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Iran parliament urges ballistic missile improvements 01 May 2016 - 01:17 pm

File photo/ REUTERS Tehran: Iran's outgoing parliament approved a motion Sunday to increase the capabilities of the country's ballistic missiles, a military programme...

Modi gives LPG connections, vows to help poor 01 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Ballia (Uttar Prdesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed LPG connections here on Sunday and pledged to ensure a better life for the poor....

Malaysia sends 32 Taiwanese suspects to China, draws protest 01 May 2016 - 12:47 pm

BEIJING: Taiwanese officials have protested Malaysia's deportation of 32 of the self-ruled island's nationals to China this weekend to face wire fraud charges,...

Three held over Bangladesh Hindu tailor's murder 01 May 2016 - 12:36 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police detained three people on Sunday over the gruesome murder of a Hindu tailor one day earlier, the latest deadly attack...

Gunmen on camels wound 6 in Darfur camp attack 01 May 2016 - 12:27 pm

Khartoum: Gunmen riding camels shot and wounded six people in an attack on a camp housing thousands of people displaced by the brutal...

Armed guards at India dams as drought leaves farmers dry 01 May 2016 - 12:17 pm

Gunmen patrol at a water reservoir in Tikamgarh in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. AFP / MONEY SHARMA Tikamgarh, India: As...

EU set to drive forward visas for Turks in migrant deal 01 May 2016 - 12:10 pm

By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS: Despite deep public misgivings in some countries, the European Union will this week drive forward a plan to grant...

Israeli troops injure Palestinian, arrest three in Bethlehem 01 May 2016 - 12:03 pm

Ramallah: At least one Palestinian was shot and injured and three others detained by Israeli troops, who broke into al-Izza refugee camp, north...

Diesel, petrol cabs go off roads, owners warn of suicides 01 May 2016 - 11:45 am

By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi: The Supreme Court's ban on plying of diesel and petrol driven taxis in Delhi took effect on Sunday,...

Turkish police fire tear gas in central Istanbul on May Day protesters 01 May 2016 - 11:42 am

Turkish riot police use pepper spray against protesters as they attempted to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May...

Protesters in Green Zone, Iraq PM calls for punishment of rioters 01 May 2016 - 11:39 am

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sleep at Grand Festivities Square in Baghdad's Green Zone on April 30, 2016. Haydar Hadi - Anadolu...

Iran's new parliament has more women than clerics 01 May 2016 - 11:32 am

An Iranian woman casts her ballot during a second round of parliamentary elections at a polling station in Shahriar district of Tehran, Iran ...

UK royal Kate appears on cover of Vogue's 100th anniversary edition 01 May 2016 - 11:31 am

London: The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will appear on the cover of the 100th anniversary edition of the British version of fashion...

Khan and Goldsmith, London mayoral candidates from different sides of the track 01 May 2016 - 11:23 am

A combination picture created on April 30, 2016, shows British Conservative Party London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith (L) speaking during a London Mayoral...

US demands Assad forces halt Aleppo strikes as residents flee 01 May 2016 - 11:19 am

Syrians ride a motorbike past a collapsed building on which a graffiti reads "Save Aleppo" on April 30, 2016 in the central Syrian...

Al-Qaeda after bin Laden 01 May 2016 - 11:08 am

Yemeni security forces inspect unexploded ordnance confiscated from Al-Qaeda militants in the Lahj province, as they prepare to neutralise mines and explosives in...