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'Unusual' fog disrupts flights across Europe 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

London: An unusually large blanket of thick fog descended on European airports Monday, causing scores of flight cancellations from London Heathrow, the continent's...

Pakistan cracks down on media outlets' coverage of militants 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Monday called on broadcasters to refrain from covering dozens of banned insurgent groups, including an organisation allegedly tied to...

Russian police raids Crimea Tatar TV channel, journalist homes 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

An armed man in military fatigues (R) stands guard outside the offices of Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR in Simferopol on Nov. 2. ...

Islamic conference of culture ministers kicks off 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Muscat: The 9th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers began here Monday with Qatari participation. Activities of the three-day conference, held under the theme...

S.African cops arrested over killing filmed by cameras 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

South Africa's police force has been under the spotlight in recent years following a string of brutality cases. AFP Four South African police...

Merkel's coalition woes deepen with row over refugee transit zones 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN: Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel rejected on Monday the idea of setting up transit zones on Germany's borders to filter...

German attitudes towards migrants are a matter of generation 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Mohamed Helal (R), a 25-year-old Syrian refugee listens to roommate Christiane Gloger in their apartment in Dresden, Germany October 26, 2015. REUTERS By...

Four castaways rescued off Mexico after month adrift 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Mexico City: The Mexican navy has rescued four fishermen from Colombia and Ecuador who spent more than a month adrift in...

Austrian far-right party says to eject MP over anti-Semitic exchange 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Susanne Winter VIENNA: Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) said on Monday it would dismiss a member of its parliamentary group for an anti-Semitic...

'World's largest' floating wind farm gets ok in Scotland 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Construction on the UK’s first floating offshore windfarm is to begin in 2016. Photograph: Øyvind Hagen / Statoil ASA London: The Scottish government...

South African police surrender after caught on camera killing suspect 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image JOHANNESBURG: South African police officers who killed a suspected robber by shooting him in the head as he lay on the...

Space station marks 15 years of astronaut life 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

The first crew on the International Space Station arrived on November 2, 2000 Miami: Astronauts have circled the Earth on board the International...

Spotlight on IS after claim it downed Russian jet 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Cairo: Despite a lack of evidence for the claim, the Islamic State group has stepped into the spotlight by saying it downed a...

Comic Carrey to film murder drama in Poland 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Warsaw: Veteran comic actor Jim Carrey will star in "True Crimes", a murder drama set to begin production on location in Poland later...

Congo opposition drops civil disobedience over election row 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Secretary-general of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) Jean-Bertrand Ewanga (C) at a protest called by the Congolese opposition, on August 4,...

Canada's new PM to move quickly on pledges, faces refugee challenge 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren TORONTO: Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will move quickly to implement campaign promises such as overhauling...

Erdogan says world must respect Turkish election result 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan smiles as he leaves from Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, November 2, 2015. Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir By Nick Tattersall...