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Syria regime strikes kill at least 23: monitor 31 Mar 2016 - 04:29 pm

Beirut: Syrian government air strikes killed at least 23 people including four children Thursday in the worst ceasefire violation yet in a key...

Ice wall at Fukushima plant switched on, but will it work? 31 Mar 2016 - 03:35 pm

By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO: The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an...

Philippines recovers $4.63 million stolen from Bangladesh 31 Mar 2016 - 03:24 pm

Solaire is one of the Philippine capital's gleaming billion-dollar casinos ©Jay Directo (AFP/File) Manila: More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently...

Spain overshoots public deficit target for 2015 31 Mar 2016 - 03:03 pm

Madrid: Spain posted a public deficit of 5.16 percent of economic output in 2015, Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro said Thursday, the eighth consecutive...

Iraq PM heads to parliament to present cabinet lineup 31 Mar 2016 - 02:59 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi headed to parliament to present his list of candidates for a new cabinet on Thursday, the day...

Lebanon's military receives 3 helicopters from the US 31 Mar 2016 - 02:53 pm

Soldiers stand during a ceremony reviewing three Huey II helicopters donated by the United States to the Lebanese armed forces, at the Beirut...

Cypriot ex-wife recounts 'black years' with Egypt hijacking suspect 31 Mar 2016 - 02:26 pm

Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir passenger plane and forced it to divert to Cyprus flashes the "V"...

Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.3 pct in 2015: govt 31 Mar 2016 - 02:18 pm

Smoke billows from a chimney in the early morning hours during a smoggy day near Ramsgate, April 10, 2015. REUTERS/STEFAN WERMUTH By Susanna...

British TV comedian Ronnie Corbett dies at 85 31 Mar 2016 - 02:15 pm

File photo of veteran comedian Ronnie Corbett as he attends a memorial service at Westminster Abbey in London March 2006. EPA/Lindsey Parnaby LONDON:...

Syria regime strikes kill at least 10 civilians: monitor 31 Mar 2016 - 02:03 pm

A wounded man at a field hospital after air strikes in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria on March 31, 2016. Samir Tatin/Anadolu Agency ...

Israel sees tourism growth from China, India 31 Mar 2016 - 01:53 pm

Al Aqsa mosque in Israel JERUSALEM: Israel is looking east to China and India to help drive tourism, as visits to the country ...

Pakistan city announces rat-killing bounty after infestation 31 Mar 2016 - 01:43 pm

Picture for representation only. Peshawar, Pakistan: Authorities in Pakistan's northwest announced a bounty for killing rats after receiving hundreds of complaints of rodents...

UN tribunal acquits Serbian firebrand Seselj of war crimes 31 Mar 2016 - 01:35 pm

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj waves to his supporters from a balcony of his Serbian Radical Party headquarters in Belgrade in this November...

India flyover collapse kills 14, with scores feared trapped 31 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

A general view of the collapsed flyover in Kolkata, India, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/ Rupak De Chowdhuri By Supriyo Hazre KOLKATA: A flyover...

Can imams drive action on climate change in Pakistan? 31 Mar 2016 - 01:16 pm

Tahir Ashrafi, head of the powerful Ulema Council of clerics, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad December 13, 2013. REUTERS/MIAN KHURSHEED/FILES ...

French policeman detained over beating of teen protester 31 Mar 2016 - 01:14 pm

French highschool and university students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Nantes, France, as part of a nationwide labor...

Russia's security service says detains Ukrainian agent 31 Mar 2016 - 01:01 pm

Moscow: Russia's FSB security service on Thursday said it had detained an alleged CIA-trained Ukrainian intelligence officer who was trying to become a...