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N. Korea expels S. Koreans from industrial zone, seizes assets 11 Feb 2016 - 04:54 pm

Policemen guide a vehicle transporting South Korean employees working at the KIC (Kaesong industrial complex) as they return from KIC on the Grand...

51,000 displaced since Russian air strikes on Aleppo began: UN 11 Feb 2016 - 04:47 pm

Geneva: Some 51,000 people have been displaced since Damascus, backed by Russian air strikes, launched its latest offensive on the Syrian city of...

Kurdistan is 'part of Iraq' and should remain so: PM Abadi 11 Feb 2016 - 04:37 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor after their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on...

Dozens dead in Mexico prison riot: reports 11 Feb 2016 - 04:24 pm

Video grab showing riot police and relatives of inmates of a prison in the northern city of Monterrey in Mexico on February 11,...

Attacker shoots at offices in Saudi Arabia, six dead 11 Feb 2016 - 04:19 pm

RIYADH: An attacker opened fire at an education department in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees, a senior Saudi official said....

Turkey-Israel talks to restore ties going well, no deal yet: AKP spokesman 11 Feb 2016 - 03:00 pm

NKARA: Talks between Turkey and Israel to mend fences are going well but a deal has not yet been reached in efforts to...

Pentagon chief seeks more help in anti-IS fight 11 Feb 2016 - 02:22 pm

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (L) walks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 10, 2016....

70 injured as Egypt train derails 11 Feb 2016 - 01:47 pm

Cairo: At least 70 people were injured in Egypt on Thursday when a passenger train derailed and two of its cars overturned, the...

Calls for safety overhaul in Taiwan after quake disaster 11 Feb 2016 - 01:00 pm

Excavators are used during the search and rescue operation at the Wei-Kuan complex, which collapsed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in the southern Taiwanese...

Russia ready to discuss Syria ceasefire at international talks 11 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Munich. AFP/Brendan Smialowski Munich, Germany: Russia said...

French left-winger Melenchon to run for presidency in upset for Hollande 11 Feb 2016 - 12:25 pm

French far-left Parti de Gauche (PG) leader Jean-Luc Melenchon delivers a speech during a demonstration in Paris, May 5, 2013. Reuters/Charles Platiau PARIS:...

Death toll in Syrian civil war is 470,000: The Guardian 11 Feb 2016 - 12:12 pm

A man at a site recently hit by a missile in Aleppo’s Ard al-Hamra neighborhood, February 23, 2013. Reuters LONDON: In five years...

Ishrat Jahan was an LeT member, claims Headley 11 Feb 2016 - 11:48 am

Ishrat Jahan Mumbai: Pakistani-American terrorist-turned approver David Coleman Headley said on Thursday that Ishrat Jahan was a member of the women wing of...

Soldier found alive in Siachen dies 11 Feb 2016 - 11:26 am

New Delhi: Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was dug out alive after being buried under ice for six days in the Siachen glacier,...

Six killed as school minibus crashes with truck in France: police 11 Feb 2016 - 11:17 am

Paris: A school minibus crashed into a truck in France on Thursday, killing at least six children, police said, a day after another...

Last 24 hours: Jordan receives 65 Syrian refugees 11 Feb 2016 - 11:16 am

Amman: A total of 65 new Syrian refugees from various age groups, entered into Jordan through various crossing points during the last 24...

Israeli force crosses Lebanese border 11 Feb 2016 - 10:10 am

Beirut: An Israeli force crossed the Lebanese border on Wednesday and seized a goat herd belonging to a Lebanese citizen, Lebanon's National News...

Three missing as Greek navy helicopter falls in Aegean: report 11 Feb 2016 - 09:52 am

Athens: Three Greek navy personnel were missing Thursday after their helicopter crashed into the Aegean Sea during an exercise, the state Athens News...