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Brother of Toulouse killer to face special court 16 Mar 2016 - 02:51 pm

Mohamed Merah Paris: A special court will try the brother of Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in a murderous spree in the...

Iraq cabinet warns Sadr protest camp 'illegal' 16 Mar 2016 - 02:26 pm

Baghdad: The Iraqi cabinet has decided not to authorise a protest camp by followers of cleric Moqtada Sadr which had been due to...

UN envoy to meet pro-Russia Syrian opposition group at talks 16 Mar 2016 - 02:14 pm

Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Head of the Government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari, left, and UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General...

Sting operation: Congress, BJP move court for CBI probe 16 Mar 2016 - 02:06 pm

Kolkata: The Congress and the BJP's West Bengal units on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court with two different petitions seeking a CBI...

Germany tightens rape law in wake of Cologne assaults 16 Mar 2016 - 02:02 pm

Crowds of people outside Cologne Main Station in Cologne on New Year's Eve EPA Berlin: The German government on Wednesday approved a tightening...

Delhi court order on JNU students' bail on March 18 16 Mar 2016 - 02:01 pm

File picture of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. EPA New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday reserved for March 18 its...

Islamic State flag found at Brussels shoot-out scene: prosecutor 16 Mar 2016 - 02:00 pm

Reporters stand in front of an apartment (C) in the Brussels district of Forest where a gunman was shot dead by Belgian police...

Two suspects on the run after Brussels terror shootout: prosecutor 16 Mar 2016 - 01:57 pm

Broken windows at the back of an apartment are pictured in the Brussels district of Forest where a gunman was shot dead by...

'Mallya linked company applied to operate casino in Goa' 16 Mar 2016 - 01:56 pm

Goa highlighted in the Indian map. Panaji: UB Infrastructure Projects Limited, a company linked to beleaguered billionaire Vijay Mallya's business empire, applied for...

Turkey supports Syria's unity, unilateral federation moves invalid - official 16 Mar 2016 - 01:52 pm

ANKARA: Turkey supports Syria's national unity and unilateral moves such as declaring a federation cannot be valid, a foreign ministry official told Reuters,...

Four Singaporeans linked to overseas armed groups arrested 16 Mar 2016 - 01:50 pm

Singapore: Four Singaporeans have been arrested under the city-state's tough Internal Security Act (ISA) for taking part or intending to join armed groups...

U.S. capital commuter chaos looms as safety checks close subway 16 Mar 2016 - 01:46 pm

A rider walks down into the Metro subway system during the evening rush hour in Washington March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Eric...

Obama to announce US Supreme Court nominee Wednesday 16 Mar 2016 - 01:38 pm

By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will announce his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court at 11 am Eastern Time (1500 GMT)...

On patrol with Macedonian troops at Europe's closed gate 16 Mar 2016 - 01:27 pm

A boy makes his way next to tents at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, ...

Federal system to be announced in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria 16 Mar 2016 - 01:25 pm

BEIRUT: Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official said. The announcement would...

Breivik says will fight 'to the death' for Nazism 16 Mar 2016 - 01:06 pm

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik (L) seated next to his lawyer Oystein Storrvik (R) inside the court room in Skien prison, in Skien,...