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Clinton extends lead in race for Democratic vote: poll 20 Oct 2015 - 04:17 pm

Washington: Frontrunner Hillary Clinton has stretched her lead over fellow White House hopeful Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination after...

Arsonists attack another migrant centre in Sweden 20 Oct 2015 - 04:15 pm

File photo of firemen working as smoke billows from the windows of a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, on Dec. 25,...

Myanmar to allow EU election observers into military bases 20 Oct 2015 - 04:14 pm

Yangon: European Union observers will be given access to voting on military bases for next month's Myanmar election, an official said Tuesday, a...

French far-right leader goes on trial for inciting hatred 20 Oct 2015 - 04:11 pm

LYON: Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front, went on trial Tuesday on charges of inciting hatred after comparing Muslim...

Syria operation shows Russia can counter 'any threats': Putin 20 Oct 2015 - 04:02 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow's intervention in Syria demonstrates it can counter any threats, as the Kremlin flexes its...

New star, veteran leftist rock Portugal's political stage 20 Oct 2015 - 03:43 pm

By Axel Bugge LISBON: An actress-turned-politician and a wrinkled former metalworker may hold the key to whether Portugal ends up with its first...

Israeli run over, killed after stone throwing: army 20 Oct 2015 - 03:27 pm

Jerusalem: An Israeli was run over by a vehicle and killed on Tuesday when he got out of his car on a West...

Over one million die annually in road accidents: WHO 20 Oct 2015 - 12:30 pm

NEW YORK: Traffic accidents kill 1.25 million people around the world each year, with Africa by far the continent with the most dangerous...

Acts of vandalism disturbing: Jaitley 20 Oct 2015 - 12:28 pm

Arun Jaitley NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said differences should be conveyed in a "restrained manner" and that the publicity...

First Fukushima worker diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer: Japan official 20 Oct 2015 - 11:18 am

Tokyo: A former Fukushima nuclear plant worker has been diagnosed with radiation-related cancer, Japanese authorities said Tuesday, in the first such confirmation more...

Israel arrests senior West Bank Hamas figure 20 Oct 2015 - 11:16 am

Israeli authorities have previously arrested Hassan Yusef, here pictured in 2006, several times [Reuters] Jerusalem: Israeli troops arrested one of the top West...

Delhi court finds Uber driver guilty of rape 20 Oct 2015 - 11:14 am

A Delhi court has convicted Shiv Kumar Yadav, a former driver of Uber, for raping a 25-year-old passenger in December, 2014 New Delhi:...

Pakistan facing climate 'calamity' if warnings go unheeded 20 Oct 2015 - 11:09 am

A Meteorological Department employee records measurements at a glacier monitoring station, set 4,500m above sea level, at the 26km-long Passu glacier in Pakistan's...

Hundreds of South Koreans leave for North Korea for family reunions 20 Oct 2015 - 11:07 am

Seoul: Hundreds of South Korean family members left for North Korea Tuesday for their first reunions with North Korean relatives they have not...

Pakistan's bomb explosion leaves 11 people dead 20 Oct 2015 - 11:05 am

Islamabad: At least 11 people were killed and 22 others wounded after a bomb exploded in a passenger bus in Quetta city of...

Slovenia allows in thousands stranded migrants 20 Oct 2015 - 10:58 am

Ljubljana: Slovenia says it has allowed into the country most of the 5,000 people who were stranded in wet and muddy conditions on...

45 killed in Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia: monitor 20 Oct 2015 - 10:50 am

Beirut: At least 45 people have been killed in a wave of Russian air strikes in the north of the regime stronghold of...

OIC urges opposition in Guinea to avoid unrest over elections results 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, commended the people of Guinea on their enthusiastic participation in...