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Death toll in Haj crush rises to 453 24 Sep 2015 - 02:26 pm

Members of Saudi civil defense try to rescue pilgrims following a crush caused by large numbers of people pushing at Mina, outside Makkah...

Pakistan's MQM party pressures govt, army with list of "executed" 24 Sep 2015 - 01:27 pm

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD: The political party ruling Pakistan's biggest city has drawn up a list of 46 members it says were killed...

Telangana's first woman cueist promises good show at world meet 24 Sep 2015 - 01:23 pm

By Mohammed Shafeeq HYDERABAD: Aware of the competition she faces at the global level, Telangana's first woman cueist Thakur Aakanksha Singh is confident...

S. Korea, US defense officials warn N. Korea against missile test 24 Sep 2015 - 01:19 pm

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States on Thursday warned Pyongyang against a potential missile test that they said would be a violation...

China senior sports official ousted from party 24 Sep 2015 - 01:17 pm

BEIJING: The former public face of China's national Olympic committee has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party after a corruption probe, the...

Rwanda accused of arresting 'undesirables' to keep capital clean 24 Sep 2015 - 01:10 pm

Representative file picture KIGALI: Rwanda's government was accused Thursday by a rights group of rounding up "undesirables" including beggars and prostitutes and holding...

New climate negotiator: Pope fights for science, denouncing consumerism 24 Sep 2015 - 01:06 pm

By Rajendra Shende Pope Francis is on the way to address the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development that begins on September 25...

Congress in Kerala hits back at CPI-M over BJP ties 24 Sep 2015 - 01:03 pm

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress on Thursday accused the CPI-M of forging political ties with the BJP on numerous occasions in the past, adding that...

'Salman Khan', 'Shah Rukh Khan' on sale in goat markets 24 Sep 2015 - 12:49 pm

By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, Sep 24 (IANS) 'Salman Khan' and 'Shah Rukh Khan' are on sale in the goat markets here in Uttar...

Modi receives rousing welcome in New York 24 Sep 2015 - 11:59 am

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a rousing welcome by the members of the Indian community here. He is in...

Haj crush claims hundreds of lives: Saudi civil defence 24 Sep 2015 - 11:49 am

DUBAI: The death toll from a crush of pilgrims on Thursday during Haj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 220, the Saudi civil...

EU leaders to offer cash for Syrian refugees 24 Sep 2015 - 01:38 am

Migrants try on shoes they received from charity organisations at a train station in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, yesterday. BRUSSELS: European Union leaders could promise...

Putin opens huge mosque in Moscow 24 Sep 2015 - 01:37 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre right), chairman of the Russia’s Council of Muftis Ravil Gainutdin (centre left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Pope calls for urgent action on climate change 23 Sep 2015 - 05:45 pm

Pope Francis speaks during arrival ceromonies with US President Barack Obama at the White House. By Philip Pullella and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON: Pope...

Sisi pardons Jazeera journalists 23 Sep 2015 - 03:51 pm

A combination of file pictures shows Al-Jazeera's Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed (R) and Al-Jazeera's Egyptian-Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy. CAIRO: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah...

Hollande, Sisi agree on sale of Mistral warships to Egypt 23 Sep 2015 - 03:28 pm

The two Mistral-class helicopter carriers Sevastopol (L) and Vladivostok are seen at the STX Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard site in Saint-Nazaire, western...

Slovakia will challenge EU migrant quotas in court - PM 23 Sep 2015 - 01:59 pm

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will go to court to challenge quotas for distributing asylum-seekers approved by European Union interior ministers, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico...