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Oregon shooter had 13 guns and was student at Umpqua 03 Oct 2015 - 12:20 pm

Mourners hold candles during a vigil for victims of a mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon. OREGON: The gunman behind the latest mass shooting...

Three dead at Afghan hospital after U.S. air strike 03 Oct 2015 - 12:06 pm

Fires burn in part of the MSF hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz after it was hit by an air strike. By...

Channel Tunnel traffic resumes after migrant intrusion: Eurotunnel 03 Oct 2015 - 10:44 am

LILLE, France: Traffic resumed through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France early Saturday several hours after being suspended when 113 migrants entered...

Kejriwal stopped from entering village of lynched man 03 Oct 2015 - 09:51 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was on his way to meet the family of a man lynched for allegedly eating...

30 dead, hundreds missing in Guatemala landslide 03 Oct 2015 - 08:50 am

Aereal view of the affected area after a landslide in the village Cambray II, in the municipality of Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala, 02...

Russian action in Syria a recipe for disaster: Obama 03 Oct 2015 - 01:30 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama warned yesterday that Russia’s military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar Al Assad is a “recipe...

Merkel ‘favourite’ to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize 03 Oct 2015 - 01:23 am

Stockholm: Speculation mounted yesterday that Angela Merkel could scoop this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership during Europe’s migrant crisis after she...

Govt vows green targets 03 Oct 2015 - 12:57 am

Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar (centre) outlines the new plan to tackle climate change at a press...

Jharkhand can show the way to clean milieu: PM 03 Oct 2015 - 12:56 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the opening of a solar power plant for the Khunti District Court in Jharkhand, yesterday. Khuti: Prime...

PM Koirala to step down 03 Oct 2015 - 12:22 am

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala addresses lawmakers in parliament in Kathmandu, yesterday. Kathmandu: Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala yesterday said he would ask the...

Suu courts minority vote in Kachin 03 Oct 2015 - 12:19 am

Opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, talks to supporters during a campaign rally in Wyne Maw, Myitkyina, Kachin State, yesterday. Winemaw: Aung San...

Russia urged to stop strikes outside IS areas 03 Oct 2015 - 12:10 am

Syrians carry a wounded man following reported air strikes by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of Damascus, yesterday....

Loyalists control all of key strait 03 Oct 2015 - 12:08 am

Men stand along a crater caused by what activists said was a Russian air strike in Latamneh city, in the northern countryside of...

EU border force plan revived 03 Oct 2015 - 12:05 am

A gendarme van patrols next to tents and makeshift shelters in the “new jungle”, a field where migrants and asylum seekers stay in...

Leaders meet to consolidate Ukraine peace 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre left) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre right) during a meeting in the presence of German Foreign...

Thousands of Iraqis demonstrate for reforms 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad and several other cities Friday, urging the government to deliver on its promised reform package aimed...