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First Fukushima worker diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer: Japan official 20 Oct 2015 - 11:18 am

Tokyo: A former Fukushima nuclear plant worker has been diagnosed with radiation-related cancer, Japanese authorities said Tuesday, in the first such confirmation more...

Israel arrests senior West Bank Hamas figure 20 Oct 2015 - 11:16 am

Israeli authorities have previously arrested Hassan Yusef, here pictured in 2006, several times [Reuters] Jerusalem: Israeli troops arrested one of the top West...

Delhi court finds Uber driver guilty of rape 20 Oct 2015 - 11:14 am

A Delhi court has convicted Shiv Kumar Yadav, a former driver of Uber, for raping a 25-year-old passenger in December, 2014 New Delhi:...

Pakistan facing climate 'calamity' if warnings go unheeded 20 Oct 2015 - 11:09 am

A Meteorological Department employee records measurements at a glacier monitoring station, set 4,500m above sea level, at the 26km-long Passu glacier in Pakistan's...

Hundreds of South Koreans leave for North Korea for family reunions 20 Oct 2015 - 11:07 am

Seoul: Hundreds of South Korean family members left for North Korea Tuesday for their first reunions with North Korean relatives they have not...

Pakistan's bomb explosion leaves 11 people dead 20 Oct 2015 - 11:05 am

Islamabad: At least 11 people were killed and 22 others wounded after a bomb exploded in a passenger bus in Quetta city of...

Slovenia allows in thousands stranded migrants 20 Oct 2015 - 10:58 am

Ljubljana: Slovenia says it has allowed into the country most of the 5,000 people who were stranded in wet and muddy conditions on...

45 killed in Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia: monitor 20 Oct 2015 - 10:50 am

Beirut: At least 45 people have been killed in a wave of Russian air strikes in the north of the regime stronghold of...

OIC urges opposition in Guinea to avoid unrest over elections results 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, commended the people of Guinea on their enthusiastic participation in...

Moldova seizes ex-PM's assets in $1bn corruption probe 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

CHISINAU: Prosecutors in ex-Soviet Moldova on Monday seized assets linked to former prime minister Vlad Filat, detained over a $1-billion dollar graft scandal...

Four held in Turkey over Ankara attack, bomber identified 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors said Monday has remanded four people in custody over a deadly Ankara attack, as the identity of one of the...

Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

A man is lifted over a fence by Slovenian policemen as migrants attempt to cross the border near Trnovec, Croatia October 19, 2015 ...

US, Russia to sign 'understanding' on air safety over Syria: official 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia are set to sign an "understanding" specifying how pilots can avoid each other over Syria as the...

Obama deepens effort to win firms' backing on climate 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama redoubled efforts to enlist titans of business in his fight against climate change Monday, getting dozens to back a...

EU countries warn of Volkswagen scandal fallout 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BRUSSELS: Several EU member states including major automaker France will urge Europe's pollution regulator to thoroughly assess the consequences of the Volkswagen emission...

Saudi urges Iran to stop 'meddling' in neighbourhood 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday urged Iran to stop "meddling" in the affairs of the kingdom's neighbours, warni RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's...