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Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer discloses Twitter stake 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer disclosed Friday that he has taken a four percent stake in Twitter, expressing confidence in...

EU privacy regulators give EU, U.S. three months to find new data pact 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Julia Fioretti LONDON: Companies could face action from European privacy regulators if the European Commission and United States do not come up...

Merkel defends "transit zones" to better cope with refugee influx 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended a proposal to set up "transit zones" at German borders to filter out migrants who clearly...

Abuse of migrants in Mexico rises even as numbers fall 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Central American migrants stand on top of train cars while waiting for the freight train "La Bestia," or the Beast, to travel north...

Scorsese says new De Niro movie in the works 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

LYON: Martin Scorsese is planning a fresh chapter in his four-decade partnership with Robert De Niro with a new movie called "The Irishman",...

U.S. confirms Iran tested nuclear-capable ballistic missile 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS: The United States has confirmed that Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon, in...

Kuwait denies radiation leakage from refinery 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) denied today any radiation leakage from Shuaiba Refinery following the fire accident that broke out inside the...

Insight: How conservatives bested corporate lobbying machine on US EXIM 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By David Lawder WASHINGTON: When Boeing Co., General Electric Co. and other companies wanted to show Congress last February the dangers of closing...

Mixed martial arts fighter arrested for throwing tile at California police 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES: Mixed martial arts fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller was arrested on Friday on a charge of suspicion of assault...

Obama says "no meeting of minds" with Russia on Syria 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Friday the only area of U.S. understanding with Russia on Syria was on how to prevent accidental...

Opinion: After a suicide bombing, can Turkey pull back from the brink? 16 Oct 2015 - 06:54 pm

By Andrew Finkel The date 10/10 is now synonymous with Turkey's most deadly terrorist attack in history - the day this month when...

Taliban defiant over delay to U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan 16 Oct 2015 - 06:26 pm

By James Mackenzie and Jibran Ahmad KABUL: The Taliban on Friday brushed aside a U.S. decision to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, saying...

Turkey says EU financial offer on migrants is 'unacceptable' 16 Oct 2015 - 06:16 pm

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu on Friday slammed an EU offer of financial help to Turkey to ease the migrant crisis as...

Canada's frozen north feels financial burn of global warming 16 Oct 2015 - 06:09 pm

By Chris Arsenault YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada: C limate change is taking a heavy economic toll on Canada's far north, with buildings collapsing...

US believes drone downed by Turkey was Russian 16 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Washington: The US military believes a drone downed by Turkey was Russian, a US official said Friday, contradicting Moscow's claims that none of...

MSF says US tank entered compound of bombed Afghan hospital without permission 16 Oct 2015 - 05:46 pm

By Krista Mahr KABUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that a U.S. tank entered the...

Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli army fire: medics 16 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

Gaza City: A Palestinian died after being shot by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, the...

Film banned in India gets Meryl Streep's backing for Oscar 16 Oct 2015 - 05:16 pm

Feminist writer Gloria Steinem, actor Meryl Streep and director Leslee Udwin attend the New York Premiere of India’s Daughter at NYIT Auditorium on...