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Traffic patrol comes under heavy fire in Saudi Qatif district 10 Nov 2015 - 10:33 am

Riyadh: A traffic patrol came under heavy fire from a farming area while performing its duties in Saudi Arabia's Qatif district last night....

Diwali celebrated in Tamil Nadu with traditional fervour 10 Nov 2015 - 10:29 am

Tamilians observed the festival of lights traditionally Chennai: Diwali was celebrated in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday with children and adults bursting crackers and...

Chad declares state of emergency at lake Chad 10 Nov 2015 - 10:24 am

N'Djamena: Chad's government has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria. The...

Top Chinese general visits Djibouti amid base speculation 10 Nov 2015 - 10:18 am

Beijing: A top Chinese military officer visited Djibouti at the weekend, official media reported, prompting a state-run newspaper Tuesday to downplay concerns Beijing...

India reelected to UN international trade law commission 10 Nov 2015 - 10:16 am

United Nations: India has been reelected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the UN Commission on International Trade Law...

China to push alternative trade pact at APEC: Minister 10 Nov 2015 - 10:05 am

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) talks to Philippine's Department of Foreign Affairs Albert Del Rosario (R) ahead of a courtesy call to...

India's Modi heads to Britain seeking investment 10 Nov 2015 - 09:43 am

New Delhi: Narendra Modi will begin his first visit to Britain as Indian prime minister on Thursday, seeking to boost investment in his...

Philippines pledges warm welcome for China's Xi despite sea row 10 Nov 2015 - 09:36 am

Manila: Philippine President Benigno Aquino pledged a warm welcome for China's leader Xi Jinping at an economic summit in Manila next week, despite...

China two-child policy to add 3 million babies a year: officials 10 Nov 2015 - 09:34 am

Beijing: Around three million extra babies will be born each year after Beijing abolished its hugely controversial "one child" policy to allow all...

Blaming the Kalash for calamity in northwest Pakistan 10 Nov 2015 - 09:32 am

Bumburate, Pakistan: Conservative Muslims in Pakistan's northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that flattened entire villages in October, claiming...

Slovenia to tighten border control, fears unmanageable migrant wave 10 Nov 2015 - 09:06 am

Ljubljana: Slovenian government said Monday it would take urgent measures to strengthen control of its Schengen border with Croatia, fearing an expected new...

Britain: 'High probability' IS bomb downed Russian jet 10 Nov 2015 - 09:02 am

Washington: Britain's foreign minister said Monday it is highly likely that a bomb planted by a supporter of the Islamic State group downed...

Migrant dreams founder on Libyan coast 10 Nov 2015 - 08:53 am

Tripoli: When young Moroccan Rachid paid $1,500 to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, he never thought he would end up instead in a...

Shootings at Mexico cockfight, football field kill 16 10 Nov 2015 - 08:47 am

Acapulco, Mexico: A weekend of violence killed at least 16 people in Mexico's troubled southern state of Guerrero as shootings erupted at a...

'Anomalies' found in thermal scanning of Egypt pyramids 10 Nov 2015 - 04:03 am

Cairo: Anomalies have been found in Egypt's Khufu pyramid two weeks into a thermal scanning project aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument...

Cutting support for Somalia would risk new refugee exodus -U.N. 10 Nov 2015 - 03:48 am

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS: Somalia has transformed itself from a "failed to recovering state" in recent years, but any cutbacks in support...

Liberian teenager awarded kids peace prize 10 Nov 2015 - 03:40 am

Liberian Peace Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, presents Abraham Keita the International Children's Peace Prize 2015, for his efforts to improve children's rights...

Russian officials believe Sinai plane brought down by bomb: US sources 10 Nov 2015 - 03:17 am

By Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON: Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai,...