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Striking civic employees burn PM's, CM's effigies 06 Feb 2016 - 12:31 pm

New Delhi: The striking employees of Delhi's civic bodies on Saturday burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister...

Islamist Shebab fighters seize Somali port: Governor 06 Feb 2016 - 12:23 pm

The loss of the Somali port of Merka to Shebab insurgents is one of the biggest setbacks for the African Union force in...

Turkmen leader sacks key aide amid graft charges 06 Feb 2016 - 11:51 am

Members of the Presidential Guard patrol outside the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace in Ashgabat (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski) Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has...

Pakistan wants as many Taliban groups as possible to join talks 06 Feb 2016 - 10:52 am

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, speaks with Pakistan's Adviser to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, during a joint news...

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, sixth man to walk on moon, dies at 85 06 Feb 2016 - 10:46 am

Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell is seen in an undated picture released by NASA. Reuters/NASA/Handout Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on...

Al Qaeda mourns death of top commander in Yemen 06 Feb 2016 - 10:39 am

File picture of Jalal Baleedi, who was killed by drone strike in Yemen DUBAI: Al Qaeda's branch in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) mourned...

Efforts to revive Afghan peace talks continue in Pakistan 06 Feb 2016 - 10:08 am

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this January 4, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Omar Sobhani ...

US officials say North Korea may be nearing launch 06 Feb 2016 - 09:53 am

Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North satellite imagery from February 4, 2016 shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea in...

Top cybercrime ring disrupted as authorities raid Moscow offices: Sources 06 Feb 2016 - 09:41 am

A general view shows the building 'Gorod Stolits' (Capital City), which houses an office of 25 Floor Film Company, at the Moscow International...

INSIGHT: Unpaid and angry, some Chinese workers ditch holidays to protest 06 Feb 2016 - 09:28 am

Migrant workers at the offices of a subcontractor company at the construction site of Zixia Garden development complex in Qianan, Tangshan City, Hebei...

Five dead after powerful Taiwan quake fells buildings 06 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

Rescuers battle against smoke from a fire as they search for survivors on the ruins of a collapsed building following a 6.4 magnitude...

As Myanmar powerbrokers talk, could Suu Kyi emerge as president? 06 Feb 2016 - 09:09 am

Myanmar's National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after she attended as an observer for opening of the new upper...

Bhutan's royal couple announce birth of baby prince 06 Feb 2016 - 09:01 am

A handout photograph released by The Royal Office for Media Bhutan on January 5, 2016, King Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema...

Carnival opens in Rio, defying growing Zika fears 06 Feb 2016 - 08:46 am

Revelers of the Aguia de Ouro samba school perform during the first night of the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 6,...

First Zika-linked deaths reported in Colombia 06 Feb 2016 - 08:43 am

A Health Ministry employee fumigates a home against the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the San Lucia del Camino community, Oaxaca State, Mexico. AFP/Patricia...

Up to 20,000 stranded at Syria border with Turkey: UN 06 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian refugees wait behind the border fence to cross into Turkey on the Turkish-Syrian border, near the southeastern town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa...

UN panel emerges from shadows with bombshell Assange ruling 06 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was thrust into the global spotlight Friday with its finding that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (pictured)...

Yatsenyuk threatens to quit as Ukraine PM 06 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Kiev: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Friday threatened to quit along with his entire government in the latest escalation of a political...