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Italian Senate to vote on own demise in coup for PM Renzi 13 Oct 2015 - 08:48 am

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory Tuesday as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power...

Landslide kills 17 in Myanmar: state media 13 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Yangon: A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more,...

Man survives on ants for six days in remote Australia 13 Oct 2015 - 08:44 am

Perth, Australia: A man missing for six days in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water was found Tuesday after surviving...

Syria regime advances, US drops ammo to anti-IS rebels 13 Oct 2015 - 08:40 am

Beirut: Syrian regime troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks on Monday, as US-led coalition forces...

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of 'war crimes 13 Oct 2015 - 08:32 am

Beirut: Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish forces operating in Syria's north and northeast amount to "war crimes,"...

Pakistan's landslide leaves 13 people dead 13 Oct 2015 - 08:28 am

Islamabad: Thirteen people were dead as a result of a landslide that buried shanties in Gulsitan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi early on Tuesday. According...

First phase of Battle Bihar ends, 57 percent voting 13 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Women wait in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station in Samastipur district in the eastern state of Bihar, India. ...

Yemenis protest in Qaeda-held city 13 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Aden: Hundreds of people demonstrated on Monday in Mukalla to demand the withdrawal of Al-Qaeda fighters who overran Yemen's southeastern coastal city months...

Resurgent Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city 12 Oct 2015 - 06:57 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture...

Brazil's 'new middle class' struggles as economy plunges 12 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

By Asher Levine SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil: Until recently, Lucinelia de Jesus Souza's future seemed bright, running a small coffee shop that...

Algeria closes private TV channel over Islamist's comments 12 Oct 2015 - 06:35 pm

Algeria on Monday ordered the closure of a private television station after it broadcast an interview with an Islamist figure accused of "subversive"...

King rejects questioning of Saudi role as Haj organiser 12 Oct 2015 - 06:26 pm

RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Monday rejected any suggestions that Saudi Arabia should...

Turkey PM says IS prime suspect in deadliest attack 12 Oct 2015 - 06:06 pm

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said the Islamic State (IS) extremist group was the prime suspect in the double suicide...

NATO chief sees 'growing support' for Montenegro membership bid 12 Oct 2015 - 05:55 pm

Oslo: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said he was encouraged by recent reforms in Montenegro and saw "growing support" for inviting...

Orhan Pamuk blames Erdogan for bringing Turkey to brink 12 Oct 2015 - 05:43 pm

ROME: Turkey's leading writer has warned the country could collapse into sectarian conflict and blamed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the climate of...

Special Story: Americans pay three times more for drugs 12 Oct 2015 - 05:25 pm

By Ben Hirschler LONDON: U.S. prices for the world's 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to...

Israel 'wants third intifida': Palestinian foreign minister 12 Oct 2015 - 05:12 pm

Vienna: Palestinian foreign minister Riad al-Malki on Monday accused Israel of seeking to spark "a third intifada", as violence again flared in Jerusalem,...