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India criticises UN plan to combat violent extremism 13 Feb 2016 - 10:02 am

United Nations: India has criticised a UN plan to combat violent extremism saying it lacked sufficient options for international cooperation and a unified...

US okays F-16 sale to Pakistan, India upset 13 Feb 2016 - 09:56 am

New Delhi: India on Saturday reacted strongly to the US decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and said Washington's envoy...

More than 100 dead in collapsed Taiwan building: Rescue agency 13 Feb 2016 - 09:47 am

Rescue personnel working at a damaged building after an earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, on Feb 6, 2016. Reuters Taipei: Rescuers have found the...

Cameron defends Britain's desire for sovereignty before EU summit 13 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Britain's prime minister David Cameron poses for a photo before the traditional historic banquet ''Matthiae-Mahlzeit'' (St. Matthew's Day Banquet) at the town hall...

Senate passes 'provocative' China bill, Cruz lifts nominee holds 13 Feb 2016 - 09:09 am

A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Liu Xia, the wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, during a protest to...

Alabama woman convicted of running granddaughter to death has died 13 Feb 2016 - 09:01 am

Joyce Hardin Garrard was convicted in 2012 death of Savannah Hardin. Alabama: An Alabama woman convicted of murder in the running death of...

Oregon officials want federal govt, occupiers to pay for costly standoff 13 Feb 2016 - 08:56 am

Oregon Governor Kate Brown speaks at the state capital building in Salem, Oregon, February 2015. Reuters By Jim Urquhart BURNS, Oregon: The cost...

Australian hospital refuses to release baby for detention on Nauru 13 Feb 2016 - 08:45 am

A file picture of Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in the city of Brisbane By Morag MacKinnon PERTH, Australia: Doctors at an Australian hospital...

Quake hits eastern Indonesia island, no casualties reported 13 Feb 2016 - 08:43 am

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late on Friday, but there were no ...

North Korea to halt search for Japanese abductees: KCNA 13 Feb 2016 - 08:35 am

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had made resolving the emotive abductees issues a pledge of his political career. Tokyo: North Korea has declared...

Drug cartel ruled in Mexico prison hit by riot 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Family members of inmates react as they stand outside the Topo Chico Prison in Monterrey, Mexico, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Monterrey, Mexico:...

Three Iraqi presidential guards kidnapped near northern town -sources 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Three members of Iraq’s presidential guard were kidnapped on Friday near a checkpoint run by Shi’ite militiamen close to the northern district...

Athletes concerned about Zika before Rio Olympic test event 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Workers disinfect the archery venue in Rio. EPA RIO DE JANEIRO: International athletes set to compete in an Olympic diving test event in...

Student tortured and killed in Egypt given funeral at home in Italy 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Giulio Regeni ROME: An Italian student who was tortured and found dead in Egypt last week was given a funeral in his hometown...

‘I am a prisoner of conscience’: pro-Biafra leader tells AFP 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Nnamdi Kanu. An undated file photo Abuja: A pro-Biafra leader whose arrest sparked a wave of protests across Nigeria’s southeast has told AFP...

Canadian man found 30 years after going missing 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Edgar Latulip pictured before going missing in September 1986. North American Missing Persons Network Ottawa: A Canadian man who disappeared 30 years ago...

Clinton, Sanders clash over Obama as they vie for minority votes 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton speaks as Bernie Sanders listens. Reuters/Jim Young Clinton castigates Sanders as too critical of Obama. Sanders says senators have right to...