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In policy shift, Obama approves deployment of small U.S. special forces mission to Syria 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Arshad Mohammed, Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON: The United States will deploy dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria from...

Seized Turkish media outlets turn pro-government overnight 30 Oct 2015 - 06:45 pm

Recep Tayyip Erdogan By Ayla Jean Yackley and Hamdi Istanbullu ISTANBUL: Two Turkish opposition newspapers seized in a crackdown on an arch-enemy of...

European Union sides with United States on South China Sea incident 30 Oct 2015 - 06:35 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union sided with Washington on Friday over a U.S.-Chinese patrolling incident in the South China Sea, in a move that...

'Extremely severe' cyclone heading for Yemen, Oman: UN 30 Oct 2015 - 06:04 pm

Geneva: The UN's weather agency warned Friday a "super cyclonic storm" was heading towards Oman and war-ravaged Yemen, where it could strike with...

Head of Moscow's Ukrainian library suffers health problems in custody: lawyer 30 Oct 2015 - 05:59 pm

Moscow:The head of the Russian library of Ukrainian literature, who faces imprisonment in Russia for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred, has suffered health problems...

Polish court rejects Polanski extradition to US 30 Oct 2015 - 05:56 pm

Kraków, Poland: A Polish court on Friday ruled against extraditing to the United States Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty in 1977...

Mauritanian ex-Guantanamo detainee eyes 'peaceful life' 30 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Nouakchott: Just-released Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mauritania's Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, appeared in public at home on Friday for the first time and said...

Greece says twenty-two migrants drown off Aegean islands, 144 rescued 30 Oct 2015 - 05:45 pm

A refugee prepares to hand over a toddler to a volunteer lifeguard as a half-sunken catamaran carrying around 150 refugees, most of them...

Eritrean gets life in prison for Ikea murders 30 Oct 2015 - 05:35 pm

Stockholm: A Swedish court on Friday sentenced an Eritrean man to life in prison for fatally stabbing two people with kitchen knives in...

Despite agreements, risks linger of U.S.-China naval mishaps 30 Oct 2015 - 05:20 pm

By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON: In 2013, a U.S. guided-missile ship veered sharply to avoid a Chinese navy vessel that tried to block its...

Pakistan's Imran Khan to divorce after just 10 months 30 Oct 2015 - 05:12 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani opposition leader and former playboy cricketer Imran Khan is to divorce for a second time, ending his marriage to a TV...

Iran and Syria, the ties that bind 30 Oct 2015 - 05:04 pm

Vienna: Iran's first presence in international talks on Syria underscore a special relationship between the two countries' governments, based in part on a...

Iran backs six-month Syria "transition" at Vienna peace talks 30 Oct 2015 - 04:43 pm

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2015. Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev By Parisa Hafezi and...

Akhilesh sacks eight ministers, strips nine of portfolios 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sacked eight cabinet ministers and withdrew portfolios...

Kerala House raid: Be careful in future, Minister tells police chief 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

People including polictical leaders eating beef fry in Kerala House. New Delhi: In the wake of a political furore over the 'raid' by...

On social media, Cruz steals spotlight, but Trump wins on sentiment 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Presidential candidates Donald Trump (2nd L) speaks while Sen. Marco Rubio (L-R), Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz look on during the...

Nigeria's Senate confirms remaining Buhari cabinet nominees 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses delegates during The India-Africa Summit in New Delhi on October 29, 2015. ABUJA: Nigeria's Senate confirmed the remaining...

Tanzania ruling party's Magufuli wins presidential vote 30 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

John Magufuli Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's ruling party candidate John Magufuli won hotly contested presidential elections, officials announced Thursday, but the opposition said...