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Gunmen open fire on tourist bus at Cairo hotel, no casualties: Security sources 07 Jan 2016 - 01:22 pm

CAIRO: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on tourists as they boarded a bus in Cairo on Thursday but there were no casualties,...

Pakistan expels Bangladeshi diplomat amid worsening 'spy' row 07 Jan 2016 - 12:56 pm

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi diplomat will leave the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Thursday, officials said, amid a deepening row between the two countries...

Guantanamo detainees transferred to Ghana 07 Jan 2016 - 11:07 am

Washington: Two Yemeni detainees held at the controversial US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Ghana. The Pentagon said...

Japan detects no radiation following N. Korea nuclear test 07 Jan 2016 - 10:01 am

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York, January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Tokyo: Japan...

France to mark anniversary of attacks on defiant Charlie Hebdo 07 Jan 2016 - 09:44 am

A man walks past a paper mural by an unknown artist of British actor Charlie Chaplin with the lettering 'We are Charlie' (Nous...

Indian American entrepreneur Frank Islam receives UP Ratna award 07 Jan 2016 - 09:28 am

Azamgarh born American entrepreneur Frank Islam. frankislam.com By Arun Kumar Washington: Azamgarh-born Indian American entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam has been awarded the...

Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Sayeed dies 07 Jan 2016 - 09:25 am

A file photo of J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. AFP Srinagar: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, chief minister of India's restive Kashmir region and...

Snow makes migrants' journey through Europe even harder 07 Jan 2016 - 09:13 am

Migrants and refugees queue to board a train at a train station in the southern Serbian town of Presevo on January 6, 2016. ...

UN sanctions threat over N. Korea nuclear test 07 Jan 2016 - 08:39 am

In this photograph released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2016, North Korean people celebrate the success...

Cuban migrants to fly out of Costa Rica next week 07 Jan 2016 - 08:17 am

Cubans rest at a Methodist church sheltering 35 Cuban refugees in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on December 29, 2015 (AFP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez) San...

Guatemala arrests 17 ex-military over civil war abuses 07 Jan 2016 - 08:09 am

Former army commander Benedicto Lucas Garcia arrives for a court hearing in Guatemala City on January 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Orlando Estrada) Guatemala City: ...

North Korea nuclear test catalyzes Obama critics 07 Jan 2016 - 08:07 am

Republicans vying to replace Obamain 2017 say his overly cautious foreign policy has created a void that the Islamic State group, Russia, China,...

Venezuela opposition sets out to oust government 07 Jan 2016 - 08:04 am

National Assembly employees remove from the building pictures of late President Hugo Chavez, in Caracas on January 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Ronaldo Schemidt) Caracas: ...

LA prosecutor declines to charge Cosby over allegations by 2 women 07 Jan 2016 - 02:36 am

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles County district attorney has declined to bring criminal charges against comedian Bill Cosby stemming from...

In US presidential race, Trump confronts rising rival Cruz 07 Jan 2016 - 02:31 am

Ted Cruz Washington: The US presidential nominations battle kicks off February 1 in Iowa. Donald Trump leads the Republican race nationally, but in...

Shortage of malaria drug points to better tool vs Ebola 07 Jan 2016 - 02:28 am

Miami: As doctors struggled to treat growing numbers of patients during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the shortage of one helpful drug...

Fore! Trump clashes with actor Samuel L. Jackson 07 Jan 2016 - 02:22 am

Washington: Donald Trump is teed off again -- this time with actor Samuel L. Jackson, who accused him of cheating at golf. The...

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Ghana: Pentagon 07 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Representative image Washington: Two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred from the US military prison to Ghana, the Pentagon said Wednesday, bringing the...