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Beijing schools to suspend outdoor activities over smog 06 Dec 2015 - 09:36 am

Beijing witnessed its first orange alert last week; the city has issued another orange alert for next week Beijing: All elementary and middle...

Fuelling its growth with coal, India champions the poor in Paris 06 Dec 2015 - 09:27 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi at the COP21 summit in Paris recently PARIS/NEW DELHI: India's hardline position in global climate talks has made it...

Is climate change killing American starfish? 06 Dec 2015 - 08:43 am

Forks, United States: On the remote rocky shores of the western United States, low tide brings visitors to wave-splashed tide pools to marvel...

Oil-rich, cash-poor Venezuela in tense election 06 Dec 2015 - 08:42 am

Caracas: Venezuelans vote Sunday in tense elections that could see the opposition seize legislative power from the socialist government and which leaders fear...

At climate talks, African nations pledge to restore forests 06 Dec 2015 - 08:23 am

- FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2010 file photo, shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires...

FBI searches California shooter Farook's former neighbor's home 06 Dec 2015 - 08:02 am

By Rory Carroll and Yasmeen Abutaleb RIVERSIDE, Calif.: Federal agents in Riverside conducted a search early on Saturday at what neighbors say was...

Jailed Venezuela opposition leader allowed to vote: Colombian ex-president 06 Dec 2015 - 08:00 am

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to let jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez vote in Sunday's key legislative elections, a visiting Colombian...

Nepal quake tough test for 'world's most dangerous airport' 06 Dec 2015 - 07:56 am

(FILES) In this photograph taken on December 2, 2009, A Tara Air Dornier Do 228 aircraft taxis after landing at the Tenzing-Hillary Airport...

French support Sunday working, if someone else does it: poll 06 Dec 2015 - 07:55 am

Paris: More than two thirds of French people are in favour of shops opening on Sundays, as long as they don't have to...

Obama to make primetime address after California attack 06 Dec 2015 - 07:54 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama will make a rare primetime address to the nation Sunday laying out how he will keep Americans safe...

London Tube stabbings 'terrorist incident': police 06 Dec 2015 - 07:47 am

Police officers investigate a crime scene at Leytonstone underground station in east London, Britain December 6, 2015. Police were called to reports of...

One dead, 30 missing in Azerbaijan oil rig fire in Caspian Sea 06 Dec 2015 - 07:46 am

Baku: One person was killed and 30 oil workers were missing Saturday after the rig they were working on in the Caspian Sea...

Colombia finds treasure galleon, ending 300-year mystery 06 Dec 2015 - 07:44 am

Cartagena, Colombia: Colombia says it has found the shipwreck of a storied Spanish galleon laden with gold and precious stones, three centuries after...

Taliban claim audio message from leader rejecting death reports 06 Dec 2015 - 12:31 am

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban released an audio message Saturday purportedly from leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, vehemently rejecting reports that he was killed in...

Nigeria police make arrests over Boko Haram 'sleeper cells' in Abuja area 06 Dec 2015 - 12:22 am

Abuja: Nigeria's secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko...

Chad says suicide blasts kill at least 15 in Lake Chad 06 Dec 2015 - 12:09 am

Chadian security forces cordon off the police headquarters in N'Djamena after a suicide bomb attack on June 15, 2015 (AFP Photo/Brahim Adji) Female...

US keenly, but discreetly watches Venezuela vote 06 Dec 2015 - 12:02 am

Nicolas Maduro Washington: The outcome of Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday, when the political left is in real danger of losing its majority...