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India bus crash kills at least 37: official 05 Feb 2016 - 06:15 pm

File photo of Indian rescue officials and bystanders gather around the wreckage of a bus after it fell from a bridge at Khed,...

Travel agency in isolated Gaza recalls the “golden” 1950s 05 Feb 2016 - 06:13 pm

Palestinian travel agent Nabil Shurafa stands at the entrance of his office in Gaza City February 4, 2016. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Shurafa travel...

North Korea begins fuelling rocket: report 05 Feb 2016 - 06:05 pm

North Korea's planned rocket launch is aimed at developing an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of striking the US mainland, according to South Korea....

Pakistan airline strike grounds passengers across country 05 Feb 2016 - 06:00 pm

Employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) shout slogans as security personnel watch their gathering outside Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad on February...

Human Rights Watch praises Tunisia on judicial reforms 05 Feb 2016 - 06:00 pm

Tunis: Human Rights Watch has praised Tunisia on judicial reforms which it said amounted to a "significant breakthrough" in protecting the rights of...

UN wants to see willingness to reach Syria peace deal: envoy 05 Feb 2016 - 05:54 pm

Rome: The UN's Syria envoy said Friday he was looking for confirmation that key international players were willing to push ahead with peace...

Scientists find Zika in saliva, urine; unclear if can transmit infection 05 Feb 2016 - 05:51 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Zika has been identified in the saliva and urine of two patients infected by the virus, a leading Brazilian health...

Armed with new US money, NATO to strengthen Russia deterrence 05 Feb 2016 - 05:44 pm

The plans are welcomed by NATO whose chief, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (pictured) says it will mean “more troops in the eastern part...

Erdogan calls Russian claim of Syria invasion plan 'laughable' 05 Feb 2016 - 05:40 pm

File photo Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday blasted as "laughable" Russia's accusation that Turkey was actively preparing to invade Syria. "I...

Two Palestinian youths shot in clashes with Israeli troops in Jenin 05 Feb 2016 - 05:36 pm

File photo Ramallah: Two Palestinian young men were shot with live ammo as clashes with Israeli troops renewed on Friday afternoon in the...

Assange tells UK, Sweden to let him go after UN finding 05 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Friday urged Britain and Sweden to let him walk free from Ecuador's embassy in London after a UN...

Pope, Russian patriarch to talk about persecution of Christians 05 Feb 2016 - 04:44 pm

Senior Orthodox cleric Metropolitan Hilarion said that long-standing differences between the two churches remain, most notably a row over the status of the...

Indian trucks cross freely into Nepal for first time in four months 05 Feb 2016 - 04:41 pm

Protesters stand near burning tyres as they gather to block the highway connecting Nepal and India, during a general strike called by Madhesi...

Germany launches scheme to find training places for 10,000 refugees 05 Feb 2016 - 04:39 pm

Berlin: The German government and the country's skilled craft sector on Friday launched an initiative to offer 10,000 refugees on-the-job training places as...

Volcano in southern Japan erupts: weather agency 05 Feb 2016 - 04:28 pm

In this image taken from a surveillance camera observed from Kusasenri and released by Japan Meteorological Agency, a column of black smoke rises...

In Indonesia, an experiment with bacteria to tackle Zika 05 Feb 2016 - 04:24 pm

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. By Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor YOGYAKARTA/JAKARTA, Indonesia: A...