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French minister rejects charges of changing report on Nice attack 25 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

A file photo of French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve. AFP PARIS: France’s interior minister rejected on Sunday an assertion by a senior Nice...

Air raids hit four hospitals in Syria's Aleppo 24 Jul 2016 - 06:43 pm

A medic inspects the damage inside a field hospital after airstrikes in a rebel held area of Aleppo, Syria July 24, 2016. (REUTERS/Abdalrhman...

India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir 24 Jul 2016 - 06:00 pm

A Kashmiri child watches an Indian paramilitary trooper standing guard during a curfew in downtown Srinagar on July 24, 2016. (AFP / TAUSEEF...

Nepal's Oli resigns as prime minister 24 Jul 2016 - 05:50 pm

Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File photo) Kathmandu: Nepal's K.P. Sharma Oli resigned as prime minister on Sunday, minutes before...

15-hour traffic jam at England-France border 24 Jul 2016 - 05:12 pm

Travellers rest outside their vehicles in a traffic jam on the main road leading into the port of Dover on the south coast...

Turkey ruling, opposition parties to rally together after coup 24 Jul 2016 - 03:36 pm

Newlywed couple Eda Bilir (L) and Muhammet Furkan Engin (R) participate the demonstration, staged to protest and to show solidarity against failed military...

German officials urge close look at gun laws in wake of shooting 24 Jul 2016 - 03:00 pm

Picture taken on July 24, 2016 shows a memorial of candles and flowers laid down in front of the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping centre...

India refuses to renew visas for 3 Chinese journalists 24 Jul 2016 - 02:55 pm

By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI: India's government has refused to renew the visas for three Chinese journalists working for China's official Xinhua News...

Bangladesh arrests four female militants in hunt for cafe attackers 24 Jul 2016 - 12:37 pm

A Bangladeshi armoured military tank makes its way past a police barricade near an upscale restaurant inDhaka on July 2, 2016, following a...

Syrian government says ready for further peace talks - state media 24 Jul 2016 - 12:34 pm

Children run away after the war-crafts belonging to the Russian army and Assad regime bombed the opposition controlled Firdevs neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria...

Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 12 people 24 Jul 2016 - 12:18 pm

Iraqi security forces gather at the site where a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at the entrance to Kadhimiya, a mostly Shi'ite...

Brexit path might be clearer later this year: UK's Hammond 24 Jul 2016 - 11:28 am

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond attends UK-China High Level Financial Services Roundtable at the Bank of China head office building in...

Anger, mourning in Afghanistan after Kabul suicide attack 24 Jul 2016 - 11:13 am

A relative (C) is assisted as he grieves alongside unseen shoes and other belongings of those who were killed in the twin suicide...

Turkey publishes decree to close Gulen-linked institutions 24 Jul 2016 - 11:06 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people demonstrating against the Parallel State/Gulenist Terrorist Organization's failed military coup attempt in Turkey, via video conferencing...

Two UAE women reunite with Indian mother after 28 years 24 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Two UAE women reunited with Indian mother after 28 years. (IANS) Hyderabad: It was an emotional reunion after 28 years as two daughters...

Hacked emails show Democratic party hostility to Sanders 24 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Bernie Sanders By STEPHEN BRAUN WASHINGTON: A cache of more than 19,000 emails from Democratic party officials, leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton's...

Islamic State shuns withdrawal offer in surrounded Syrian city 24 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian-Kurdish women carry the coffin of a female fighter in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on July 21, 2016 during the funeral of...

Defiant Turkey extends police powers, shutters schools after coup 24 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Turkey pushed on Saturday with a sweeping crackdown against suspected plotters of its failed coup, defiantly telling EU critics it had no...