 2015 - 12:07 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Indian business community will hold the ‘Indian Expo’ in Islamabad, with the federal capital hosting the event in the second week...

Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit Philippines 20 Dec 2015 - 12:06 pm

Typhoon Melor and tropical depression Onyok have battered the Philippines. CALUMPUT, Philippines: The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose...

12 dead as tourist bus crashes in Thailand: Police 20 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

Thai rescue workers remove bodies and injured passengers from the wreckage of the tourist bus. EPA Bangkok: At least 12 people including Chinese...

Toll hits 102 as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK militants: security source 20 Dec 2015 - 11:53 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: The number of Kurdish rebels killed during a huge Turkish military offensive in the country's restive southeast has jumped to 102,...

Anger, fear at Delhi's pollution ground zero 20 Dec 2015 - 11:35 am

Commuters near a bus terminus in the Anand Vihar suburb of New Delhi, that records far worse air quality than rest of Delhi. ...

California mom gets life term in daughter's microwave death 20 Dec 2015 - 11:34 am

SACRAMENTO, California: A 34-year-old California mother has been sentenced to life in prison in the microwave oven death of her 1-month-old daughter. A...

From ghost city to boomtown, Phnom Penh soars high 20 Dec 2015 - 11:16 am

An overhead view of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh: From glitzy malls and high-rise flats to five-star hotels, a luxury building boom in Phnom...

Clinging to power: The African leaders who won't stand down 20 Dec 2015 - 11:01 am

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term in April that has been judged as unconstitutional Kinshasa: Even the fate of Blaise Compaore,...

IMF approves $498 million for Pakistan 20 Dec 2015 - 10:59 am

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the immediate disbursement of about $498.1 million to Pakistan, appreciating the government’s "prudent economic policies"...

Samir Kantar killed in Israeli raid: Hezbollah 20 Dec 2015 - 10:52 am

Beirut: A Lebanese militant notorious for the murder of three Israelis, including a four-year-old girl, has been killed in an Israeli air raid...

A hundred forest fires break out in northwest Spain 20 Dec 2015 - 10:49 am

Wildfires destroyed more than 54,000 hectares of agricultural and forest land in Spain this year Madrid: Some 230 firefighters were dispatched to battle...

Air France flight makes emergency landing in Kenya: Police 20 Dec 2015 - 10:19 am

File picture for representation only NAIROBI: An Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and safely made an emergency landing at Kenya's port city...

Locals brace for 'chillai kalan', king of cold in Kashmir 20 Dec 2015 - 10:06 am

File picture for representation only By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar: The traditional 40-day period of extreme cold, known as 'chillai kalan', starts here Monday...

Democrats spar over ISIS, guns and Trump 20 Dec 2015 - 09:57 am

US Democratic Presidential hopefuls: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley participate in the Democratic Presidential Debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester,...