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U.S. patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim-officials 08 Nov 2015 - 12:45 am

By Andrea Shalal and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON: The U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions...

Turkey Arrests Seven ISIS Suspects 08 Nov 2015 - 12:40 am

Representative image Ankara: Turkish police on Saturday detained seven foreign nationals in southern Turkey on suspicion of planning to head to Syria to...

Berlin protesters, police clash near anti-migrant march 08 Nov 2015 - 12:36 am

Police clashed Saturday with activists who took to the streets of Berlin to shout down anti-migrant slogans. Berlin: Police clashed Saturday with activists...

Oppose Taiwan independence, China's Xi says at historic meeting 08 Nov 2015 - 12:24 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou wave to photographers as they enter the room at the Shangri-la Hotel where...

Chicago police search for killers who lured, executed 9-year old 08 Nov 2015 - 12:22 am

Chicago: Police continued their hunt Saturday for the killers of a nine-year-old Chicago boy who was lured into an alley and fatally shot,...

Bangladesh police arrest 7 militants, including 4 Pakistanis 08 Nov 2015 - 12:07 am

DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh have arrestedseven suspected militants including four from Pakistan theybelieve to be members of the banned militant group Jama'atulMujahideen Bangladesh...

Brazil rescuers search for 19 missing after dams burst 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A rescue worker touches the face of a horse as they try to save it at Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with...

Suspected Russian strikes kill 23 Syria civilians: monitor 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Syrians walk in a dusty street as the sound of fighter jets can be heard overhead following air strikes by suspected Russian planes...

Tunisians rally in support of Palestinian 'uprising' 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Tunis: Hundreds of Tunisians, including political figures, gathered in the capital Saturday for a demonstration called by the Islamist party Ennahda...

Russian plane broke up in mid-air after noise: Crash investigators 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Asma Alsharif and Dominic Evans CAIRO: A Russian plane which crashed in Egypt last week was flying on auto-pilot and appeared to...

Sinai crash a blow to Sharm al-Sheikh tourism 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Ahmed Aboulenein SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt: A holidaymaker stranded in Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh airport was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "take what...

Row over refugees' status reopens divisions in German government 07 Nov 2015 - 06:52 pm

By Caroline Copley BERLIN: Just two days after resolving a coalition row over how to handle a record influx of refugees, Germany's ruling...

Russia to send 44 planes to Egypt Saturday to repatriate tourists: aviation body 07 Nov 2015 - 06:51 pm

Moscow: Russia will on Saturday send 44 planes to repatriate its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resorts, the Russian Federal Air Transport...

Kiev completes light arms pullout from eastern front: army 07 Nov 2015 - 06:35 pm

Ukrainian servicemen stand next to a 85 mm "Vasilyok" automatic mortar in Peski willage, in the Donetsk region, on November 7, 2015 before...

Protestor killed in Indian Kashmir after Modi visit 07 Nov 2015 - 06:30 pm

Activists from the Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami party take part in a protest against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Naremdra Modi to India-administered Kashmir...

Egypt FM: Western countries haven't helped in war on terror 07 Nov 2015 - 05:48 pm

An armed security worker talks on his phone in front of the luggage screening section at the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Saturday,...

Burundians flee capital ahead of looming security crackdown 07 Nov 2015 - 05:46 pm

Burundians carry their belongings on bicycles in Bujumbura, Burundi, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. AP BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Carrying prized possessions, scores of people fled...