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30 dead, hundreds missing in Guatemala landslide 03 Oct 2015 - 08:50 am

Aereal view of the affected area after a landslide in the village Cambray II, in the municipality of Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala, 02...

Merkel ‘favourite’ to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize 03 Oct 2015 - 01:23 am

Stockholm: Speculation mounted yesterday that Angela Merkel could scoop this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership during Europe’s migrant crisis after she...

EU border force plan revived 03 Oct 2015 - 12:05 am

A gendarme van patrols next to tents and makeshift shelters in the “new jungle”, a field where migrants and asylum seekers stay in...

Leaders meet to consolidate Ukraine peace 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre left) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre right) during a meeting in the presence of German Foreign...

Portrait emerges of US college shooter, motive a mystery 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ROSEBURG: A portrait began emerging Friday of the gunman behind America's latest mass shooting -- an angry recluse with a gripe against religion...

Colombia kills Megateo, one of most wanted drug traffickers 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BOGOTA: One of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers died on Friday in an air force bombing raid in northern jungles close to the...

Denmark to probe removal of pro-Tibet demonstrators in 2012 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Denmark to probe removal of pro-Tibet demonstrators in 2012 COPENHAGEN: The Danish government said Friday it would investigate why police forcibly kept pro-Tibet...

Hurricane Joaquin batters Bahamas, fate of cargo ship unknown 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Skies begin to darken as Hurricane Joaquin passes through the region, seen from Nassau By Neil Hartnell NASSAU, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The...

Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Google Inc is on the verge of morphing into Alphabet Inc. After U.S. markets close on Friday, Alphabet will replace Google as the...

4 dead and 100 missing in Guatemala landslide 02 Oct 2015 - 09:45 pm

Rescuers and residents search for victims after a landslide at Cambray village, (AFP) GUATEMALA: At least four people are dead and about 100...

31 migrants found in refrigerated truck in France 02 Oct 2015 - 07:25 pm

31 migrants were found on Friday in a refrigerated truck with the temperature close to freezing. (AFP) LILLE: French authorities on Friday found...

Spain jails 11 for sending suicide bombers to Syria 02 Oct 2015 - 07:05 pm

MADRID: Spanish judges on Friday jailed 11 jihadists for membership in a gang linked to Islamic State extremists that recruited fighters for suicide...

Colombia war victims demand justice, truth as peace talks advance 02 Oct 2015 - 06:53 pm

An elderly lady mourns at the funeral of an assassinated public figure in Bogota. File photo By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA: Colombians uprooted from...

Leaders meet to consolidate Ukraine's fragile peace 02 Oct 2015 - 05:25 pm

PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine met in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, as President...

"Sense of regret" in Vatican over pope meeting with gay marriage opponent 02 Oct 2015 - 05:15 pm

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis' meeting last week with an American woman at the centre of a row over gay marriage...

Two killed outside Australian state police headquarters 02 Oct 2015 - 04:55 pm

SYDNEY: A civilian police employee Friday was killed in a double shooting outside law enforcement headquarters in Sydney, but the attack did not...

Nigeria: At least 10 dead in suicide attacks 02 Oct 2015 - 04:07 pm

MAIDUGURI: At least 10 people were killed and 39 others injured when four suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city of Maiduguri,...

Gunman kills 13 in US 02 Oct 2015 - 02:41 am

An injured person being taken for treatment following the shooting. Oregon: A gunman opened fire yesterday at a community college, killing 13 people...