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State employs up to half of Syria's workforce: report 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: The Syrian government now employs up to half of the country's workforce, a sharp rise since its conflict erupted in 2011, devastating...

Danish prisons to separate radicalised inmates 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Copenhagen: Denmark plans to separate prisoners who could covert others to radical extremism, the government said Wednesday. "People with radicalised beliefs...

Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Miami: Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may...

At least 120,000 displaced in Syria since Russia strikes began: US 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: Syrian government offensives backed by Russian air strikes have displaced at least 120,000 people in the war-wracked country, a senior US official...

U.S. diplomat says seeing 'some pullback' of weapons from eastern Ukraine 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: A top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday that there have been signs that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine are pulling back some of...

Tunisia party crisis deepens as lawmakers suspend membership 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Hafhed Caid Essebsi, the son of President Beji Caid Essebsi, attends a meeting with Nidaa Tounes party leaders in Tunis, November 3, 2015 ...

Swedish woman falsely accused of necrophilia wins damages 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: Sweden has been ordered to pay 70,000 kronor (7,455 euros, $8,193) in damages to a woman who was falsely accused of hoarding...

France to tackle work hours in 2016 in 1st step of labour code revamp 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: France will begin reforming the cherished labour code early next year by tackling the way companies can adjust working hours, the government...

For Southeast Asia, growing U.S.-China maritime row means a balancing act 04 Nov 2015 - 06:46 pm

By Yeganeh Torbati KUALA LUMPUR: As the United States and Japan tussled with China over the wording of a concluding statement at an...

TV networks open labs to read the minds of viewers 04 Nov 2015 - 05:57 pm

The NBC and Comcast logo are displayed on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan July 1, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid By Jessica Toonkel NEW...

Bosnia and Serbia hold first joint session of governments 04 Nov 2015 - 05:57 pm

Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, centre, accompanied by Bosnian Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic, left, inspect the honor guard, during an official welcoming ceremony...

Maldives president declares emergency ahead of protest 04 Nov 2015 - 05:45 pm

Police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) personnel cordon off an area suspecting an explosive inside the engine compartment of a parked broken...

Sweden to request EU help in relocating some of its migrants 04 Nov 2015 - 04:42 pm

Refugees from Syria board a ferry to Sweden at the ferry port in Mukran,Germany, 04 November 2015. The number of transit refugees wanting...

Romanian government resigns following protests 04 Nov 2015 - 04:40 pm

Romanians fill the Calea Victoriei, a main avenue of the Romanian capital, during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015....

1st refugees relocated from Greece fly to Luxembourg 04 Nov 2015 - 04:36 pm

the first group of Iraqi refugees boarding a plane at Athens' airport on November 4, 2015. EPA ATHENS, Greece; Thirty refugees left Greece...

Money, patriotism drive Russians to join Syria mission 04 Nov 2015 - 04:33 pm

When Oxana's sailor father left his home in 's Black Sea port of in September, he just said he would be going to...

Iran hard-liners denounce outreach to West at anti-US rally 04 Nov 2015 - 04:31 pm

Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during an annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, marking 36th anniversary of the seizure...

German, French raids against human smuggling operations 04 Nov 2015 - 04:25 pm

Masked police officers enter a house in Essen, Germany, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015. AP BERLIN: Germany and French authorities raided two unconnected human...