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US denounces 'destabilizing, provocative' N. Korea rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 07:54 am

Washington: The United States on Saturday denounced North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as "destabilizing and provocative." "North Korea's missile and nuclear...

Japan PM Abe calls N.Korean launch 'absolutely intolerable' 07 Feb 2016 - 07:50 am

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN...

North Korea launches long-range rocket 07 Feb 2016 - 07:46 am

Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, violating UN resolutions and doubling down against an international community already determined to punish...

Australian PM says woman kidnapped in Burkina has been released 07 Feb 2016 - 07:37 am

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Sunday said the wife of an elderly Australian doctor kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso has...

US officials say North Korea may be nearing launch 07 Feb 2016 - 01:59 am

Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North satellite imagery from February 4, 2016 shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea in...

Iraq’s water minister judges only tiny danger of Mosul dam collapse 07 Feb 2016 - 01:52 am

Employees work at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, February 3, 2016. Reuters/Azad Lashkari BAGHDAD: Iraq’s minister of water resources on Saturday...

Hundreds mourn Quebecers killed in Burkina attacks 07 Feb 2016 - 01:44 am

Zack Carrier looks at pictures of his grandparents Yves Carrier and Gladys Chamberland while being held by his mother Isabelle Cartier at a...

Two puppeteers held for 'glorifying terrorism' in Madrid show 07 Feb 2016 - 01:39 am

Madrid: Two puppeteers were detained in Madrid on Saturday after staging a children's show during which they allegedly praised terrorism, judicial sources told...

Romania asks UNESCO to protect planned open-cast goldmine site 07 Feb 2016 - 01:33 am

Bucharest: Romania has asked the UN cultural agency UNESCO to give world heritage list status to a village where a Canadian firm is...

Guinea opens murder probe after journalist fatally shot 07 Feb 2016 - 12:26 am

Conakry: Guinean authorities have opened a murder probe after a journalist was shot and fatally wounded in clashes outside the offices of an...

Labour leader sticks to “in” camp in Britain’s EU debate 07 Feb 2016 - 12:20 am

The opposition Labour Party will campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union in an upcoming referendum, its leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured)...

Iranian-British ex-BBC journalist is in Evin prison: relatives 07 Feb 2016 - 12:07 am

Bahman Daroshafaei By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI: The family of an Iranian-British former BBC journalist who was detained last week in Tehran were told...

Republican debate is New Hampshire fight for survival 07 Feb 2016 - 12:02 am

Republican U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) U.S. Senator Rand Paul, Governor Chris Christie, Dr. Ben Carson, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, former Governor...

Five Czech skiers killed in Austrian alps avalanche: police 07 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Vienna: Five skiers from the Czech Republic were killed on Saturday in an avalanche in the Austrian alps that also engulfed...

Dozens mourn slain Italian student at Cairo embassy 07 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

CAIRO: Dozens of people gathered at the Italian embassy in Cairo on Saturday to mourn the Italian student Giulio Regeni, whose body was...

Rio carnival goers tell Zika mosquito to buzz off 07 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Municipal workers gesture before spraying insecticide at the neighborhood of Imbiribeira in Recife, Brazil, January 26, 2016. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino Rio de Janeiro: A...