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French police search VW offices in emissions probe 18 Oct 2015 - 05:52 pm

PARIS: French police have carried out searches at Volkswagen offices in France, the Paris Prosecutor's office said on Sunday, as part of an...

Soldiers foil suicide attack at Nigeria army base 18 Oct 2015 - 05:27 pm

KANO, Nigeria: Nigerian soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside a military base in the northeast on Sunday, detonating explosives concealed in...

Insight: Typically Greek, delayed land register is never-ending epic 18 Oct 2015 - 05:14 pm

By Paul Taylor and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS: When Greece applied for its first international bailout in 2010, only two countries in Europe lacked...

Insight: Beijing promotes low-paid college grads to startup CEOs 18 Oct 2015 - 04:55 pm

Young entrepreneurs look at their computers at a resting area inside the University Students Venture Park, in Shanghai, China, July 29 By Pete...

Air France to go ahead with 2016 job cuts despite violent protests 18 Oct 2015 - 04:46 pm

File photo of Air France HR manager almost being lynched recently PARIS: Air France will go ahead as planned and cut almost 1,000...

Insight: As winter looms, Germany struggles to find homes for refugees 18 Oct 2015 - 03:59 pm

By Michelle Martin CELLE, Germany: At a sprawling camp in the German town of Celle, refugees wearing thick sweaters sit around a heater...

Huge fire breaks out in St. Petersburg industrial zone 18 Oct 2015 - 09:49 am

Moscow: A raging fire broke out at a 10,000 sq m warehouse in St. Petersburg on Saturday afternoon, fanned by powerful winds. The...

Argentine voters shrug shoulders at chronic inflation 18 Oct 2015 - 09:15 am

The price of bread has soared 300% in seven years and Argentina's world-famous meat has got so expensive the country has lost its...

Thousands rally in Spain for release of Basque separatists 18 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

People march carrying a banner reading "Free Arnaldo and Rafa" calling for the release of members of the Basque Patriotic Left movement Arnaldo...

Guinea's Conde wins re-election as opposition vows protests 18 Oct 2015 - 09:01 am

Conakry: Guinean incumbent Alpha Conde has won re-election after gaining an outright majority in the first round of a contested presidential vote, the...

Merkel heads to Turkey over migrant crisis 18 Oct 2015 - 08:58 am

Cologne, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in Istanbul Sunday to press Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into Europe, a...

Blair committed UK to Iraq war year before invasion 18 Oct 2015 - 08:41 am

London: Former British prime minister Tony Blair was committed to joining the United States in the Iraq war a year before the 2003...

Bishops call on British PM to take more Syria refugees 18 Oct 2015 - 08:40 am

London: A group of 84 bishops have written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to allow more Syrian refugees to settle in...

Merkel shocked by 'political' stabbing of mayoral candidate 18 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Cologne, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday expressed shock over the stabbing of a political ally in an attack police said was...

Moscow protest against Russia role in Syria 17 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

Demonstrators hold cardboard bearing portraits of assassinated Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, during an antiwar rally in central Moscow on October 17, 2015. ...

Spain's Rajoy says holding line against "extremists" 17 Oct 2015 - 05:52 pm

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday his government represented the "moderate and reasonable majority" in the face of "extremist" rivals out...

German mayoral candidate stabbed in 'racist, political' attack 17 Oct 2015 - 05:49 pm

Used bandaging material left behind at the crime scene following a knife attack on mayoral candidate Henriette Reker in Cologne, Germany, 17 October...

African Union urges faster plans for troop deployment to Burundi 17 Oct 2015 - 05:13 pm

Boys walk behind patrolling soldiers in Bujumbura, Burundi (file pic). ADDIS ABABA: The African Union's peace and security council on Saturday recommended the...