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Amnesty says Austria asylum cap violates human rights 23 Feb 2016 - 10:54 am

A migrant girl stands behind the wire fencing at the closed Greek-Macedonian border, 22 February 2016. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA: Human...

Delhi warns water crisis could run for another 15 days 23 Feb 2016 - 10:41 am

A child waits outside his house to fill up containers with water from a tanker in New Delhi, India, 22 February 2016. New...

Amnesty Korea vows to hold 'Ghost Protest' amid police threat 23 Feb 2016 - 10:30 am

Seoul: Human rights group Amnesty International vowed Tuesday to push ahead with a planned "Ghost Protest" in Seoul after police threatened a crackdown...

New round of Kabul meetings hope to set date for Afghan peace talks 23 Feb 2016 - 10:17 am

Officials from the four nations at a meeting in Islamabad last month. By Mirwais Harooni KABUL: Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States...

JAL jet aborts takeoff evacuates after smoke from engine enters cabin 23 Feb 2016 - 10:05 am

TOKYO: A Japan Airline Boeing 737 passenger jet aborted a take-off and evacuated passengers at Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan after smoke...

Republicans in White House race set sights on Nevada 23 Feb 2016 - 09:57 am

Dave Queen (L) and Cindy McLaughlin (C) hold a Donald Trump doll during a rally with the Republican candidate in Las Vegas, Nevada,...

Explosion rocks Afghan Kunduz city 23 Feb 2016 - 09:52 am

Kabul: An explosion rocked northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Tuesday with preliminary reports suggesting at least four people have been killed or...

U.S. government, Apple take encryption case to court of public opinion 23 Feb 2016 - 09:46 am

Pieces of an iPhone are seen on a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz By Dustin Volz and Abhirup...

Haryana limps back to normalcy; Khattar heads to Rohtak 23 Feb 2016 - 09:36 am

Army soldiers stand guard at Rohtak, India, 22 February 2016. EPA Chandigarh: Violence affected areas of Haryana limped back to normalcy on Tuesday...

Syrians at mercy of greedy smugglers after Turkey's border closure 23 Feb 2016 - 09:36 am

Internally displaced Syrians wait near the Bab al-Salam crossing, opposite the Turkey's Kilis province, on the outskirts of the northern border town of...

HC notice to Delhi Police on Kanhaiya's bail plea 23 Feb 2016 - 09:29 am

A file picture of JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar being taken to the court. Reuters New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on...

Nepal ends fuel rationing after supply from India improves 23 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

A woman sits on top of their empty cooking gas cylinders while waiting in a queue to buy cooking gas during the ongoing...

Traders count cost of Haryana caste riots; 19 dead 23 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Damaged motorcycles and a van that were set alight by protesters during a demonstration by members of the Jat community in Rohtak, Haryana,...

Cyclone death toll hits 29 as Fiji eyes long clean-up 23 Feb 2016 - 09:21 am

Damage at a service station after Cyclone Winston hit Fiji, in the city of Ba in western Fiji on February 22, 2016. AFP...

Uber defends driver scrutiny in wake of shooting 23 Feb 2016 - 09:20 am

Uber expressed confidence in how well it checks whether aspiring drivers have pasts that signal trouble ahead (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek) San Francisco: Uber...

Nicaragua paroles 8,000 convicts to clear prisons 23 Feb 2016 - 09:13 am

Managua: Nicaragua has released more than 8,000 convicts on parole and sent 94 foreigners to finish sentences in their home countries since 2014,...

Morales facing defeat in key Bolivia vote: partial results 23 Feb 2016 - 09:04 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales answers questions from the press at Quemado palace in La Paz on February 22, 2016 (AFP Photo/Aizar Raldes) La...

Africa's forests menaced by palm oil rush: NGO 23 Feb 2016 - 09:00 am

palm-oil. Source: Reuters Paris: Africa's tropical forests are threatened by a palm oil bonanza that has already razed millions of old-growth hectares in...