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Iraqi Premier Calls for "Substantial" Cabinet Reshuffle 10 Feb 2016 - 10:37 am

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has urged political blocs to help carrying out a "substantial" cabinet reshuffle to confront the country's...

4.7 magnitude earthquake jolts Algeria 10 Feb 2016 - 10:31 am

Algeria: An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit Blida town, northern Algeria on Wednesday. The Centre of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics...

Six children die in fireball as car, tanker collide in Pakistan 10 Feb 2016 - 10:19 am

Lahore, Pakistan: Six schoolchildren were among at least 10 people killed when a fireball erupted as a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...

Landmine Kills 3 Soldiers in Central Mali 10 Feb 2016 - 09:46 am

Bamako: Three Malian soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in the central region of Mopti, officials said. Two others were...

Indonesian military plane crashes in Java, killing three 10 Feb 2016 - 09:42 am

Malang, Indonesia: An Indonesian military plane crashed into a house in a densely populated area during a test flight Wednesday, killing the pilot...

Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Srinagar 10 Feb 2016 - 09:35 am

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near concertina wire set up as barricade during restrictions in Maisuma area of Srinagar, the summer capital of...

Warning of Islamic State's tentacles spreading to South Asia 10 Feb 2016 - 09:31 am

South Asian countries By Arul Louis United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned of the danger of the Islamic State spreading...

Pakistan airline workers end strike 10 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

Islamabad: Workers of the Pakistan's state-owned airlines announced that they have called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they were invited...

Technical glitch forces adjournment of Headley deposition 10 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Mumbai: The deposition of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley was adjourned till Thursday following some technical snags in videoconferencing from a US jail,...

Four feared dead in Myanmar military plane crash: officials 10 Feb 2016 - 08:46 am

Naypyidaw, Myanmar Naypyidaw, Myanmar: At least four Myanmar military personnel were feared dead after a small air force propeller plane crashed shortly after...

Thai cops bust high quality fake passport gang 10 Feb 2016 - 08:35 am

Bangkok: Thai police rounded up six foreigners allegedly behind one of the country's biggest and best counterfeit passport operations, officers said Wednesday, in...

Egypt activists recall Mubarak ouster as a distant dream 10 Feb 2016 - 08:29 am

Cairo: As the sun began to set on February 11, 2011, the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square wavered between hope and despair, waiting...

On patrol with Uganda's controversial 'crime preventers' 10 Feb 2016 - 08:28 am

Yoweri Museveni's government dismisses criticism of the crime preventer force, arguing it is part of a community-policing programme in existence since the 1990s...

Syrians recount 'hell' of Aleppo life under air strikes 10 Feb 2016 - 08:20 am

Syrian rescuers remove a victim from under the rubble following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in the northern...

Between mines and mortars: stranded lives in eastern Ukraine 10 Feb 2016 - 08:12 am

An unexploded rocket in field in rural Ukraine (AFP Photo/DIMITAR DILKOFF) Zaitseve, Ukraine: Imagine picking your way through a minefield to go to...

Sanders says New Hampshire win shows people want 'real change' 10 Feb 2016 - 08:11 am

Concord, United States: Bernie Sanders on Tuesday gave a triumphant victory speech after defeating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary, saying...

Fish, other mosquitoes now warriors in Zika battle 10 Feb 2016 - 08:09 am

Playa San Diego, El Salvador: With larva-chomping fish and genetically modified insects, Latin Americans are deploying legions of little helpers to destroy mosquitoes...

Strong 6.3-magnitude quake shakes Chile 10 Feb 2016 - 08:06 am

Santiago: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile on Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to property, the...