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Philippines files protest against China's test flights in disputed sea 13 Jan 2016 - 09:03 am

File photo for representation only. MANILA: The Philippines has filed a protest against China's test flights on an artificial island in the South...

Dutch woman uses 'bushcraft' to survive Australian ordeal 13 Jan 2016 - 08:58 am

Image of a bushcraft for representation only. Sydney: A Dutch woman lost in a "dense and unforgiving" Australian forest for five days used...

Iran detains 10 US sailors aboard two navy boats 13 Jan 2016 - 08:49 am

US is in talks with Iran officials who have assured of sailors' safety Washington: Iran detained ten US sailors aboard two small US...

At least 15 dead in southwest Pakistan blast: Police 13 Jan 2016 - 08:46 am

Quetta, Pakistan: At least 15 people were killed in a blast apparently targeting police outside a polio vaccination centre in the southwestern Pakistani...

Afghan forces battle gunmen after blast near Pakistani consulate 13 Jan 2016 - 08:45 am

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Afghan security forces exchanged fire with gunmen barricaded in a house near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad...

Bomb blast near polio eradication centre: Police official 13 Jan 2016 - 08:42 am

Quetta: Police officials confirmed a bomb blast kills 14 near polio eradication centre in Pakistan city of Quetta.

Syria army seizes key rebel redoubt in Latakia: state TV 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Syria's army and allied forces on Tuesday took full control from rebel groups of the strategic town of Salma, in the northwestern...

Ten percent of Turks do not see Islamic State as terrorist body: Survey 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

ANKARA: Nearly one-in-ten Turks do not regard Islamic State as a terrorist organisation, and more than 5 percent agree with their actions, according...

Swedish foreign minister calls for inquiry into Israeli violence 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Margot Wallstrom STOCKHOLM: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called on Tuesday for an investigation to determine if Israel was guilty of extrajudicial killings...

Mother of Texas ‘affluenza’ teen expected to be released from jail 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Tonya Couch The mother of a Texas teenager, derided for his “affluenza” defense for killing four people while driving drunk, is expected to...

Death in Florence: American woman was strangled 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Messages are scrawled on a wall at the entrance to the building that houses Ashley Olsen's apartment in Florence (AFP Photo/Claudio Giovaini) Rome:...

Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina miss Republican debate cut 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, pictured on December 15, 2015, will not be in the main stage debate hosted by the Fox Business...

New York creates 'gun courts' in hopes of reducing gun violence 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: Officials will announce a sweeping effort to combat gun violence in New York on Tuesday by convening a...

Albania leases communist tunnels for mushroom growing 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Tirana: Albania: Albania is planning to lease part of its network of underground tunnels built under communism for mushroom-growing, the government said Tuesday....

Romania to nix law granting prison writers early release 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Bucharest: Romanian convicts may soon no longer be able to pen their way to shorter terms behind bars after numerous abuses of a...

Criminal complaints in Cologne rise to 561: prosecutors 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Berlin: Authorities in the German city of Cologne said Tuesday that the number of criminal complaints arising from a rash of violence targeting...

Mexican kingpin “Chapo” tried to trademark his name -local TV 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Gabriel Stargardter and Veronica Gomez MEXICO CITY: Before his brazen jailbreak last year, notorious drug boss Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman instructed his lawyers...