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Curious crowds disrupt Europe-Asia rail service 30 Oct 2013 - 11:05 pm

ISTANBUL: Turks intrigued by Istanbul’s new underwater rail line linking Europe and Asia are overcrowding trains by riding to and from under the...

US to help Iraq fight terrorist targets 30 Oct 2013 - 11:05 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States is aiming to help the Iraqi government battle an increasing threat from Al Qaeda linked terror groups with military...

Israel frees 26 prisoners but ramps up settlements 30 Oct 2013 - 11:02 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel freed 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners yesterday in line with commitments to the US-backed peace process, but moved in tandem to ramp...

Barclays drawn into foreign exchange probe 30 Oct 2013 - 06:56 pm

LONDON: Barclays is one of a number of companies being investigated over possible manipulation of foreign exchange trading, the British bank said on...

Japan Tobacco to cut 1,600 jobs 30 Oct 2013 - 06:52 pm

TOKYO: Japan Tobacco plans to slash 1,600 jobs and close four factories, downsizing domestic cigarette production as sales fall at home, media reports...

44 killed in India bus crash inferno 30 Oct 2013 - 06:49 pm

NEW DELHI: At least 44 passengers were killed when a fierce blaze triggered by an exploding fuel tank engulfed a bus in southern...

Syrians alone will decide on Geneva II talks: Assad 30 Oct 2013 - 06:24 pm

DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the Syrian people alone will decide the fate...

India's Infosys settles US visa probe for $34m 30 Oct 2013 - 06:20 pm

MUMBAI: Indian outsourcing giant Infosys said Wednesday it would pay $34 million to the US government to settle an investigation into alleged visa...

21 feared dead in Zimbabwe road crash 30 Oct 2013 - 06:06 pm

HARARE: Twenty-one people were killed, many burnt beyond recognition, after a fuel tanker and a truck ferrying mourners collided in Zimbabwe on Wednesday,...

Bomb kills five soldiers in northwest Pakistan 30 Oct 2013 - 06:06 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb on Wednesday killed five Pakistani soldiers in a restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. The...

Saudi Aramco considers bids for clean fuels, power plant-sources 30 Oct 2013 - 05:56 pm

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Aramco is evaluating bids from Asian and European engineering companies to build a new cleaner fuels plant at its...

Suicide bombers hit Iraq security as attacks kill 35 30 Oct 2013 - 05:55 pm

BAGHDAD: Three suicide bombings killed 14 Iraqi security force members overnight, officials said Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of attacks that left...

Storm-battered N Europe gets back to normal 30 Oct 2013 - 03:51 am

BERLIN: Countries in northern Europe lashed by a storm that killed 16 people were yesterday still struggling with power outages and travel disruptions...

Scotland breakaway vote a risk to national security: UK 30 Oct 2013 - 03:50 am

LONDON: Britain’s national security could be weakened if Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom next year, the British government said yesterday. An...

Official sorry for ‘Obamacare’ website woe 30 Oct 2013 - 03:49 am

WASHINGTON: A key official overseeing the US health care law’s new website apologised yesterday for its trouble-plagued rollout, but insisted the online programme...

Al Jazeera America to ramp up programming and marketing 30 Oct 2013 - 03:49 am

WASHINGTON: Al Jazeera America said yesterday that it would expand its programming, adding staff and a new morning news show as it seeks...

Polio outbreak could spread outside Syria, warns WHO 30 Oct 2013 - 03:48 am

Syrian civilians evacuate the war-battered suburb of Damascus, Moadamiyet Al Sham, yesterday with the help of the Social Affairs Ministry, as fighting between...

Assad sacks vice-PM over Geneva talks 30 Oct 2013 - 03:47 am

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad yesterday sacked his vice premier who had been absent without leave and held unauthorised meetings abroad, the...