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Macedonia declares 'state of emergency' over migrant influx 20 Aug 2015 - 05:39 pm

Migrants struggling to board a train to Serbia in the town of Gevgelija, on the Macedonian-Greek border, on August 19, 2015. SKOPJE: Macedonia...

Britain to reopen embassy in Tehran this weekend 20 Aug 2015 - 04:58 pm

In this file photo Iranian protesters gathered outside the British embassy as more than 20 people stormed into the building, ransacking offices and...

Exclusive: U.S. government, police working on counter-drone system - sources 20 Aug 2015 - 04:07 pm

A police helicopter flies past a UAV drone Quadcopter which was flying over a post-march street celebration in west Baltimore, Maryland May 2,...

South Korea fires rounds at North in response to shell 20 Aug 2015 - 02:43 pm

A South Korean soldier talks on a radio as he sits on a military vehicle at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas...

Overwhelmed Macedonia holds up migrants in dusty no-man's land 20 Aug 2015 - 01:56 pm

A child from a new group of more than a thousand immigrants who are waiting at the border line of Macedonia and Greece...

Syrian refugee ship arrives on Greek mainland, migrants move on 20 Aug 2015 - 01:43 pm

Syrian refugees are seen onboard passenger ship ''Eleftherios Venizelos'' as the ship arrives at the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, August 20,...

Four Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14 wounded in past 24 hours: Kiev military 20 Aug 2015 - 01:30 pm

In this undated file photo members of the Ukrainian armed forces can be seen gathering on the roadside near the village of Vidrodzhennya. ...

Islamic State claims Cairo courthouse bombing which wounded 29 20 Aug 2015 - 01:10 pm

A security official stands guard at the site of a bomb blast at a national security building in Shubra Al-Khaima, on the outskirts...

Racial unrest in St. Louis, police kill black suspect 20 Aug 2015 - 11:33 am

Area residents talk to police after a shooting incident in St. Louis, Missouri. By Carey Gillam and Daniel Bases ST. LOUIS: St. Louis...

Syria migrants set sail for Greek mainland 20 Aug 2015 - 12:32 am

Syrian refugees board the Eleftherios Venizelos ferry at the port of Mytilene to be transported to mainland Greece yesterday. KOS, Greece: A passenger...

AAP lambasts Modi, honours Nitish Kumar 20 Aug 2015 - 12:27 am

New Delhi: Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar and Arvind Kejriwal yesterday shared a stage here and took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding special...

President Mukherjee back to work after wife’s cremation 20 Aug 2015 - 12:16 am

President Pranab Mukherjee gestures to his well-wishers after the funeral of his wife, Suvra Mukherjee, in New Delhi, yesterday. New Delhi: Within hours...

US urges Russia to release Estonian officer 20 Aug 2015 - 12:08 am

Washington: The United States yesterday called on Russia to release an Estonian intelligence officer who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for...

Two Qaeda militants killed in Karachi 20 Aug 2015 - 12:07 am

A Pakistani volunteer prepares the bodies of two alleged Al Qaeda operatives, who were killed in a raid by Pakistani security forces, at...

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy as ties worsen 20 Aug 2015 - 12:06 am

President Ashraf Ghani (centre) attends Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul, yesterday. KABUL: Afghanistan has summoned Pakistan's ambassador to explain fighting between the...

17 bodies brought from crash site 20 Aug 2015 - 12:05 am

Indonesian defence and rescue personnel pay respects to victims’ coffins unloaded from the hold of a Trigana Air ATR 42 aircraft (seen in...

PM-elect has unity plans for Sri Lanka 20 Aug 2015 - 12:03 am

Sri Lankan Prime Minister-elect Ranil Wickremesinghe (right) and his wife Maithree Wickremesinghe wave to media at his Temple Trees residence in Colombo, yesterday....