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Belgian nuclear reactor shut down three days after restarting 03 Jan 2016 - 08:56 am

Brussels: An ageing Belgian nuclear reactor shut down on Saturday afternoon, just three days after it was restarted, but there was no safety...

Mexico mayor assassinated one day after taking office 03 Jan 2016 - 08:51 am

Cuernavaca, Mexico: Several gunmen burst into the home of a newly elected Mexican mayor and shot her dead on Saturday, just hours into...

Iran 'sponsors terror', has 'no shame': Saudi 03 Jan 2016 - 08:43 am

view of northern Tehran is seen on March 25, 2015. AFP /Behrouz Mehri Riyadh: Saudi Arabia accused Iran of sponsoring terror and undermining...

Saudi embassy attacked in Tehran: news agency 03 Jan 2016 - 08:36 am

Flames rise from Saudi Arabia's embassy during a demonstration in Tehran January 2, 2016. REUTERS/TIMA/Mehdi Tehran: Angry crowds protesting at Saudi Arabia's execution...

White House South Lawn becomes first lady's grassy stage 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

In this April 9, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama plants herbs in the White House Kitchen Garden with students from Bancroft...

Bahrain condemns Iranian interference in its domestic affairs 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

HM Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain Manama: The Bahraini Ministry of the Foreign Affairs condemned Saturday "irresponsible...

750 West Africans stranded in Nigeria evacuated 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Togolese refugees board buses provided by Lagos State Environmental protection in Lagos, on August 14, 2015 ©Pius Utomi Ekpei. AFP Lagos: More than...

Former Central African Republic PM leads in presidential vote 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Faustin Archange Touadera By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI: A former prime minister of Central African Republic held a slim lead in a presidential election...

Newly installed mayor of Mexican city killed 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Gisela Mota MEXICO CITY: The newly installed mayor of the Mexican city of Temixco was killed on Saturday, according to a tweet from...

Search for more victims as deadly US floods stress levees 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Chicago: Record flooding from the rain-swollen Mississippi River and its tributaries stressed dams and levees to the breaking point in parts of Illinois,...

Historic Vatican accord with Palestine takes effect 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

People hold Palestinian flags as they wait for the Pope’s Sunday angelus prayer on Saint Peter’s square in the Vatican on June 8,...

CPI leader AB Bardhan dead 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

AB Bardhan New Delhi: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan died at a hospital here on Saturday, a doctor said....

Dubai ruler's son as fireman goes viral on twitter 03 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Tweets with the visuals of Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum the Vice-President and Prime Minister of...

Dubai blaze raises questions over Gulf skyscraper design 02 Jan 2016 - 06:44 pm

Dubai’s third high-rise fire in three years Cladding widely used on exteriors can be flammable in some cases New UAE rules require fire-resistant...

Missing Hong Kong bookseller 'assisting in investigation': wife 02 Jan 2016 - 06:32 pm

Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain in 1997 and enjoys liberties not seen on the mainland, but there are fears...

Driver 'wanted to kill soldiers' guarding French mosque: prosecutor 02 Jan 2016 - 06:20 pm

People stand near a car in Valence, France, on January 1, 2016, after a soldier guarding the mosque shot and wounded its driver....

Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys 02 Jan 2016 - 06:13 pm

Vietnam's Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh speaks to the media at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam May 28, 2015. Reuters/Kham HANOI:...

Thousands in Hebron funeral for slain Palestinians 02 Jan 2016 - 05:40 pm

File photo: Palestinians carry the bodies of five Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces following attempted stabbing attacks during a funeral procession in...