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UK envoy meets those injured in train mishap 14 Sep 2015 - 01:07 am

Britons injured in the train mishap leaving after being discharged from a hospital in Mohali yesterday. Chandigarh: British High Commissioner James Bevan yesterday...

Probe ordered into MP blasts 14 Sep 2015 - 01:05 am

The daughter of one of the victims of the blasts in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district is consoled during the funeral of her father...

Toll in Japan floods rises 14 Sep 2015 - 01:04 am

A resident stands on a flooded road in Joso city in Ibaraki Prefecture yesterday. Tokyo: The death toll from floods which have devastated...

Young performers 14 Sep 2015 - 12:58 am

Children in traditional costumes participate in a folk performance during a cultural heritage festival in Longhui county, Hunan province, China, yesterday.

Germany to temporarily reintroduce border controls: newspaper 14 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BERLIN: The German government will temporarily reintroduce border controls in response to the refugee crisis - a move that would breach the European...

Eid al-Adha on Sept. 24: Saudi Arabia 13 Sep 2015 - 08:40 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Judicial Council says first day of Eid Al Adha to fall on September 24, Al Arabiya website has reported....

Minister says Germany reaching its limits in refugee crisis - newspaper 13 Sep 2015 - 06:55 pm

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel makes a speech during a session of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, July 17, 2015. BERLIN:...

Bouteflika replaces powerful intelligence chief 13 Sep 2015 - 06:20 pm

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algerian president) ALGIERS: Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika has replaced his powerful intelligence chief, the presidency said on Sunday, in the latest...

Al-Zawahiri urges jihadists to unite, confront West 13 Sep 2015 - 06:13 pm

Ayman al-Zawahiri Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called for jihadists to close ranks and take the battle to Western cities, especially in the United...

Twenty eight refugees drown off Greek island 13 Sep 2015 - 05:40 pm

Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September...

GCC ministers to discuss Yemen, Syria, Libya crises on Tuesday 13 Sep 2015 - 04:36 pm

File photo of GCC foreign ministers' meeting in Riyadh. RIYADH: The GCC Ministerial Council is set to hold its 136th session in Riyadh...

Top 10 richest countries in the world 13 Sep 2015 - 04:06 pm

According to economists, countries are considered as rich if citizens in these nations earn enough to support all of their needs. These top...

Russia's Lavrov says Moscow to continue military supplies to Syria: reports 13 Sep 2015 - 02:35 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Vice-President of the European Commission for Budget and Human Resources Kristalina Georgieva in Moscow,...

Clashes rock Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque compound 13 Sep 2015 - 01:38 pm

A Palestinian youth is evacuated after being injured during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on September 13,...

Czech PM Sobotka says impossible to accept migrant quotas 13 Sep 2015 - 01:31 pm

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (C) visits Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem November 25, 2014. PRAGUE: The Czech Republic cannot...

Thousands more migrants on their way into Austria: police 13 Sep 2015 - 01:26 pm

Migrants walk on a highway towards Vienna, near Nickelsdorf, Austria September 11, 2015. Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants...