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Two palestinian teens killed in Hebron 21 Oct 2015 - 10:23 am

Hebron: Israeli soldiers shot and killed two boys, aged 15 and 17 years old, in Hebron's Old City Tuesday night, claiming that the...

Syria's Assad back in Damascus after Russia trip: presidency 21 Oct 2015 - 10:17 am

Moscow: President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since Syria's war broke out in 2011, and held talks with...

Will return award if Sahitya Akademi fails to protect writers' rights: Vikram Seth 21 Oct 2015 - 10:15 am

Vikram Seth By Preetha Nair NEW DELHI: Famed author Vikram Seth says that he would return his award, if the Sahitya Akademi fails...

IS not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage: study 21 Oct 2015 - 09:59 am

New York: The Islamic State group may dominate headlines about the destruction of heritage sites in Syria, but it is far from the...

Morocco trash pickers help fight climate change 21 Oct 2015 - 09:54 am

Rabat: Pulling carts piled high with plastic bottles or rummaging through unofficial dumpsites, informal trash collectors abound on the streets of Morocco. Dubbed...

Flying on a fake ID: refugees' path less travelled to Europe 21 Oct 2015 - 09:52 am

Paris: Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his surprise when he finally met a shadowy forger known...

Migrant crisis tops agenda in Polish election debate 21 Oct 2015 - 09:45 am

Warsaw: Poland's divided attitudes to the European refugee crisis were laid bare during a televised debate between political candidates Tuesday, ahead of a...

Powerful 7.3 quake hits off Vanuatu, no tsunami threat 21 Oct 2015 - 09:38 am

Sydney: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, but no tsunami threat was detected, seismologists said....

Four dead, 10 injured in Congo violence: official toll 21 Oct 2015 - 09:29 am

Brazzaville: Four people were killed and 10 wounded in clashes in the Republic of Congo Tuesday between security forces and demonstrators opposed to...

Russian billionaire strikes deal to settle 'divorce of the century' 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

GENEVA: Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev and his ex-wife Elena on Tuesday announced they had reached a deal to settle their divorce, which had...

EU refugee relocation plan risks stalling within days: EU source 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BRUSSELS: An EU scheme to relocate asylum seekers from overstretched Italy and Greece could grind to a halt just two weeks after it...

EU to sign pre-membership accord with Kosovo, sources 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS: The European Union is expected to sign an agreement with Kosovo next week paving the way for the accession...

Insight: Fragmented post-recession Europe harder to govern 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS: From Portugal to Sweden, European countries are becoming harder to govern, and economic...

Lawyers debate self-representation for Guantanamo 9/11 suspects 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Lacey Johnson FORT MEADE, Md: Defense lawyers for accused 9/11 plotters on Tuesday debated how the five Guantanamo Bay suspects could potentially...

Women urged to wait until 45 for breast cancer screenings 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MIAMI: In a controversial shift, a leading US medical association on Tuesday urged women to wait until the age of 45 before getting...

Russia builds massive Arctic military base 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry said Tuesday it has built a giant military base in the far northern Arctic where 150 soldiers can live...

Canada's new Liberal PM Trudeau under pressure to perform 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Allison Lampert and Randall Palmer MONTREAL/OTTAWA: Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, having trounced his Conservative rivals, will face immediate pressure to deliver...