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Colombia says it has found Spanish treasure galleon San Jose 05 Dec 2015 - 12:19 pm

The Spanish galleon is thought to be laden with gold and silver coins. Reuters BOGOTA: Colombia has found the wreck of a Spanish...

Govt bolsters Chennai flood relief after slow response 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 pm

By Sanjeev Miglani and Sandhya Ravishankar CHENNAI: India deployed hundreds of extra soldiers and relief workers to the flooded city of Chennai on...

Package addressed to home of California shooters deemed safe: Police 05 Dec 2015 - 11:54 am

San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan LOS ANGELES: A package addressed to the Southern California home of the couple who amassed pipe bombs ...

One more arrest in Pakistan spying probe 05 Dec 2015 - 11:31 am

New Delhi: In its ongoing probe after busting a spying network working for Pakistan based ISI, the Delhi Police arrested another person, taking...

NY Times, in rare front-page editorial, urges gun control 05 Dec 2015 - 11:26 am

Washington: The New York Times has published an editorial on its front page for the first time since 1920, using the rare, prominent...

Malaysia's anti-graft agency questions Najib over multi-million dollar deposits 05 Dec 2015 - 11:22 am

File photograph of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak as he speaks at the opening ceremony of the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

Eastern Congo militias test UN peace enforcement 05 Dec 2015 - 11:07 am

South African peacekeepers patrol the streets of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, December 2, 2015. By Ed Cropley GOMA, Democratic Republic...

Baghdad calls on Ankara to 'immediately' withdraw troops 05 Dec 2015 - 11:04 am

Forces from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region are deployed in the Bashiqa area northeast of Mosul, and Turkey's Anatolia news agency said the troops...

US Supreme Court to hear Puerto Rico debt appeal case 05 Dec 2015 - 11:02 am

US Supreme Court building Washington: The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider Puerto Rico's appeal of a ruling forbidding its use of...

At least 3 killed in northern Lebanon raid of suspected militant: Security, medical sources 05 Dec 2015 - 10:31 am

BEIRUT: A suspected Islamist militant and two members of his family were killed in northern Lebanon on Saturday, after the man blew himself...

Powerful earthquake hits southern Indian ocean 05 Dec 2015 - 10:26 am

The blue dot marks the location of the undersea quake. Hong Kong: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the southern Indian Ocean...

Talking about AIDS still taboo in Pakistan, says daily 05 Dec 2015 - 10:04 am

Islamabad: Talking about AIDS is still taboo in Pakistan and the ban placed on a condom advertisement “shows also how reluctant we are...

When reel heroes became real heroes 05 Dec 2015 - 09:54 am

Actor Siddharth was joined by other actors to help stranded people in different parts of Chennai. Chennai: With Tamil Nadu reeling under the...

US-Afghan raid frees more than 40 from Taliban prison 05 Dec 2015 - 09:37 am

File picture for representation only. Kabul:A US-Afghan military operation backed by helicopter gunships freed more than 40 soldiers and police held captive in...

Mullah Mansour dead, new Taliban caretaker chief appointed: Pakistani Media 05 Dec 2015 - 09:30 am

Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour Islamabad: Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour has reportedly died and the Taliban has appointed Moulavi Haibatullah...

Thais celebrate king's birthday amid widening royal insult probe 05 Dec 2015 - 09:10 am

Thai well-wishers make offerings to Buddhist monks during a ceremony marking Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 88th birthday in Thailand on December 5, 2015....

Floating homes and stilts in Britain to face flood risk 05 Dec 2015 - 09:03 am

Wary of the dangers posed by climate change and a history of disastrous flooding in this pretty part of Oxfordshire, the owners opted...

Malaysia arrests five with suspected IS, al-Qaeda links 05 Dec 2015 - 08:58 am

Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar. Reuters KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's police said on Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a European ...