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Several wounded in Turkey as mortar hits school near Syria border 18 Jan 2016 - 12:31 pm

File picture for representation only. Reuters DIYARBAKIR: Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared...

Roadside bomb kills five soldiers in SW Pakistan: officials 18 Jan 2016 - 12:31 pm

File photo. Quetta: At least five paramilitary soldiers were killed and two others injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the...

Over 200,000 South Sudanese sheltering from war inside UN bases 18 Jan 2016 - 12:20 pm

IDPs (Internally displaced persons) wait to receive food rations at the UNMISS site in Bentiu, Unity State, on February 27, 2015. AFP Photo/Charles...

Ukraine warns of more malware attacks after Kiev airport hit 18 Jan 2016 - 12:10 pm

KIEV: Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warned on Monday of the threat of possible further virus attacks after malware was found in...

Manhunt after Israeli woman stabbed to death in West Bank home 18 Jan 2016 - 12:01 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli security forces on Monday hunted for a Palestinian suspect accused of breaking into a family's home and stabbing an Israeli woman...

Three Turkish police killed in PKK attack: Security services 18 Jan 2016 - 11:49 am

File picture for representation only Diyarbakir, Turkey: Three Turkish policemen were killed and four wounded in a roadside bomb attack blamed on Kurdish...

Belgium's ageing nuclear plants worry neighbours 18 Jan 2016 - 11:31 am

Doel nuclear plant in Belgium is located near densely populated areas. Reuters Nieuw-Namen, Netherlands: As the two cooling towers at Belgium's Doel nuclear...

Shell fired from Syria lands in school compound in Turkish border 18 Jan 2016 - 11:23 am

ISTANBUL: Several people were wounded on Monday after an explosion rocked a health centre near a school in Turkey's southeastern border province of...

Robots, new working ways to cost 5 mln jobs by 2020, Davos study says 18 Jan 2016 - 11:06 am

A robot exhibited at World Robot Conference in Beijing (Image for representation only) DAVOS, Switzerland: Disruptive labour market changes, including the rise of...

Pakistan court acquits Musharraf of rebel leader's killing 18 Jan 2016 - 10:59 am

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf Quetta, Pakistan: A Pakistani court Monday acquitted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2006 killing of...

Will build economy independent of oil: Sheikh Mohammed 18 Jan 2016 - 10:58 am

Screentshot of tweets by Sheikh Mohammed Doha: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates,...

Five Bangladesh militants jailed for 2005 blasts 18 Jan 2016 - 10:53 am

File picture for representation only. Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced five Islamist militants to 10 years in prison for carrying out explosions...

Iraqi security forces deploy in area where US nationals reported missing 18 Jan 2016 - 10:36 am

Iraqi army helicopters were seen hovering over the area. (Image for representation only) BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints on Monday in...

Pakistani PM visits Saudi Arabia, Iran to ease tensions 18 Jan 2016 - 10:32 am

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif (file photo for representation only) Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday...

'Have maullahs driven Pakistanis to insanity?' 18 Jan 2016 - 10:18 am

Islamabad: Have Pakistanis "really been driven to the edge of insanity in our subservience to the maulvis and mullahs" an editorial in a...

Countdown for launch of Indian rocket starts 18 Jan 2016 - 10:15 am

File photo for representation only Chennai: The 48-hour countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket -- the first one for 2016 --...

Iran says new US sanctions illegitimate, points to Washington's arms sales 18 Jan 2016 - 10:07 am

A general view shows northwestern Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016. (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi) DUBAI: Iran said on Monday new US sanctions imposed...

Four-nation meeting in Kabul seeks to revive Taliban talks 18 Jan 2016 - 09:37 am

Afghan National Army (ANA) officers participate in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Afghanistan. (file photo) Kabul: A second...