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Iran passenger trains collision death toll rose to 44: official 25 Nov 2016 - 08:41 pm

ANKARA: Forty-four people were killed and 103 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 miles (250...

Indian court orders release of prominent Kashmiri human rights activist 25 Nov 2016 - 08:32 pm

SRINAGAR: A court in India’s restive state of Kashmir on Friday ordered police to release a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist arrested two...

Sri Lanka sentences 18 to death in tea planter murder 25 Nov 2016 - 08:27 pm

Colombo: A Sri Lankan court Friday sentenced 18 men to death for murdering a US tea company executive, the largest group to be...

Ireland PM says Brexit deal impossible in 2 years so must be transition: Sky 25 Nov 2016 - 07:29 pm

LONDON: Britain and the European Union will find it impossible to strike a full Brexit deal within the two-year period set for negotiations...

Juppe hopes to be reassuring face for nervous France 25 Nov 2016 - 07:26 pm

Paris: Written off as finished on more than one occasion, Republicans party presidential candidate Alain Juppe is living proof that in French politics...

Foreign planes combat Israel wildfires as arrests made 25 Nov 2016 - 07:19 pm

Haifa, Israel: Foreign firefighting planes on Friday helped Israel tackle a wave of wildfires that have forced tens of thousands to flee their...

Talks, not war may solve Philippine conflict: Duterte 25 Nov 2016 - 07:07 pm

Zamboanga, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the prospect Friday of holding peace talks with Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group which has...

Spain seeks answers for Israel's drone gift to Russia 25 Nov 2016 - 07:00 pm

Madrid: Spain said Friday it had requested clarification from Israel after its agriculture minister gifted visiting Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev a Spanish-made drone...

Trump win breathes life into private detention industry 25 Nov 2016 - 06:56 pm

Washington: Donald Trump's White House triumph this month caught the business world by surprise but also breathed life into a little-understood US industry:...

Passenger trains collide in Iran, at least 40 killed 25 Nov 2016 - 06:45 pm

ANKARA: At least 40 people were killed and 100 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150...

Six killed, dozens wounded by blasts in Afghan city 25 Nov 2016 - 06:41 pm

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: At least six people were killed and 27 wounded on Friday in a series of explosions across the eastern Afghan city...

Reform hopes as Vatican panel studies female deacons 25 Nov 2016 - 06:38 pm

Vatican City: A papal commission on the role of female deacons met for the first time Friday in a move reformers hope could...

Zakir Naik terms ban on Islamic Research Foundation 'communal' 25 Nov 2016 - 06:19 pm

Mumbai, Nov 25: Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Friday dubbed a five-year ban on his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) "communal" and an...

Kerala's Dileep-Kavya tie the knot, seek blessings 25 Nov 2016 - 12:13 pm

Kochi: The much talked-about and long-awaited marriage of Malayalam film industry's 'Laila-Majnu' -- Kavya Madhavan and Dileep took place on Friday. The two...

Burundi says will not cooperate with U.N. investigation into violence 24 Nov 2016 - 04:59 pm

NAIROBI: Burundi's government refused on Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into months of political violence, saying accusations of abuses by its ...

Suicide car bomb kills 12 south of Baghdad 24 Nov 2016 - 04:06 pm

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a gas station in al-Hilla city, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad on...

Central banker missing in action as India wages war on cash 24 Nov 2016 - 04:00 pm

As India undergoes the world’s biggest currency overhaul in decades, one official is noticeably absent: central bank Governor Urjit Patel. The head of...

Sudan arrests dozens in foreign exchange crackdown 24 Nov 2016 - 03:37 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese security agents have detained dozens of foreign exchange dealers for black market trading, as the authorities struggle to curb speculation against...