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Ukraine says detained man planned attacks on Euro soccer championship in France 06 Jun 2016 - 01:40 pm

KIEV: Ukraine's state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks...

Hunt for new president puts Merkel on election footing 06 Jun 2016 - 01:30 pm

Berlin: German President Joachim Gauck said Monday that he would not stand for a second term, creating a political headache for Chancellor Angela...

China reaps first gold at Tajikistan mine 06 Jun 2016 - 01:23 pm

FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY Dushanbe, Tajikistan: A Chinese-run gold mine in ex-Soviet Tajikistan has produced its first gold, state media reported Monday, highlighting Beijing's...

5 killed in attack on Jordan intelligence office 06 Jun 2016 - 01:19 pm

By Laith al-Junaidi AMMAN: Five people were killed in an attack on a Jordanian intelligence office in capital Amman on Monday. Government spokesman...

Turkish army operations kill 7 islamic state militants in Syria 06 Jun 2016 - 01:11 pm

ANKARA: A total of seven Islamic State militants were killed in northern Syria in an operation by Turkish Armed Forces and the U.S.-led...

Belgium probes deadly train crash 06 Jun 2016 - 01:09 pm

A picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows damaged trains following a collision between a goods train and a passenger train killing at...

Army presses advance on jihadists at Syria's biggest dam 06 Jun 2016 - 12:12 pm

Beirut: Government troops and militia advanced on Syria's largest dam with Russian air support on Monday, threatening to cut off the jihadists' bastion...

Netanyahu admits contributions from Frenchman on trial for fraud 06 Jun 2016 - 12:12 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Monday that he had received contributions from a French tycoon on trial for alleged fraud,...

France promises aid for flood victims as waters recede 06 Jun 2016 - 11:56 am

A man skateboards on the edge of a flooded road in Les Damps, western France, on June 5 2016. AFP / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER ...

Concern after Burundi arrests journalist 06 Jun 2016 - 11:35 am

Nairobi: A Burundian journalist was arrested over the weekend and handed over to the dreaded secret service, witnesses and his colleagues said Monday,...

Brexit would make Northern Ireland border controls inevitable: Osborne 06 Jun 2016 - 11:28 am

By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST: Damaging border controls between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic are inevitable if Britain votes to leave the European...

Five killed in attack on Palestinian camp in Jordan - gov't spokesman 06 Jun 2016 - 11:25 am

AMMAN: Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two employees were killed in an armed attack on a security office in a Palestinian refugee camp...

In Louisville, Ali seen as face of 'real Islam' 06 Jun 2016 - 11:05 am

Members of the Louisville Islamic Center pray together before an inter-faith service to honor Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion after...

US-backed force says Islamic State fleeing Syrian city 06 Jun 2016 - 10:57 am

Syrian emergency personnel extinguish fire following reported air strikes on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on June 5,...

Anti-U.S. base assembly members win majority in Okinawa election 06 Jun 2016 - 10:45 am

Visitors look out over U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan on Okinawa May 3, 2010. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo TOKYO: Okinawa assembly...

Kazakhstan accuses businessman of inciting protests in coup plot 06 Jun 2016 - 10:34 am

ASTANA: Kazakhstan’s security service accused a detained businessman with Russian ties of financing recent anti-government protests as part of a plot to seize...