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At least 2,297 journalists killed since 1990: IFJ 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brussels: At least 2,297 journalists and media workers have been killed in the last 25 years, with Iraq ranking as the most deadly...

South America in Zika crisis talks as sexual transmission feared 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Montevideo: South American health ministers launched emergency talks Wednesday on fighting the fast-spreading Zika outbreak after a US case of sexual transmission of...

Mobile kitchens upgrade street food in Kerala 03 Feb 2016 - 06:57 pm

By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram: For a while now, street food has been passe in most middle-class and upper-middle-class households in Kerala. But lately,...

Lebanese army says 6 jihadists killed in anti-IS raid 03 Feb 2016 - 06:52 pm

Beirut: The Lebanese army said its troops killed six jihadists and arrested 16 others near the Syrian border on Wednesday, in its largest...

South Africa must admit national drought crisis to help farmers: Grain SA 03 Feb 2016 - 06:50 pm

South Africa declared a disaster in 5 provinces. Grain SA lowers maize import estimate. Funding to help farmers in next season. By Zandi...

Dubai to hold first official yoga festival – XYoga Dubai 03 Feb 2016 - 06:43 pm

Dubai, UAE: The inaugural XYoga Dubai Festival announced its line-up of internationally renowned Yogis, featuring famous personalities and instructors from around the world...

Macedonia restores rail traffic for migrants stranded at border 03 Feb 2016 - 06:07 pm

Representative image Trains halted for days by protesting taxi drivers Buses backed up on Greek side of border Many women and children By...

Pakistani cleric praises Indian air base attack, warns of escalation 03 Feb 2016 - 06:04 pm

Muzaffarabad, Pakistan: A Pakistani firebrand cleric on Wednesday praised a deadly Indian air base attack last month that threatened to scupper peace efforts...

Indian company says working on two possible Zika vaccines 03 Feb 2016 - 05:59 pm

A municipal health worker shows off a test tube with larvae of Zika virus vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, as part of the...

South America in Zika crisis talks as transmission feared 03 Feb 2016 - 05:55 pm

Montevideo: South American health ministers launched emergency talks Wednesday on the fast-spreading Zika outbreak after a US case of sexual transmission of the...

Burundi prosecution appeals coup sentences 03 Feb 2016 - 05:52 pm

Nairobi: Prosecution lawyers in Burundi have appealed the verdicts in the trial of leaders of a failed coup, demanding all should face life...

Justice eludes India's medical negligence victims 03 Feb 2016 - 05:47 pm

Cap62-year-old Indian woman Suresh Rani, given an overdose of sodium by doctors at a hospital which resulted in a permanent brain damage, is...

Turkey’s Tupras says fire erupts in Kocaeli refinery, output unaffected 03 Feb 2016 - 05:42 pm

ISTANBUL: A fire broke out at Turkish oil refiner Tupras’ refinery in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday,...

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...

Syria opposition chief Hijab arrives for Geneva talks 03 Feb 2016 - 05:18 pm

Geneva: Syrian opposition chief Riad Hijab arrived in Switzerland on Wednesday afternoon, his grouping said, in a move that could rekindle troubled UN-brokered...

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...