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Dutch-based easyJet pilots to hold day-long strike on Friday 22 Jun 2016 - 11:53 am

AMSTERDAM: Dozens of easyJet pilots based in the Netherlands will hold a second strike on Friday lasting 24 hours after failing to secure...

India launches record 20 satellites in single mission 22 Jun 2016 - 11:39 am

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, Kiran Kumar Rao (2R), along with members of the team, gestures as he displays models of the...

Snap election may not end Croatia’s political deadlock 22 Jun 2016 - 11:03 am

Tomislav Karamarko, president of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, listens to the national anthem during an election rally at Arena in Zagreb, Croatia,...

Final Yugoslav president 'knew I would be last' 22 Jun 2016 - 10:56 am

File photo of the final leader of Yugoslavia Stipe Mesic. Zagreb: Even its last president did not have faith. Twenty-five years after the...

US court convicts two of conspiring to join IS 22 Jun 2016 - 10:56 am

Los Angeles: A US court on Tuesday convicted two men of attempting to help the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, with...

Indonesia says has no overlapping South China Sea claims with China 22 Jun 2016 - 10:43 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister on Wednesday rejected China’s stance that the two Asian nations have overlapping claims in the South China Sea, where...

China jails top executive at China Resources unit 22 Jun 2016 - 10:41 am

Beijing: A Chinese court has jailed a former top executive in one of the country's largest state-owned conglomerates for 10 years for bribery...

Peru president-elect jokes about ending ties with U.S. if Trump wins 22 Jun 2016 - 10:36 am

Incoming Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski attends a mass in Manchay on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Lima:...

French authorities ban union demo in Paris Thursday: police 22 Jun 2016 - 10:23 am

Paris: Paris police authorities said they have banned a planned union demonstration in the capital on Thursday, after previous such marches descended into...

Somalia security chief killed by own guard, al Shabaab claims responsibility 22 Jun 2016 - 10:15 am

MOGADISHU: The Islamist militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior Somalia security official, who was was gunned down...

Lightning kills at least 67 as monsoon sweeps India 22 Jun 2016 - 09:40 am

Men walk past submerged vehicles as they wade through a water-logged street after heavy rains in Jammu on June 21, 2016. AFP New...

Afghan Taliban release some kidnapped bus passengers 22 Jun 2016 - 09:36 am

File photo of Taliban insurgents. Reuters Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban have released 21 of some two dozen hostages pulled from their vehicles on...

Debris found in Australia ruled out as from MH370 22 Jun 2016 - 09:24 am

Mother of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries while holding a painting which her family made for wishing the...

China plans first regular civilian cruises to disputed Spratlys by 2020 22 Jun 2016 - 09:15 am

An aerial view shows the Pagasa (Hope) Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea. Reuters BEIJING:...

Philippines v China: facts about a much-watched legal battle 22 Jun 2016 - 09:06 am

A crew member of a fishing vessel sitting at the bow, anchored at the mouth of the South China Sea off the town...

29 Filipinas rescued from trafficking in Malaysia 22 Jun 2016 - 08:56 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said...

25 civilians killed in raids on Syria IS bastion Raqa: monitor 22 Jun 2016 - 08:54 am

Beirut: Air strikes on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed 25 civilians, six of them children, a monitoring group...

Norway oil drilling rig workers agree wage deal, avoid strike 22 Jun 2016 - 08:37 am

File photo of oil workers at the Oseberg oil field, in the North Sea. REUTERS/MARIT HOMMEDAL/NTB SCANPIX/FILES OSLO: Workers on Norwegian offshore oil ...