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Kerry: US, Russia and Iran 'agree to disagree' on Assad 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Vienna: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he had "agreed to disagree" with his Iranian and Russian counterparts on the fate...

Youth suffer as older Britons prosper: study 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

London: Young people have become Britain's new underclass as the gap widens between them and older Britons in terms of pay, jobs and...

Hacker group plans to 'unhood' KKK members 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: Hacker group Anonymous is planning to reveal the identities of up to 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members, the latest twist in an...

Canadian academic denies accusations over Portugal debt market moves 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Andrei Khalip LISBON: Portuguese prosecutors have asked for Canadian academic Peter Boone to be put on trial after he wrote articles predicting...

Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif: Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents...

Rome's mayor ousted, saying PM stabbed him in the back 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Philip Pullella ROME: Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino, complaining that he had been stabbed in the back by Italy's prime minister, was ousted...

Germany's ability to act on migrants threatened, Merkel deputy says 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Michelle Martin BERLIN: German's Social Democrat vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, warned on Friday that a dispute among the conservatives over how to...

Germany to funnel refugee flow as 17 children die at sea 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: Germany agreed with Austria Friday to new rules for a more "orderly" passage of migrants, as the death of 17 children at...

Two passengers still in hospital in Florida as plane fire investigated 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MIAMI: Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst...

Mass release of U.S. prisoners spells deportation for hundreds 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Julia Harte and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON: Almost a third of 6,000 federal prisoners scheduled to be freed between Friday and Tuesday, part...

European Union sides with United States on South China Sea incident 30 Oct 2015 - 06:35 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union sided with Washington on Friday over a U.S.-Chinese patrolling incident in the South China Sea, in a move that...

Head of Moscow's Ukrainian library suffers health problems in custody: lawyer 30 Oct 2015 - 05:59 pm

Moscow:The head of the Russian library of Ukrainian literature, who faces imprisonment in Russia for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred, has suffered health problems...

Polish court rejects Polanski extradition to US 30 Oct 2015 - 05:56 pm

Kraków, Poland: A Polish court on Friday ruled against extraditing to the United States Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty in 1977...

Mauritanian ex-Guantanamo detainee eyes 'peaceful life' 30 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Nouakchott: Just-released Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mauritania's Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, appeared in public at home on Friday for the first time and said...

Greece says twenty-two migrants drown off Aegean islands, 144 rescued 30 Oct 2015 - 05:45 pm

A refugee prepares to hand over a toddler to a volunteer lifeguard as a half-sunken catamaran carrying around 150 refugees, most of them...

Eritrean gets life in prison for Ikea murders 30 Oct 2015 - 05:35 pm

Stockholm: A Swedish court on Friday sentenced an Eritrean man to life in prison for fatally stabbing two people with kitchen knives in...

On social media, Cruz steals spotlight, but Trump wins on sentiment 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Presidential candidates Donald Trump (2nd L) speaks while Sen. Marco Rubio (L-R), Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz look on during the...

Nigeria's Senate confirms remaining Buhari cabinet nominees 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses delegates during The India-Africa Summit in New Delhi on October 29, 2015. ABUJA: Nigeria's Senate confirmed the remaining...