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Putin orders emergency teams to Egypt plane crash site 31 Oct 2015 - 02:10 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the emergency ministry to dispatch rescue teams to Egypt, where a Russian passenger plane with 224...

Analysis: With Syria deployment, Obama crosses own red line 31 Oct 2015 - 01:08 pm

WASHINGTON: Even as President Barack Obama sent U.S. troops back to Iraq and ordered the military to stay in Afghanistan, he insisted Syria...

U.S. charges Burkina Faso man with fraud over bogus malaria nets 31 Oct 2015 - 01:05 pm

Hadija Sahik, a 48-year-old woman, sets up her new mosquito net in a file photo. REUTERS By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK: A Burkina...

China faces mounting pressure over maritime claims 31 Oct 2015 - 12:59 pm

WASHINGTON (AP): Pressure on China over its claims to most of the strategic South China Sea went up a couple of notches this...

White House says will not release emails between Obama, Clinton 31 Oct 2015 - 12:55 pm

By Julia Edwards and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The White House will not allow the immediate release of emails exchanged between President Barack...

Romania in mourning after Bucharest club blaze kills 27 31 Oct 2015 - 10:49 am

Romanian relatives of club explosion victims are overwhelmed while watching survivors being transferred to hospital, in Bucharest. EPA Bucharest: Romania was plunged into...

Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas 31 Oct 2015 - 09:36 am

William Cannon Drive is closed after heavy flooding in Austin,Texas. AFP Austin, Texas: At least two people were killed when a storm with...

Bucharest nightclub fire kills 27, many injured 31 Oct 2015 - 09:07 am

Paramedics carry an injured person at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania October 31, 2015. Reuters Bucharest: A fire has ripped through a Bucharest...

Britain's The Sun to take down online paywall 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

London:Britain's The Sun newspaper will get rid of almost the entire paywall on its website next month just two years after installing it,...

Italy to relocate 100 refugees to France, Spain -immigration chief 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

A migrant holds a baby as refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey...

Kosovo leader refers Serbia deal to top court 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PRISTINA: The Kosovo president Friday asked the country's top court to review an EU-brokered deal aimed at normalising ties with Serbia which has...

Ukraine leader's wealth grows despite war, economic woes 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Kiev: The value of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's assets soared despite economic crisis and conflict while those of other tycoons shrank in an...

Kerry: US, Russia and Iran 'agree to disagree' on Assad 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Vienna: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he had "agreed to disagree" with his Iranian and Russian counterparts on the fate...

Youth suffer as older Britons prosper: study 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

London: Young people have become Britain's new underclass as the gap widens between them and older Britons in terms of pay, jobs and...

Hacker group plans to 'unhood' KKK members 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: Hacker group Anonymous is planning to reveal the identities of up to 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members, the latest twist in an...

Canadian academic denies accusations over Portugal debt market moves 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Andrei Khalip LISBON: Portuguese prosecutors have asked for Canadian academic Peter Boone to be put on trial after he wrote articles predicting...

Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif: Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents...