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Turkey to relaunch EU membership bid with economic talks 14 Dec 2015 - 01:34 pm

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek. BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers are set on Monday to revive Turkey’s efforts to join the bloc...

China still wants North Korea exchanges after cancelled concert 14 Dec 2015 - 01:06 pm

Members of the Moranbong Band from North Korea carry their instruments as they leave a hotel in central Beijing on December 11, 2015....

Iraqi state oil firm official shot dead in Kirkuk city: Police 14 Dec 2015 - 01:03 pm

North Oil Company (NOC) is the operating company in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan, which is one of the oldest oil producing fields ...

Death toll rises to five as unrest mars CAfrica vote 14 Dec 2015 - 12:55 pm

French peacekeeping soldiers patrol a street of the mostly muslim neighbourhood of PK 5 in Bangui, Central African Republic in this file photo....

Wife of fallen China politician Bo Xilai has sentence commuted 14 Dec 2015 - 12:51 pm

File photo of Bo Xilai and his wife Gu Kailai. Reuters Beijing: The wife of former Chinese political heavyweight Bo Xilai has had...

China’s Sinopec building filling station in disputed South China Sea 14 Dec 2015 - 12:49 pm

The Sinopec logo is seen at one of its gas stations in Hong Kong in this file photo. REUTERS BEIJING: Chinese oil major...

Russian ships force Turkish vessel to change course in Black Sea 14 Dec 2015 - 12:31 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian Black Sea corvette and a coast guard boat have forced a commercial vessel under a Turkish flag to change course...

Teacher attacked in Paris suburb by man citing IS: Police 14 Dec 2015 - 12:18 pm

Security has been increased at all schools following attack on a teacher in Paris suburb Paris: A teacher in a Paris suburb was...

Pakistan police arrest shopkeeper for banning Ahmadi minority 14 Dec 2015 - 12:06 pm

File photo of Pakistan police for representation only Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani police charged a shopkeeper with blasphemy Monday after he banned members of...

Two senior Gulf commanders killed in Yemen: Media 14 Dec 2015 - 11:53 am

Yemen soldiers undergo training exercise; Picture for representation only. Reuters Riyadh: Two senior army commanders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...

Egypt says no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash 14 Dec 2015 - 11:49 am

Egyptian soldiers stand guard next to the luggage and belongings of passengers of the A321 Russian airliner at the site of the crash...

Turkey says its patience with Russia "has a limit": Newspaper 14 Dec 2015 - 11:43 am

File photo of Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Reuters ROME: Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara's patience with Russia "has a limit"...

Vandals attack Facebook building in Germany 14 Dec 2015 - 11:34 am

The message "facebook Dislike" is written on the wall of a building where US social media giant Facebook has its German headquarters in...

Rockets fired at Mali's northern city of Gao: Sources 14 Dec 2015 - 11:30 am

BAMAKO: Attackers fired rockets early on Monday at Mali's northern city of Gao, which serves a base for UN peacekeepers and a French...

From icon to politician: As Myanmar changes, so does Suu Kyi 14 Dec 2015 - 11:19 am

File photo of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi praying at an event marking the anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in...

Probe into missing Laos activist a 'farce': rights groups 14 Dec 2015 - 10:48 am

File photo of protests in support of Laotian activist Sombath Somphone Bangkok: An investigation into the disappearance of Laotian activist Sombath Somphone three...

Typhoon Melor makes landfall in the Philippines 14 Dec 2015 - 10:38 am

Meteorologists monitor and plot the direction of powerful Typhoon Melor at their headquarters in suburban Manila on December 14, 2015. AFP Manila: Over...