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UN chief regrets 'root causes' of refugee crisis were unaddressed 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Bratislava: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday more should have been done to tackle the "root causes" of the worst refugee and...

Syria's Assad can stay only until transition council: Saudi 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RIYADH: President Bashar al-Assad can hold onto power in war-torn Syria only until a transitional council of opposition and government figures has been...

British media charity worker found dead at Istanbul airport 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

LONDON: A 50-year-old British woman working for a London-based media training charity who was on her way to Iraq has been found dead...

German prosecutors examine hate speech complaint against Facebook 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: German prosecutors said Monday they were investigating a complaint against three Facebook managers, which alleges they failed to act against racist comments...

US to require recreational drones to be registered 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: Owners of recreational drones in the United States will soon have to register them with authorities, the government said Monday, as the...

Sri Lanka's 2015 budget deficit rising to 6.5-6.8 pct of GDP 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's budget deficit will reach 6.5 to 6.8 percent of gross domestic product in 2015, the country's finance minister said on...

Colombian family arrested with 3 kg of drugs in stomachs 20 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BOGOTA: Colombian police said Monday that they had arrested a family of four, including a teenager, that were together carrying 91 cocaine and...

France red-faced after Algeria minister searched at airport 19 Oct 2015 - 06:48 pm

Paris: France was on Monday left red-faced after an Algerian minister was searched at a Paris airport, with the foreign ministry pledging to...

Croatia allows thousands stranded at Serbian border to cross 19 Oct 2015 - 06:47 pm

Berkasovo, Serbia: Croatia allowed thousand of migrants who were stuck at the border with Serbia to cross into its territory late Monday afternoon,...

U.S. Navy launches salvage operation for El Faro cargo ship 19 Oct 2015 - 06:43 pm

By David Adams MIAMI: A U.S. Navy search and rescue vessel was to leave port in Virginia for the Bahamas on Monday afternoon...

South Africa likens draft climate deal to apartheid 19 Oct 2015 - 06:35 pm

By Alister Doyle BONN, Germany: South Africa on Monday criticised a draft United Nations accord on fighting climate change as a form of...

Russia says 49 targets hit in latest Syria strikes 19 Oct 2015 - 06:31 pm

Russia says its warplanes carried out an airstrike on an Islamic State ammunition depot in the Syrian province of Hama, on October 13,...

80-year-old goes on trial over 'Goodfellas' heist 19 Oct 2015 - 06:30 pm

NEW YORK: An 80-year-old alleged mobster accused of taking part in the spectacular 1978 airport heist immortalized in Martin Scorsese's movie "Goodfellas" went...

Rocket fire kills eight on Lebanon-Syria border: security sources 19 Oct 2015 - 06:27 pm

A Hezbollah fighter monitors an area as he stands on a hill in the Lebanese side of the Qalamun mountains on the border...

NATO nations to keep presence in Afghanistan, officials say 19 Oct 2015 - 06:17 pm

File photo of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command at Camp Morehead By Robin Emmott TRAPANI,...

India's budget cuts hurt fight against malnutrition: Gandhi 19 Oct 2015 - 06:05 pm

By Aditya Kalra and Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI: India's main program to fight child malnutrition has been hit by budget cuts that make...

Saudi, Hungary sign nuclear pact 19 Oct 2015 - 05:57 pm

Riyadh: Oil giant Saudi Arabia, which is trying to diversify its energy sources, signed an agreement Monday with Hungary to cooperate in the...

Insight: Innovative green financing has hobbled home sales in California 19 Oct 2015 - 05:51 pm

By Nichola Groom An innovative, government-sponsored program aimed at funding energy-saving home improvements has drawn praise from powerful supporters, including President Obama. But...