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EU lawmakers back diesel test loopholes despite VW scandal 03 Feb 2016 - 05:39 pm

Strasbourg: EU lawmakers on Wednesday waved through plans to allow diesel car makers to exceed pollution limits, in a big victory for the...

France bans Pegida's anti-refugee march in Calais 03 Feb 2016 - 05:36 pm

Lille, France: France on Wednesday banned protests in the refugee hotspot of Calais ahead of a planned march by anti-Islamic organisation Pegida. Interior...

Pope Francis under fire over China 'Realpolitik' 03 Feb 2016 - 05:15 pm

Vatican City: Pope Francis came under fire Wednesday after lavishing praise on China in a move widely seen as oiling the wheels of...

Zika: profile of an enigmatic virus 03 Feb 2016 - 05:11 pm

Paris: The world's latest health scare is Zika: a tropical, mosquito-borne virus that holds little danger for most people, but could completely derail...

Clinton clear on Trump: ‘We were not friends’: People magazine 03 Feb 2016 - 05:08 pm

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to set the record straight on Donald Trump: “We were not friends.” “We knew each other,...

Body of mystic monk in crystal coffin goes on the road for Holy Year 03 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

By Gabriele Pileri SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy: The body of one of the most popular Roman Catholic saints, the mystic monk Padre Piobegan,...

Nigeria president warns of Libya 'time bomb' 03 Feb 2016 - 04:50 pm

Strasbourg: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urged the international community on Wednesday to help end the turmoil in Libya, warning that it was creating...

Migrant bottleneck on Greek border as Macedonia taxis strike 03 Feb 2016 - 04:15 pm

Thessaloniki, Greece: A bottleneck of around 7,000 refugees and migrants built up along Greece's border with Macedonia on Wednesday after a protest by...

Congolese warlord Katanga on trial again after completing ICC sentence 03 Feb 2016 - 04:07 pm

Congolese national and former millitia chief Germain Katanga, pictured during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in 2012....

Germany moves to make country less attractive to migrants 03 Feb 2016 - 04:04 pm

Berlin: Berlin on Wednesday approved a package of measures aimed at making Germany less attractive to economic migrants, including reducing benefits. The package,...

Czech foreign minister expects 5 found in Lebanon to fly home by Thursday 03 Feb 2016 - 03:31 pm

PRAGUE: Five Czechs found in Lebanon on Monday following their suspected kidnapping last July may be flown back to Prague on a government...

Lord Lucan declared dead, four decades after murder mystery 03 Feb 2016 - 03:10 pm

Lord Lucan and Veronica Duncan. London: A British judge declared the infamous Lord Lucan officially dead on Wednesday, four decades after he disappeared...

Ukraine economy minister resigns due to slow pace of reforms 03 Feb 2016 - 11:16 am

Ukraine Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius KIEV: Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius tendered his resignation on Wednesday out of frustration that major government reforms...

DNA traces found of US Marines killed in helicopter crash off Hawaii 03 Feb 2016 - 10:18 am

File picture for representation only Hawaii: Trace elements of DNA have been discovered from US Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off...

White House warns Congress to not delay Pacific trade deal 03 Feb 2016 - 10:07 am

Washington: The White House warned Congress Wednesday that delaying ratifying a vast trans-Pacific trade deal will cost the US economy. Ahead of the...

End to Schengen deal would cost Europe $120 bln: French adviser 03 Feb 2016 - 09:45 am

PARIS: A permanent return to frontier controls in Europe would cost countries in the Schengen open-borders area about 110 billion euros ($120 billion)...

Obama makes first trip to US mosque 03 Feb 2016 - 09:12 am

Washington: Seven years into his presidency, Barack Obama will make his first trip to an American mosque on Wednesday, offering a symbolic rebuttal...