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Pooped out: absence of big mammals foils ecosystem fertilization 27 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON: You can call it the fertilization cessation, and scientists say it has had a disruptive effect on ecosystems around...

British government's welfare reforms blocked by peers 27 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By William James LONDON: British finance minister George Osborne's flagship welfare reforms were blocked by parliament's unelected upper chamber on Monday, dealing a...

France to host Syria talks on Tuesday 26 Oct 2015 - 06:55 pm

France is organising a meeting on Syria to take place in Paris on Tuesday, involving its "principal regional partners", a foreign ministry spokesman...

Former Nazi airport is Berlin's latest shelter for refugees 26 Oct 2015 - 06:54 pm

Aerial view of Tempelhof Airport taken during a United States Air Force open day in 1984 Berlin: The former Berlin airport Tempelhof, once...

Terror link 'not main line of inquiry' in Belgium barracks attack 26 Oct 2015 - 06:44 pm

A Belgian soldier stands guard at a gate of a military barracks in Flawinne, Belgium, October 26, 2015. REUTERS Flawinne, Belgium: A man...

Russia says hit record 94 targets in Syria in 24 hours 26 Oct 2015 - 06:42 pm

A video image purportedly showing a strike carried out by Russia's airforce in the Syrian province of Idlib AFP Moscow: Russian jets struck...

Merkel confident Germany can integrate refugees 26 Oct 2015 - 06:24 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday,...

Before Syria, Russia struggled to land air strikes on target 26 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

A frame grab taken from footage from a camera under a plane, released by Russia"s Defence Ministry October 22, 2015, shows military jets...

Russia to exhume Tsar Alexander III in slain Romanovs probe 26 Oct 2015 - 06:13 pm

A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoe Selo. (Front row, seated) Grand Duchess...

Turkish police in deadly shootout with IS suspects 26 Oct 2015 - 06:12 pm

A member of the Turkish police special forces takes part in a security operation in Diyarbakir, Turkey, October 26, 2015. Reuters Diyarbakir, Turkey: ...

Aqsa camera installation must be 'coordinated' with Israel: Netanyahu 26 Oct 2015 - 05:58 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the installation of cameras at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound must be "coordinated" with...

Fuel-strapped Nepal sends team to China to ease supply 26 Oct 2015 - 05:52 pm

Kathmandu: Nepali officials left for China Monday to negotiate a fuel deal and ease crippling shortages after protests over a new constitution blocked...

Truckloads of fireworks explode killing five in Jordan 26 Oct 2015 - 05:42 pm

Representative image Amman: Five people were killed and eight others wounded Monday when an explosion ripped through two trucks carrying fireworks in the...

Oman's top diplomat meets Assad in rare Syria visit: state media 26 Oct 2015 - 05:35 pm

Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Oman's top diplomat, Yussef bin Alawi, in Damascus on Monday, in a rare visit for a...

Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills two guards for human rights group 26 Oct 2015 - 05:19 pm

KABUL: Two security guards working for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission were killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday when...

Analysis: Poland's lurch to the right stirs anxiety in Brussels 26 Oct 2015 - 05:03 pm

Jaroslaw Kaczynski By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS: Poland's lurch to the nationalist right in the first election to be influenced by Europe's refugee crisis...

Nigeria's ex-national security adviser charged with money laundering 26 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

Abuja: Nigerian authorities on Monday filed charges of money laundering against the former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, a month after...