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Tehran slams 'Iranophobia' over UN rights criticism 20 Nov 2015 - 03:43 am

Iran on Thursday accused countries backing a UN resolution criticizing its rights record of spreading "Iranophobia" and said they should instead focus on...

Argentine presidential campaigns spar over pope's comments 20 Nov 2015 - 03:41 am

A supporter of ruling party presidential candidate Daniel Scioli holds a couple of flares during a closing campaign rally in La Matanza, in...

Big questions remain over Paris attacks 20 Nov 2015 - 01:59 am

Paris: In less than a week after the Paris attacks, French police have managed to track and kill one of the most-wanted Islamic...

Syria peace deal elusive as ever in wake of Islamic State attacks 20 Nov 2015 - 12:16 am

Representational file image By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS: Hundreds of innocent people have been killed in spectacular attacks claimed by Islamic State militants...

Exclusive:U.S. probes Bosch in VW cheating scandal -sources 20 Nov 2015 - 12:07 am

Caption By Joel Schectman WASHINGTON: U.S. authorities are investigating German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH over its role in Volkswagen AG's massive scheme...

Clinton: US must push Arab leaders to confront Islamic State 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. AP NEW YORK:...

Russia says conducts third day of 'massive' Syria strikes 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian's military on Thursday blasted targets across Syria with long-range strategic bombers for a third day, the defence ministry said, as Moscow pressed...

Russian strategic bombers deal new strikes on IS 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

MOSCOW: Russian strategic bombers struck targets in Syria Thursday in a third straight day of a heavy bombing blitz, military officials said. Russia,...

S.Sudan boosts presidential powers 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

South Sudan's parliament changed the constitution Thursday to boost presidential powers amid fears violence is spreading to new areas in the country, with...

U.S. refugee chief tells lawmakers 'Syrians are less of a threat' 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The head of the State Department's refugee bureau told a congressional panel on Thursday that Syrians trying to enter the United States...

Honduras says Syrians not part of terror cell, want refuge in U.S. 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Policemen escort five Syrian men after they were detained at Toncontin international airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 18, 2015. REUTERS By Gustavo Palencia...

How Western politicians are playing into Islamic State's hands 20 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A migrant from Syria carries his bicycle on railway near the Greek border in Macedonia June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski By Anne Hammerstad...

100,000 Bhutan refugees move to West from Nepal: UN 19 Nov 2015 - 03:45 pm

File picture of boys at a Bhutanese refugee settlement play carrom Kathmandu: Some 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled in Western countries from...

Suspected mastermind of Paris attacks Abaaoud died in police raid - prosecutor 19 Nov 2015 - 03:43 pm

PARIS: The suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 129 in Paris was among those killed in a police raid in a suburb...

Hemingway memoir, A Moveable Feast, becomes totem of post-attacks Paris 19 Nov 2015 - 02:59 pm

Paris: US literary great Ernest Hemingway's tender and joyful memoir of 1920s Paris, "A Moveable Feast", has enjoyed a surge in sales since...

Climate activists vow not to be silenced by Paris march ban 19 Nov 2015 - 02:17 pm

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA: Climate change activists expressed disappointment at a decision by France to cancel street demonstrations around upcoming U.N. climate talks,...

Election a matter of life and death in Egypt's North Sinai 19 Nov 2015 - 02:05 pm

A member of the Egyptian security forces checks the documents of voters outside a polling station. Photograph: Eman Helal/AP By Ahmed Aboulenein and...