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UK to buy more F-35 jets, boost anti-terror budget: Osborne 22 Nov 2015 - 05:06 pm

George Osborne By William Schomberg and Kylie MacLellan LONDON: Britain plans to increase the number of stealth fighter jets it can launch from...

UK PM Cameron to push for war with case for joining Syria air strikes 22 Nov 2015 - 04:35 pm

UK PM Cameron to push for war with case for joining Syria air strikes By Kylie MacLellan LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron...

Belgium widens hunt with Brussels on maximum alert 22 Nov 2015 - 03:51 pm

Belgian soldiers patrol in central Brussels, November 22, 2015, after security was tightened in Belgium following the fatal attacks in Paris. REUTERS By...

Western leaders vow to destroy IS as Brussels hunkers down 22 Nov 2015 - 03:32 pm

An empty street near the Grand Place in the center of Brussels on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. AP BRUSSELS: Western leaders stepped up...

Brother of Paris suspect 'convinced' he balked at last minute 22 Nov 2015 - 03:30 pm

Salah Abdeslam Brussels: The brother of wanted Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam said Sunday he believed he decided at the very last moment...

Iranian court sentences Washington Post reporter Rezaian to prison 22 Nov 2015 - 03:27 pm

DUBAI: A court in Iran has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to an unspecified prison term, the state news agency IRNA said...

Hong Kong votes in first election since democracy protests 22 Nov 2015 - 03:15 pm

Voters walk past a polling station in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong on November 22, 2015. Hong Kong: Hong Kong went to...

If no peace deal found in Libya, IS 'will have won': French minister 22 Nov 2015 - 02:12 pm

Paris: Rival sides in chaos-ridden Libya must reach a deal to create a new unity government in order to stop Islamic State jihadists...

Gunfire, explosions in Burundi kill at least five: Officials, residents 22 Nov 2015 - 02:05 pm

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza NAIROBI: At least five people were killed in overnight clashes in Burundi, police said on Sunday, and residents reported...

UN chief urges Russia, US to cooperate on terrorism 22 Nov 2015 - 01:56 pm

By Denis Dyomkin and Matt Spetalnick KUALA LUMPUR: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in...

Insight: Authorities missed many "red flags" before Paris shootings 22 Nov 2015 - 01:34 pm

People look through the screened-off facade of the Bataclan Cafe adjoining the concert hall, one of the sites of the deadly attacks in...

Political storm in Poland as new government sparks 'coup' claims 22 Nov 2015 - 12:39 pm

Prime Minister Beata Szydlo Warsaw: Poland's new conservative government has lost no time in seeking to take control of the EU country's top...

Russia says killed 10 IS-linked fighters in North Caucasus 22 Nov 2015 - 12:32 pm

File photo of a military operation in Nalchik Moscow: Russia said Sunday it had killed 10 fighters linked to the extremist Islamic State...

Pope readies for Africa, riskiest trip of his papacy 22 Nov 2015 - 11:14 am

A street artist mixes paint as he works on a painting of Pope Francis in Nairobi, on November 20, 2015. AFP Pope Francis...

French army chief sees no fast victory against Islamic State 22 Nov 2015 - 11:11 am

PARIS: France's army chief of staff said on Sunday he sees no short term military victory in the fight against Islamic State as...

Argentina votes on big economic, political change 22 Nov 2015 - 11:02 am

Argentines vote Sunday in a presidential runoff that could end 12 years of leftist government and see the pro-business opposition seize the helm...

Three new ebola cases detected in Liberia 22 Nov 2015 - 10:43 am

File pic of a patient being treated Monrovia (Liberia): Two months after Liberia was declared free of Ebola, three confirmed cases of the...

Police and anti-racism protesters clash in Sydney 22 Nov 2015 - 10:32 am

Police stand in front of anti-racism supporters during a rally in central Sydney, Australia, November 22, 2015. Reuters Sydney: Police and officers on...