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UN and ICRC chide states for "paralysis" in face of conflict 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (R) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer speak to the media about the world’s...

France's air safety agency to send team to Egypt to investigate plane crash 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: France's civil aviation safety agency (BEA) will be sending a team to Egypt after a Russian-operated airliner crashed in the Sinai peninsula,...

Lebanon army kills three militants near Syria border - security source 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon's army on Saturday fired at a vehicle carrying Islamist militants, killing three of them and wounding two others in the north...

Italy court says no proof of wrongdoing in UniCredit mafia probe 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

FLORENCE: An Italian court said on Saturday there was no proof to back up allegations that three executives at Italian lender UniCredit had...

Wild elephant kills two Thais in rubber plantation rampage 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representational image Bangkok: A wild elephant killed two Thai men in separate pre-dawn attacks on Friday as they worked at a rubber plantation...

Dhow of Fath al Khier 2 Sails to Muscat from India 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Doha: Completing the historical voyage of Fath al Khier2 to India, the dhow sailed on Saturday from Mumbai port heading to the Sultanate...

'Kurdish capital' holds its breath ahead of Turkey vote 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A woman sits at the entrance of her house in the district of Sur in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on October 31, 2015 on...

More than 100 migrants found in Bulgarian refrigerated truck 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A refrigerated truck is towed and escorted by police along a highway near Neusiedl am See, Austria, on 27 August 2015 (AFP) Sofia:...

At least two killed in C.Africa violence ahead of polls 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Officers from the UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol a market in Bangui on September 14, 2015 Bangui, Central African...

Israel denies link to tear gas death of Palestinian baby 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Israel's military rejected Saturday any link between its use of tear gas during West Bank clashes and the death of an eight-month-old...

Roundup: Russian airliner crash that killed 224 in Egypt's Sinai 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Egypt's prime minister Sherif Ismail looks at the remains of a plane crash at the desert in central Sinai near El Arish city,...

Israel soldiers clash with Palestinians at Hebron funerals 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Palestinians wave flags as they carry the bodies of five Palestinians who were killed by Israeli security forces following attempted stabbing attacks, during...

President Aliyev's party seen easily winning election in Azerbaijan 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Nailia Bagirova BAKU: President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party is poised to sweep the board in a parliamentary election in Azerbaijan on Sunday,...

Seven arrested after Maldives boat blast probe leads to weapons find 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

President Abdulla Yameen By Daniel Bosley MALE: Maldives police arrested seven people after an investigation into a boat explosion that targeted President Abdulla...

Russia sceptical of IS claim that it shot down airliner over Egypt: Minister 31 Oct 2015 - 06:47 pm

Moscow: Moscow said Saturday that it was sceptical of claims by the Islamic State group's Egyptian affiliate to have downed a Russian passenger...

Faulty eye product costs 13 Spaniards their sight: officials 31 Oct 2015 - 06:32 pm

Madrid: A faulty substance used in eye operations has cost 13 Spaniards their sight in one eye and left 28 other patients also...

Storms, possible tornadoes lash Texas; 2 still missing 31 Oct 2015 - 06:24 pm

Residents of the Onion Creek neighborhood were evacuated in the morning October 30, 2015 in Austin, Texas. AFP AUSTIN, Texas: Another round of...

Run on Rajpath sees enthusiasm for Sardar Patel 31 Oct 2015 - 06:23 pm

By Prashant Sood New Delhi: Sardar Patel's photographs were visible all over Rajpath on Saturday as thousands of people enthusiastically took part in...