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Air India worker dies 'after being sucked into jet engine' 17 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

File photo for representation only Mumbai: A technician working for Air India has died after being sucked into a jet engine as the...

Philippine Congress approves 15 pct rise in 2016 national budget 17 Dec 2015 - 11:36 am

File photo of Philippines president Benigno Aquino MANILA: The Philippine Congress has approved a 15 percent rise in the national budget next year...

Yemen peace talks struggling in Switzerland amid disputes: Sources 17 Dec 2015 - 11:10 am

Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, drive their vehicle as they...

China summons US envoy over warship sales to Taiwan 17 Dec 2015 - 10:14 am

A US-made 70-C helicopter lands on a Perry-class frigate during the Han Kuang drill near Hualien, eastern Taiwan, in September 2014. AFP Beijing:...

July attack on US army bases inspired by 'foreign terrorists': FBI 17 Dec 2015 - 09:53 am

FBI investigate the shooting in Chattanooga Washington: An attack at two military installations in the US state of Tennessee in July that killed...

Yemen warring parties swap hundreds of detainees 17 Dec 2015 - 09:38 am

Armed Yemeni tribesmen began began exchange of hundreds of detainees Aden: Yemeni pro-government forces and rebels completed an exchange of hundreds of detainees...

Philippine troops clash with Islamist militants, 15 dead 17 Dec 2015 - 09:32 am

MANILA: Philippine troops clashed on Tuesday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 15 people were killed as security forces step...

Australia says no plan to stop surveillance flights over South China Sea 17 Dec 2015 - 09:22 am

Australia's Defence Minister Marise Payne (C) speaks to the press after visiting the ASC's Shipbuilding and submarine facilities in Adelaide, South Australia, December...

Canada’s Trudeau takes audience questions, says not a lightweight 17 Dec 2015 - 12:38 am

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA: New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down in his shirt sleeves on Wednesday for a rare televised town...

Brazil prosecutors ask court to order house speaker to step aside 17 Dec 2015 - 12:33 am

BRASILIA: Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they asked the country’s Supreme Court to order house speaker Eduardo Cunha, whom they previously charged...

Facebook partners with Uber for ride-hailing service via Messenger 17 Dec 2015 - 12:27 am

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly...

Paris suspect may have slipped past Belgian police: media 17 Dec 2015 - 12:21 am

Officials deny police thwarted by ban on overnight raids Report says evidence Salah Abdeslam was present Fugitive in Nov. 13 Paris attacks still...

Algeria says to seek OPEC consensus on price stability: state media 17 Dec 2015 - 12:07 am

Salah Khebri ALGIERS: Algeria’s Energy Minister Salah Khebri said on Wednesday the North African oil-producing state would continue to work to reach an...

China criticizes expected US arms sale to Taiwan 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: China on Wednesday strongly criticized an expected U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, saying it should be canceled to avoid harming relations between...

Four Turkish troops wounded in IS attack on Iraqi camp: reports 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Four Turkish soldiers were wounded on Wednesday, one of them seriously, when Islamic State (IS) jihadists fired rockets and shells on a...

Five migrants, three of them children, drown on way to Greece 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September...

US executions fall to lowest levels in years: report 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Washington, United States: Executions in the United States have reached a 16-year low, reflecting a broad change in public attitudes that...