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Smart or risky? Rubio can't pick just 1 early voting state 30 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a campaign event at the Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University in Ames,...

Saudi rulers weigh political cost of tough economic reforms 30 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

50 percent rise in fuel price shows reformist intent Much tougher changes promised to tackle structural problems Previous governments slowed reform when public...

Insurers face bumper payouts as Britain braces for more floods 29 Dec 2015 - 06:59 pm

File photo May overtake 2007 floods for damage with more rain expected Aviva, Direct Line, RSA, AXA say too soon for cost estimates...

Swiss shopping centre evacuated after bomb threat 29 Dec 2015 - 06:54 pm

ZURICH: A Swiss shopping centre in a town near the northern city of Basel was evacuated on Tuesday due to a bomb threat,...

Austria turns away hundreds of migrants for lying about nationality 29 Dec 2015 - 06:50 pm

Represenntative image VIENNA: Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality...

Pakistan police arrests eight suspected IS militants 29 Dec 2015 - 06:25 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani police have arrested eight suspected members of the Islamic State group for planning to establish a terrorist network and carry...

Algeria’s Bouteflika approves constitutional reform proposal 29 Dec 2015 - 06:16 pm

Abdelaziz Bouteflika ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has approved a long-awaited constitutional reform package, state media reported, part of measures he pledged after...

Taliban suicide bomber kills 26 in NW Pakistan: officials 29 Dec 2015 - 06:10 pm

A National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) board is laying on the floor as Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a suicide...

Woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it all - Dutch court 29 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Representative image AMSTERDAM: A woman who won a 2.1 million euro ($2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share...

The double life of a Russian ‘spy’ beheaded by Islamic State 29 Dec 2015 - 05:49 pm

By Maria Tsvetkova MAYKOP/GVARDEYSKOYE: In the video, a man in an orange jump suit kneels beside a lake in Syria and confesses in...

Turkish football fans 'Carsi' acquitted in 'coup trial' 29 Dec 2015 - 05:13 pm

Besiktas and other Turkish football fans shout slogans on December 16, 2014 in Istanbul during a protest against the trial of 35 fans...

Roch Marc Kabore sworn in as Burkina Faso president 29 Dec 2015 - 04:48 pm

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s constitutional court swore in Roch Marc Kabore as president on Tuesday, making the former prime minister the country’s first new...

Afghan leader promises parliamentary election next year 29 Dec 2015 - 04:42 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani pledged on Tuesday to hold promised parliamentary and district council elections next year, as he sought to calm...

Iraqi PM tours Ramadi to hail city's liberation from IS 29 Dec 2015 - 04:34 pm

Iraqi security forces surround the government complex in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (AP...

Israel to take over 500 dunums of Palestinian land near Nablus 29 Dec 2015 - 04:30 pm

Members of the Israeli armed forces at the Howwara checkpoint, Nablus, West Bank, 25 December 2015.. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH Nablus: Israeli authorities Tuesday issued...

Pakistan’s drive to reform religious seminaries hits snag 29 Dec 2015 - 04:27 pm

Representative photo. AFP ISLAMABAD: After a much publicised and energetic start in the wake of the attack on APS Peshawar, Pakistani government’s efforts...

Imran Khan’s cancer hospital in Peshawar becomes operational 29 Dec 2015 - 03:40 pm

Child cancer patient Fakhir Afridi (R) is seen with Imran Khan duing the inauguration of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre...