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Iraq cholera cases grow, spread to Kurdish region 20 Oct 2015 - 06:25 pm

BAGHDAD: The number of cholera cases in Iraq has risen to more than 1,800 as the epidemic spread to the northern autonomous Kurdish...

UN chief urges Israelis, Palestinians to act quickly to calm tensions 20 Oct 2015 - 06:14 pm

Jerusalem: UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned of a "dangerous escalation" and urged Israelis and Palestinians to move quickly to calm nearly three weeks...

Insight: Cameron set for high-stakes game of bluff with Brussels 20 Oct 2015 - 06:13 pm

By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS: When David Cameron writes to fellow European Union leaders in a couple of weeks, asking for new terms of...

Kurdish lawyer faces trial for saying PKK not terrorist group 20 Oct 2015 - 06:06 pm

By Daren Butler and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR: A top Kurdish lawyer in conflict-riven southeast Turkey faces trial after saying the Kurdistan Workers Party...

Drug-resistant malaria could spread to Africa: study 20 Oct 2015 - 06:03 pm

PARIS: A drug-resistant malaria parasite from southeast Asia can infect African mosquitoes, said a study Tuesday, boosting fears that a hard-to-cure variant of...

Angola's opposition calls for transparency in public spending 20 Oct 2015 - 05:58 pm

By Herculano Coroado LUANDA: Angola's main opposition political party has asked President José Eduardo dos Santos to explain why the state was not...

Turkmenistan president makes poetic debut 20 Oct 2015 - 05:57 pm

ASHGABAT: The leader of isolated Turkmenistan has grabbed the headlines in the ex-Soviet state by publishing his first poem, a brief ode singing...

Women worldwide face rampant violence: UN 20 Oct 2015 - 05:49 pm

United Nations, United States: Women worldwide live longer lives and are more educated than at any time in the past 20 years, but...

Soldier kills four in shooting in north India 20 Oct 2015 - 05:23 pm

New Delhi: Police gunned down an Indian army soldier Tuesday after he opened fire indiscriminately, killing four people and injuring four others following...

Taliban threatens southern Afghan city, civilians flee 20 Oct 2015 - 05:20 pm

By Mohammad Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: Taliban forces advanced on the capital of the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand on Tuesday amid...

Slovenia buckles as migrants rush to escape winter, border closures 20 Oct 2015 - 05:09 pm

Kljuc Brdovecki , Croatia: Slovenia on Tuesday called in the army to help manage a surge of asylum seekers desperately trying to reach...

Algerian troops kill three Islamist gunmen: Ministry 20 Oct 2015 - 05:01 pm

Algiers: Algerian soldiers killed three Islamist gunmen on Tuesday during a sweep of a region east of the capital where Al-Qaeda has a...

Sri Lankan judge says war crimes claims 'credible' 20 Oct 2015 - 04:47 pm

The findings mark the first time a domestic inquiry has said there is evidence the army committed war crimes, and are all the...

Car attack injures 2 Israeli soldiers, driver killed 20 Oct 2015 - 04:38 pm

Jerusalem: A man slammed his car into two Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank Tuesday before being shot and killed, police said,...

Recordings posted online suggest Moldova's former PM asked for bribes 20 Oct 2015 - 04:29 pm

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU: Phone conversations posted online on Tuesday purported to show former Moldovan prime minister Vlad Filat asking for bribes from...

Italy's Renzi mimics Berlusconi in bid to inherit his voters 20 Oct 2015 - 04:20 pm

By Gavin Jones ROME, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A recent front-page cartoon in Italy's mainstream newspaper Corriere della Sera depicted elderly former Prime...

Clinton extends lead in race for Democratic vote: poll 20 Oct 2015 - 04:17 pm

Washington: Frontrunner Hillary Clinton has stretched her lead over fellow White House hopeful Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination after...