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Diploma-wielding refugees hit Europe with high hopes, but struggle continues 13 Sep 2015 - 12:29 pm

Representational image PARIS: Mohammed, Fayiq, Zyad, Bilal -- an engineer, a high-school student, a cardiologist and an accountant... Or at least they were...

30,000 flock to beatification ceremony of South African teacher 13 Sep 2015 - 12:07 pm

THOHOYANDOU, South Africa: Some 30,000 people gathered in a small village in northern South Africa Sunday for a ceremony for the beatification of...

Berlin hits out at EU's 'complete failure' to protect its borders 13 Sep 2015 - 11:53 am

BERLIN: Germany's transport minister on Sunday hit out at the "complete failure" of the European Union to protect its external borders, as he...

Border talks end on ‘optimistic note’ 13 Sep 2015 - 11:30 am

The Director General of BSF, Devendra Kumar Pathak (second left) and Pakistani Rangers DG (Punjab) Major General Umar Farooq Burki (second right) sign...

Political vendetta 13 Sep 2015 - 11:29 am

Activists of opposition party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) shout slogans during the funeral of activists killed by paramilitary forces in Karachi yesterday. A...

Kazakhstan greets record-setting Russian cosmonaut 13 Sep 2015 - 11:28 am

RUSSIA: A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world’s most experienced space flier and two rookie crewmates pulled away from the International Space Station...

Heroin confiscated 13 Sep 2015 - 11:28 am

Afghan police show suspects and packs of heroine which were confiscated during an operation, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, yesterday. Afghan police seized the drugs...

PKK attack kills 3 Turkish police officers 13 Sep 2015 - 11:27 am

Turkish special police forces position themselves during clashes in the centre of Diyarbakir, on June 9, 2015 (AFP) DIYARBAKIR: Three policemen were killed...

One child among the three migrants drowned off Greece 13 Sep 2015 - 10:54 am

ATHENS: Three people, including a child, drowned when a boat carrying some 100 migrants capsized off Greece early on Sunday, the Athens News...

Clashes rock Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound 13 Sep 2015 - 10:43 am

A Palestinian youth is evacuated after being injured during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque today, just hours...

Clashes Erupt in Silwan after Israeli Settler Attacks Young Boy 13 Sep 2015 - 10:09 am

A general view of the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque . JERUSALEM: An Israeli settler attacked an 8-year-old Palestinian boy...

Death toll rises to five after Japan flood 13 Sep 2015 - 09:56 am

Tokyo: The number of people who died in floods which devastated Japan this week reached five Sunday as rescuers continued their search for...

Death Toll of India Restaurant Blast Climbs to 100 13 Sep 2015 - 09:05 am

New Delhi: At least 100 people, including three children, were killed and over 150 injured in the massive explosion that tore through a...

Death Toll of India Restaurant Blast Climbs to 100 13 Sep 2015 - 09:05 am

New Delhi: At least 100 people, including three children, were killed and over 150 injured in the massive explosion that tore through a...

Yemen peace talks in Oman next week; 16 killed in air strikes 13 Sep 2015 - 02:59 am

Yemeni children sit amid the rubble of houses destroyed in air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Sana’a yesterday. SANA’A: At...

Syrian war will displace a million more this year: UN 13 Sep 2015 - 02:58 am

BEIRUT: One million more people will be displaced within Syria by the end of the year if the war there continues unabated, potentially...

Marx admirer is UK Labour leader 13 Sep 2015 - 02:52 am

LONDON: Jeremy Corbyn (pictured), a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party yesterday,...