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Newcomer Ciudadanos runs close second in Spanish opinion poll 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

MADRID: Spanish newcomer party Ciudadanos would come a close second to the ruling People's Party, and would probably be the main kingmaker, if...

Bureaucrat whose blunder brought Berlin Wall down dead at 86 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: Former East German bureaucrat Guenter Schabowski, who died Sunday aged 86, went down in history for a slip of the tongue in...

Russian jet broke up in mid air but too early draw conclusions, official says 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Lin Noueihed, Ahmed Aboulenein and Alexander Winning CAIRO/MOSCOW: A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula broke up in mid-air, an...

Box Office: 'Our Brand is Crisis,' 'Burnt,' 'Scouts Guide' All Bomb 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Pictures shows, Ann Dowd, from left, as Nell, Sandra Bullock as Jane and Reynaldo Pacheco as Eddie, in Warner Bros. Pictures and Participant...

Arrest of Ukraine oligarch's ally politically motivated: lawyer 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Hennadiy Korban KIEV: The arrest in Ukraine of a close associate of the influential business tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky on suspicion of embezzlement is...

Israeli Forces arrest 24 Palestinians in West Bank 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces Sunday arrested 24 Palestinians including minors in various West Bank cities, especially Hebron, according to Palestinian sources....

Rabin killer Yigal Amir, behind bars for 20 years, still has no slightest regret 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Yigal Amir Jerusalem: Yigal Amir may have been behind bars for 20 years, serving life for the murder of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak...

At least 12 killed as Shebab attack Somalia hotel 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

File picture Mogadishu: At least 12 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday after Shebab gunmen used a vehicle packed with...

Islamic State takes Syrian town as fighting looks set to intensify 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Women walk past damaged buildings along a street in the old city of Homs June 3, 2015. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki By John Davison and...

Merkel's conservatives align refugee policy but coalition still at odds 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Paul Carrel BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Sunday to fully resolve differences within her ruling coalition over how to deal...

Joy and anguish greet AKP win in Turkey vote 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) was celebrating "victory day" on Sunday but many greeted the surprise result with dismay -- and...

No treat for soldier in suicide bomber costume at U.S. Army base 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A soldier who tried to enter North Carolina's Fort Bragg U.S. Army base dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween prompted a security...

Chile doubles down on prosecutions for Pinochet-era crimes 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Cut-outs depicting victims of human rights abuse during the rule of former dictator Augusto Pinochet hang on a fence next to the "La...

French euthanasia doctor responsive after suicide attempt: sources 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Former French emergency doctor Nicolas Bonnemaison, pictured October 24, 2015 arriving for his trial Dax, France: A former emergency room doctor in France...

Bulgaria conservatives cement power with local election win: exit polls 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Boyko Borisov Sofia: Bulgaria's ruling conservative party of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov secured a win in local elections Sunday, exit polls showed, strengthening...

Azerbaijan ruling party wins vote boycotted by opposition: exit poll 02 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Ilham Aliyev Baku: Azerbaijan's ruling party on Sunday won a clear victory in parliamentary polls boycotted by the mainstream opposition, an exit poll...