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Foreign-funded Israeli NGOs angry at proposed new law 02 Nov 2015 - 06:35 pm

Ayelet Shaked Jerusalem:Leftwing Israeli NGOs accused the government of a witch-hunt on Monday after the justice minister proposed tough new measures on organisations...

Turkish campaigners dismayed at sharp fall in women MPs 02 Nov 2015 - 06:23 pm

By Ece Toksabay ANKARA: Turkey's parliament lost more than a fifth of its female deputies in Sunday's election, fuelling activists' concerns about women's...

Hurt by cheap oil, Saudi government will make water more expensive 02 Nov 2015 - 06:12 pm

By Angus McDowall and Reem Shamseddine RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will raise the price of water for non-residential consumers, local media reported, a sign...

Lufthansa cabin staff plan week of walkouts: union 02 Nov 2015 - 06:06 pm

Frankfurt: Lufthansa cabin staff are threatening to stage a week of walkouts starting from Friday if management does not come up with an...

Kerry courts Kazakh leader as U.S. eyes stronger Central Asia ties 02 Nov 2015 - 06:03 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tours the Hazrat Sultan Mosque in Astana, November 2, 2015. REUTERS By Matt Spetalnick ASTANA: Secretary of...

No 'direct evidence' of terrorism in Egypt crash: Clapper 02 Nov 2015 - 05:58 pm

Washington: US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Monday he knew of no "direct evidence" that terrorism was to blame for the...

Stateless child born every 10 minutes: UN 02 Nov 2015 - 05:58 pm

A pregnant Syrian woman walks at a refugee camp in the city of Tyre, in southern Lebanon. Reuters Geneva: Being born with no...

EU has little option but to deal with strengthened Erdogan: analysts 02 Nov 2015 - 05:50 pm

Brussels: The EU, desperate for help to solve the migrant crisis, has little option but to deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Eight dead in Lebanon nightclub shootout: army 02 Nov 2015 - 05:45 pm

Mehdi Hussein Zeaiter and Ahmad Ali Ammar Beirut: Eight Lebanese including two soldiers were killed Monday in a dawn shootout between security forces...

Iran says may quit Syria talks, in worsening spat with Saudi rival 02 Nov 2015 - 05:37 pm

Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian By Yara Bayoumy and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI: Iran said on Monday it would quit Syria peace...

One dead in floods in Portugal's Algarve 02 Nov 2015 - 05:30 pm

A woman looks at the floods in downtown Albufeira in south of Portugal on 01 november 2015 due to rains in tourist region...

India's longest-serving speaker H.A. Halim dead 02 Nov 2015 - 04:53 pm

Kolkata: Prominent CPI-M leader Hashim Abdul Halim, who served as West Bengal assembly speaker for 29 years at a stretch - the longest...

Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet not struck from outside: investigator 02 Nov 2015 - 04:51 pm

A debris from a Russian airliner is seen at its crash site at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1,...

NSG to consider India's entry in June, Modi to visit Washington 02 Nov 2015 - 04:45 pm

Agni IV intercontinental ballistic missile By Gulshan Luthra New Delhi: India’s pending application for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) should come...

Ex-paramilitary personnel demand OROP 02 Nov 2015 - 04:42 pm

New Delhi: Over 200 retired paramilitary personnel on Monday launched a three-day protest here demanding 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) for around 13...

After escaping war, asylum seekers in Sweden now face arson attacks 02 Nov 2015 - 04:36 pm

A burned down asylum centre is seen in Munkedal, Sweden October 27, 2015. REUTERS By Johan Ahlander and Violette Goarant MUNKEDAL, Sweden: Throughout...

Congress has no right to talk about tolerance: Modi 02 Nov 2015 - 04:30 pm

Purnea, Bihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and said the Congress has no right to talk about...

Foreign specialists help Romania treat fire victims 02 Nov 2015 - 04:29 pm

A child holds flowers as people light candles outside the Colectiv nightclub, during a mourning march joined by thousands in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday,...