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Kidnapped Hong Kong tycoon rescued in Taiwan 28 Oct 2015 - 10:39 am

A file photo of Hong Kong tycoon Wong Yuk-kwan, who was recently rescued after being abducted on Sept 20. Taipei: A kidnapped Hong...

Prosthetic eye maker brings relief to wounded Gazans 28 Oct 2015 - 10:37 am

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Imad Abu Wadi barely slept after losing his right eye during the summer 2014 war between Israel and Hamas...

Myanmar election monitors voice poll concerns 28 Oct 2015 - 10:32 am

Supporters of USDP gather during a campaign rally on the outskirts of Myanmar's capital city of Naypyidaw. AFP Yangon: International monitors in Myanmar...

Military solution 'impossible' in parts of Middle East: CIA chief 28 Oct 2015 - 10:27 am

Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) Director John Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, in March 2015. AFP A military solution...

Red Crescent: 77 Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2015 - 10:15 am

Gaza: Israeli forces injured 143 Palestinians during clashes across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Red Crescent said. The Israeli forces shot...

World Bank, IMF should reflect rise of developing economies: India 28 Oct 2015 - 10:05 am

United Nations: India has called for reforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reflect the rise of the developing...

Over a million early voters cast ballot in Bihar polls 28 Oct 2015 - 10:00 am

Patna: Tens of thousands of people, including many women, stood in serpentine queues at polling stations since early Wednesday to cast their ballot...

Therapy offer for those crushed by North-South Korea reunion 28 Oct 2015 - 09:59 am

Seoul: The South Korean Red Cross said Wednesday it was offering therapy and counselling to hundreds of people who took part in a...

Ouattara re-elected as Ivory Coast president 28 Oct 2015 - 09:46 am

Abidjan: Alassane Ouattara was re-elected as president of Ivory Coast, official results showed Wednesday, in a vote seen as key to cementing the...

China punishes Shanghai airport for flight delays 28 Oct 2015 - 09:43 am

Shanghai: Nearly half the flights leaving the main international airport of China's commercial hub Shanghai were delayed in August, regulators said, punishing the...

Fury in China over US sail-by in disputed waters 28 Oct 2015 - 09:40 am

Beijing: Chinese media denounced the US Wednesday after Washington sent a warship into disputed South China Sea waters and vowed to do so...

France risks being sidelined with tough Syria stance 28 Oct 2015 - 09:29 am

Paris: France, which has taken a tough line on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, is struggling to make itself heard as the diplomatic ground...

Indonesians take fight against haze into their own hands 28 Oct 2015 - 09:26 am

A volunteer helps extinguish a peatland fire in the outskirts of Palangkaraya, a city of 240,000 in Indonesia's central Kalimantan where respiratory illnesses...

Relief agencies battle to reach Afghan-Pakistan quake victims 28 Oct 2015 - 09:19 am

A Pakistani army officer carries a young injured earthquake survivor who was evacuated from Chitral by military helicopter at a base in Peshawar...

French pilots fled Dominican Republic 'to seek drug case justice 28 Oct 2015 - 09:02 am

French pilot Pascal Fauret (R), his lawyers Jean Reinhart (C) and Eric Dupond-Moretti speak during a press conference in Paris, on October 27,...

Mexico seizes planes, homes in search for drug lord 28 Oct 2015 - 08:36 am

Mexico City: Mexican authorities have searched several homes in three states and seized 11 small airplanes in their hunt for fugitive drug kingpin...

Grenade kills two, police officer shot dead in Burundi 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Kigali: Two civilians and a police officer were killed Tuesday in Burundi as political violence persists, human rights activists and police said. Unidentified...

As Iranian deaths in Syria rise, debate opens at home 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Iranians walk past a banner showing a portrait of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani (2nd R) and and two other comrades...