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Cuba's Castro at UN calls for lifting US embargo 26 Sep 2015 - 06:07 pm

Cuban President Raul Castro (AFP) UNITED STATES: Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday took aim at the US embargo against his country, describing...

Spanish air controllers strike causes delays at Barcelona 26 Sep 2015 - 04:39 pm

An aircraft takes off from Madrid’s Barajas Air port. (AFP) MADRID: A 12-hour strike by Spanish air traffic controllers on Saturday caused delays...

ISIS suspect, Saudi soldier killed in shoot-out 26 Sep 2015 - 04:28 pm

Al RIYADH: Saudi security forces engaged in a gunbattle with two brothers suspected of belonging to the militant group Islamic State, the Interior...

Nepal's former Maoist PM Bhattarai quits parliament, party 26 Sep 2015 - 03:27 pm

Baburam Bhattarai KATHMANDU: Nepal's former Maoist premier Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday resigned from his party and parliament, days after announcing his support for...

Burkina Faso prosecutor freezes assets of leader of failed coup 26 Sep 2015 - 02:16 pm

Burkina Faso's prime minister Isaac Zida (C) leaves from the country's first post-coup cabinet meeting, on September 25, 2015 in Ouagadougou. OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina...

Detained man is Bangkok 'bomber' seen on CCTV: Thai police 26 Sep 2015 - 02:03 pm

Erawan Shrine's bombing main suspect identified by Thai police as Adem Karadag wearing yellow shirt talks to Thai police officers during the crime...

Saudi colonel killed in gunbattle on Yemen border 26 Sep 2015 - 02:00 pm

Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, man a checkpoint in the southern...

Haj stampede beyond human control: Saudi cleric 26 Sep 2015 - 01:48 pm

Images of the Saudi Interior Ministry security control room relay foootage of the street where a stamede occured one day earlier (Bottom-R) and...

Jung good man with bad political bosses: Kejriwal 26 Sep 2015 - 12:12 pm

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said Lt. Governor...

Modi to attend G-4 summit, visit Silicon Valley 26 Sep 2015 - 11:42 am

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, speaks during a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on the eve of the...

US govt finds new emails Clinton did not hand over 26 Sep 2015 - 11:20 am

WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department...

CBI raids Himachal CM's residence in graft case 26 Sep 2015 - 10:10 am

Virbhadra Singh NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday conducted searches at various places in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi in connection with the preliminary...

Haze crisis worsens in Sumatra Island 26 Sep 2015 - 08:33 am

Haze shrouds skyline in Singapore as PSI reaches a high of 341 at 5am yesterday. Singapore: Singapore slammed “shocking” statements from Indonesian officials...

Nepal’s anti-bill protesters block India supplies 26 Sep 2015 - 08:25 am

Nepalese security personnel and activists gather on a bridge close to the Nepal-India border at Birgunj some 90 kms south of Kathmandu yestertday....

Croatia lifts border blockade with Serbia 26 Sep 2015 - 08:12 am

Syrian refugees try to hold onto an overcrowded dinghy after arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos yesterday. Zagreb: Croatia sought to ease...

Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions 26 Sep 2015 - 08:10 am

A ground crew member walks past a Transaero Boeing 737 aircraft at Kiev International Airport in Kiev yesterday. KIEV: Ukraine is banning flights...

Leaders pledge to end poverty in 15 years 26 Sep 2015 - 08:08 am

Bill Gates (left) and Melinda Gates (right), Co-chairs of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during the United...