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Russia says hit record 94 targets in Syria in 24 hours 26 Oct 2015 - 06:42 pm

A video image purportedly showing a strike carried out by Russia's airforce in the Syrian province of Idlib AFP Moscow: Russian jets struck...

Merkel confident Germany can integrate refugees 26 Oct 2015 - 06:24 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday,...

Before Syria, Russia struggled to land air strikes on target 26 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

A frame grab taken from footage from a camera under a plane, released by Russia"s Defence Ministry October 22, 2015, shows military jets...

Russia to exhume Tsar Alexander III in slain Romanovs probe 26 Oct 2015 - 06:13 pm

A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoe Selo. (Front row, seated) Grand Duchess...

Turkish police in deadly shootout with IS suspects 26 Oct 2015 - 06:12 pm

A member of the Turkish police special forces takes part in a security operation in Diyarbakir, Turkey, October 26, 2015. Reuters Diyarbakir, Turkey: ...

Aqsa camera installation must be 'coordinated' with Israel: Netanyahu 26 Oct 2015 - 05:58 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the installation of cameras at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound must be "coordinated" with...

Fuel-strapped Nepal sends team to China to ease supply 26 Oct 2015 - 05:52 pm

Kathmandu: Nepali officials left for China Monday to negotiate a fuel deal and ease crippling shortages after protests over a new constitution blocked...

Truckloads of fireworks explode killing five in Jordan 26 Oct 2015 - 05:42 pm

Representative image Amman: Five people were killed and eight others wounded Monday when an explosion ripped through two trucks carrying fireworks in the...

Oman's top diplomat meets Assad in rare Syria visit: state media 26 Oct 2015 - 05:35 pm

Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Oman's top diplomat, Yussef bin Alawi, in Damascus on Monday, in a rare visit for a...

Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills two guards for human rights group 26 Oct 2015 - 05:19 pm

KABUL: Two security guards working for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission were killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday when...

Analysis: Poland's lurch to the right stirs anxiety in Brussels 26 Oct 2015 - 05:03 pm

Jaroslaw Kaczynski By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS: Poland's lurch to the nationalist right in the first election to be influenced by Europe's refugee crisis...

Nigeria's ex-national security adviser charged with money laundering 26 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

Abuja: Nigerian authorities on Monday filed charges of money laundering against the former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, a month after...

Low Congo vote turnout 'slap' to leader's bid to extend rule 26 Oct 2015 - 04:48 pm

Brazzaville: Low voter turnout at a weekend referendum to enable Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his 31-year stay in office was...

Jihadists demand segregation at Yemen university 26 Oct 2015 - 04:43 pm

University of Aden. Sanaa: Radical Islamist gunmen have threatened to use force against university students in Yemen's southern city of Aden if they...

Netanyahu mulls revoking benefits for some Palestinians in East Jerusalem 26 Oct 2015 - 04:35 pm

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem October 25, 2015. By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM:...

Balkans sceptical over EU plans to ease migrant crisis 26 Oct 2015 - 04:24 pm

Ljubljana: Southeast European countries facing an unprecedented influx of migrants reacted cautiously Monday to new EU plans to help stem the crisis, following...

At least 215 dead after strong quake hits South Asia 26 Oct 2015 - 04:09 pm

A man carries a boy who was injured in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, 26 October 2015. A...

Insight: Mozambique gas projects raise risk of resource "curse" 26 Oct 2015 - 03:50 pm

By Joe Brock PEMBA, Mozambique: Carlos Candido has been fishing in Mozambican waters for three decades, unaware until recently of huge gas deposits...