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Ukraine will be top item of Obama-Putin meeting -White House 25 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: Ukraine will be the top item of discussion when U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in New York...

Iranian, European firms hobnob with eye on post-sanction bliss 24 Sep 2015 - 06:51 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a news conference in Vienna on Jul. 18,...

Madrid court freezes assets of former IMF chief Rato 24 Sep 2015 - 06:45 pm

MADRID: A Madrid court investigating former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato for alleged tax fraud on Thursday said it had frozen some...

EU urges member states to probe emission tests after Volkswagen scandal 24 Sep 2015 - 06:40 pm

Brussels: The EU urged its 28 member states to launch national investigations into whether vehicles comply with European pollution rules, in the wake...

Assad prays at Damascus mosque, addresses Syrians on Eid 24 Sep 2015 - 06:36 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, prays during Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in Damascus, Syria, October 4, 2014 (File photo) BEIRUT: Syria's...

More than 700 pilgrims die in Haj crush 24 Sep 2015 - 06:13 pm

A view of members of the Saudi Red Crescent tending to pilgrims who were victims of a crush caused by large numbers of...

Yemen mosque bombing kills 25 during holiday prayers 24 Sep 2015 - 05:04 pm

A man shouts as he carries a boy injured by a shell that landed in a residential area during fighting between Houthi militants...

Condoleezza Rice says she's 'had her fill of politics' 24 Sep 2015 - 03:37 pm

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a speech on China-US relationship, at the Peking University in Beijing, China, on September 22,...

Death toll in Haj crush rises to 453 24 Sep 2015 - 02:26 pm

Members of Saudi civil defense try to rescue pilgrims following a crush caused by large numbers of people pushing at Mina, outside Makkah...

Pakistan's MQM party pressures govt, army with list of "executed" 24 Sep 2015 - 01:27 pm

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD: The political party ruling Pakistan's biggest city has drawn up a list of 46 members it says were killed...

Telangana's first woman cueist promises good show at world meet 24 Sep 2015 - 01:23 pm

By Mohammed Shafeeq HYDERABAD: Aware of the competition she faces at the global level, Telangana's first woman cueist Thakur Aakanksha Singh is confident...

S. Korea, US defense officials warn N. Korea against missile test 24 Sep 2015 - 01:19 pm

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States on Thursday warned Pyongyang against a potential missile test that they said would be a violation...

China senior sports official ousted from party 24 Sep 2015 - 01:17 pm

BEIJING: The former public face of China's national Olympic committee has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party after a corruption probe, the...

Rwanda accused of arresting 'undesirables' to keep capital clean 24 Sep 2015 - 01:10 pm

Representative file picture KIGALI: Rwanda's government was accused Thursday by a rights group of rounding up "undesirables" including beggars and prostitutes and holding...

New climate negotiator: Pope fights for science, denouncing consumerism 24 Sep 2015 - 01:06 pm

By Rajendra Shende Pope Francis is on the way to address the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development that begins on September 25...

Congress in Kerala hits back at CPI-M over BJP ties 24 Sep 2015 - 01:03 pm

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress on Thursday accused the CPI-M of forging political ties with the BJP on numerous occasions in the past, adding that...