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German who bragged online of child murder sentenced to life 31 Jan 2018 - 06:56 pm

Bochum, Germany: A German man who stabbed to death a nine-year-old boy, bragged about it online and then killed another man while on...

French railway loses discrimination appeal against Moroccan workers 31 Jan 2018 - 06:48 pm

Paris: France's national rail operator on Wednesday lost its appeal against a finding that it discriminated against hundreds of Moroccan workers arriving in...

Macron warns Turkey against 'invasion' of Syria 31 Jan 2018 - 01:58 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview Wednesday that he would have a "real problem" with Turkey's intervention against a Kurdish...

Decision on orange passport called off: MEA 31 Jan 2018 - 01:49 pm

New Delhi: India on Tuesday rescinded its decision to issue passports with orange-coloured jackets to those with ECR status, such as unskilled workers...

Turkish border town hit by rockets, one civilian killed 31 Jan 2018 - 12:57 pm

ISTANBUL: Two rockets fired from the Syrian region of Afrin struck the Turkish border town of Reyhanli and killed one person, the state-run...

Thailand charges eight activists as public frustration at junta grows 31 Jan 2018 - 12:55 pm

BANGKOK, Thailand on Wednesday charged eight activists of a civil rights group with violating the military government's ban on public gatherings, after it...

Lassa fever kills 21 in Nigeria: health officials 31 Jan 2018 - 11:59 am

Lagos, Twenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday, in the...

Hundreds of thousands mark Hindu festival in Malaysia 31 Jan 2018 - 11:09 am

Batu Caves, Malaysia: Hundreds of thousands of Hindus across Malaysia celebrated the annual Thaipusam festival on Wednesday, with many piercing their skin with...

Myanmar official in charge of troubled town stabbed to death 31 Jan 2018 - 10:58 am

YANGON: A Myanmar official who was the administrator of a town in troubled Rakhine state when seven people died there in rioting earlier...

Uzbekistan's security boss leaves post - report 31 Jan 2018 - 10:56 am

ALMATY: The veteran head of Uzbekistan's state security service, Rustam Inoyatov, has left his post and has been replaced by Ikhtiyor Abdullayev, previously...

6.1 magnitude quake rattles northern Afghanistan: USGS 31 Jan 2018 - 10:49 am

Kabul, A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan Wednesday, the USGS said, with tremors felt as far away as Islamabad and New...

German police make arrests in nationwide raids on human traffickers 31 Jan 2018 - 10:35 am

BERLIN: German police said on Wednesday they had raided properties and made arrests across the country in an operation to crack down on...

Texas executes man who murdered girlfriend and wife 31 Jan 2018 - 10:23 am

Chicago, The US state of Texas executed an inmate Tuesday for the brutal killing of his girlfriend while he was on parole for...

Israel takes aim at African migrants, asylum-seekers 31 Jan 2018 - 10:06 am

JERUSALEM, The Israeli authorities have notified African migrants and asylum seekers -- mainly those from Sudan and Eritrea -- that they have three...

Fujifilm says to slash 10,000 jobs at Fuji Xerox subsidiary 31 Jan 2018 - 09:57 am

Tokyo, Japanese technology firm Fujifilm on Wednesday announced 10,000 job cuts by March 2020 in its Fuji Xerox subsidiary, which it said was...

Three gunned down on Cambodian forest patrol: officials 31 Jan 2018 - 09:30 am

Phnom Penh, Three Cambodians patrolling a protected forest in the remote east were gunned down after seizing a chainsaw from illegal loggers, authorities...