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Facebook's "Like" button set to get more emotive 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Like it or not, Facebook Inc's trademark "Like" button is set to get more expressive. The social network said on Thursday it is...

Insight: Afghan medical NGOs faced growing danger long before MSF hospital tragedy 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Krista Mahr KABUL: The U.S. air strike in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 patients and staff at a Medecins Sans Frontieres...

French state fined for making prisoner share cell with smokers 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image CAEN, France: An ex-prisoner in France has successfully sued the state for placing him in a cell with smokers, a court...

French train attack hero stabbed in California 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Spencer Stone LOS ANGELES: One of three Americans who recently helped thwart a terror attack on a packed train bound for Paris has...

Pre-poll survey projects Nitish win in Bihar 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW DELHI: The Grand Alliance led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is tipped to win a simple majority in the assembly polls...

Road rage: Three people shot at in Delhi 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW DELHI: Three people were shot at in two incidents of road rage in the national capital on Thursday, police said. The first...

Palestinian stabbings defy Israeli bid to contain unrest 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Israeli security forces and forensic police inspect the site of a stabbing by a Palestinian of an Israeli man in Jerusalem JERUSALEM: Four...

Blanchard: China slump would cause global crisis, chances small 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Marc Jones and Lisa Barrington LONDON: Chances of a drastic slump in Chinese growth are small but it would cause a global...

U.S. mulls sailing near disputed South China Sea islands 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The United States is considering sailing warships close to China's artificial islands in the South China Sea to signal it does not...

Mayor of Rome resigns over expenses scandal 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ROME: Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino resigned on Thursday following a scandal over his credit card expenses that has dented the image of Prime...

Murdoch says sorry for 'real black president' tweet 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: Powerful media magnate Rupert Murdoch apologized on Thursday after suggesting that Barack Obama was not "a real black president," triggering outrage....

Netanyahu vows action against 'wave of terror' as attacks spread 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged firm action Thursday against what he called a mostly unorganised "wave of terror" plaguing Israel and the...

Palestinian cabinet calls for halt of Israeli crimes 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian cabinet today called on the high contracting parties to the Geneva conventions to hold an urgent meeting and move immediately...

Brazilian president fights for political life 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: President Dilma Rousseff claims to detect a glimmer at the end of the tunnel in Brazil's political crisis, but what...

EU gets tough on expelling migrants, talks to neighbours 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Alastair Macdonald and Tom Körkemeier LUXEMBOURG: European Union governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating...

Israel asks Facebook, YouTube to remove ‘violence-encouraging’ videos 08 Oct 2015 - 04:42 pm

An image from a video posted to YouTube October 2, 2015 showing the murder of an Israeli Jewish family. YouTube screenshot appeared in...

Alexievich chronicled Soviet life and war 08 Oct 2015 - 04:30 pm

Caption By Anna Ringstrom and Daniel Dickson STOCKHOLM: Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of...

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize 08 Oct 2015 - 04:14 pm

Svetlana Alexievich STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 NobelLiterature Prize on Thursday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war...