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Maldives slams jailed Nasheed for UK 'publicity visit' 25 Jan 2016 - 05:05 pm

Colombo: The Maldives' foreign minister on Monday lambasted jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, accusing him of using prison leave for publicity after he...

Asylum seeker wristbands at UK centre spark outrage 25 Jan 2016 - 05:04 pm

London: Asylum seekers will no longer have to wear wristbands to claim food at a centre in Britain, its management announced Monday, after...

Algeria’s Bouteflika dissolves DRS spy unit, creates new agency: sources 25 Jan 2016 - 04:59 pm

By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has dissolved the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency...

How many film stars will contest Kerala elections 25 Jan 2016 - 04:54 pm

By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's assembly elections are only months away but it is becoming increasingly clear that leading parties are tipped to...

Suicide attack target Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria's Aleppo: monitor 25 Jan 2016 - 04:33 pm

Residents carry banners and opposition flags as they march during a protest in Aleppo, asking for the release of prisoners held in government...

France set to redefine 35-hour working week, PM says 25 Jan 2016 - 04:23 pm

French Prime minister Manuel Valls (2ndR) speaks with former French Justice minister Robert Badinter (2ndL) during the presentation of a report on the...

Pakistan university demands weapons after deadly attack 25 Jan 2016 - 04:12 pm

Pakistani students shout slogans to condemn the Bacha Khan University attack, during a protest in Charsadda, Pakistan, 25 January 2016. Peshawar: A Pakistan...

Twenty-five dead in suicide bomb attack on north Cameroon market 25 Jan 2016 - 03:41 pm

DOUALA: Four suicide bombers killed about 25 people in a village in Cameroon's Far North region on Monday, a local official said, the...

EU confident Turkey to get 3 bn euro refugee aid despite delay 25 Jan 2016 - 03:36 pm

Demostrators shout slogans during a pro-migrant protest march in Orestiada on January 24, 2016 against the fence of Evros intended to stop the...

Bahrain court sentences 57 men to 15-year terms for prison violence 25 Jan 2016 - 03:22 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced 57 men to 15-year jail terms on Monday for rioting in a prison outside the capital Manama last...

IS planning for 'large-scale' attacks on Europe: Europol 25 Jan 2016 - 03:12 pm

File photo/ AFP Amsterdam: The Islamic State group has honed the ability to launch global attacks and is set to focus more on...

Hero of Egypt's uprising feels rejected five years on 25 Jan 2016 - 03:00 pm

Esraa Abdel Fattah co-founder of Egypt's April 6 Youth Movement, talks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/...

Crackdown, demo ban as Egyptians mark revolt anniversary 25 Jan 2016 - 02:30 pm

A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on January 24, 2016 shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi giving a televised address from...

EU calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Turkey's Kurdish southeast 25 Jan 2016 - 02:19 pm

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...

Fulani herders kill 20 in Nigeria in grazing rights spat: police 25 Jan 2016 - 02:08 pm

A Fulani herdsman waters his cattle on a dusty plain between Malkohi and Yola town on May 7, 2015. AFP Kano: Gunmen believed...

Former Bangladesh PM to appear in court accused of sedition 25 Jan 2016 - 01:24 pm

File photo of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia as she waves to activists during a rally in Dhaka on January...

France, India sign Rafale agreement, no deal on price 25 Jan 2016 - 12:57 pm

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (2nd L) and his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar (R) shake hands as they exchange intergovernmental agreements for...

Pakistan declines joint grilling of JeM chief with India 25 Jan 2016 - 12:41 pm

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar Islamabad: Pakistan has turned down India's proposal to jointly interrogate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and other suspects linked with...