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Bad weather caused helicopter crash in Nepal: US Marines 07 Nov 2015 - 09:57 am

File photo of the memorial service held by The Marine Corps for six US Marines who were killed in a helicopter crash while...

Protests in Taiwan as Ma leaves for meet with Xi 07 Nov 2015 - 09:51 am

A pro-independence party supporter tries to set fire to portraits of Chinese leader Xi Jin-ping, left, and Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou at Taipei...

White House hopefuls in passionate pleas over addiction 07 Nov 2015 - 09:39 am

Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, November 6, 2015. Reuters ...

India appears to be at war with itself: Pakistani daily 07 Nov 2015 - 09:29 am

Islamabad: India appears to be "at war with itself", a leading Pakistani daily observed on Saturday, adding that the politics of fear and...

Egypt crash shows mass surveillance can be crucial: Analysts 07 Nov 2015 - 09:12 am

Passengers, whose flights to Egypt were suspended, gather at an information desk of Domodedovo airport outside Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2015. Reuters Paris:...

Two US officers arrested over death of six-year-old boy 07 Nov 2015 - 09:03 am

Chicago: Two law enforcement officers were arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder Friday over the fatal shooting of a six-year-old boy...

Xi stresses China sea claims, but won't 'bully' neighbours 07 Nov 2015 - 08:52 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) stands at a podium as he delivers his speech during the 36th Singapore Lecture at National University of...

Light earthquake hits northern Lebanon 07 Nov 2015 - 08:39 am

Beirut: A light earthquake measuring 3.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit northern Lebanon on Friday evening. The Bhannes-based National Center of Geophysics...

Stage set for landmark Taiwan-China summit 07 Nov 2015 - 08:35 am

China's President Xi Jinping (2nd L) and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) look on during a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony...

Tight security, restrictions in Srinagar on Modi's visit 07 Nov 2015 - 08:30 am

Policeman question a Kashmiri driver near a checkpoint in Srinagar on November 6,2015. AFP Srinagar: Restrictions were imposed on Saturday in parts of...

Left ahead in Kerala civic polls, UDF trails 07 Nov 2015 - 08:26 am

After two hours of counting, LDF was leading in 413 gran panchayats Thiruvananthapuram: The Left was on course on Saturday for a much-needed...

Boko Haram attacks force 12,000 pupils from Niger schools: UN 07 Nov 2015 - 12:14 am

Niamey: Some 150 schools with more than 12,000 pupils have been forced to close due to the deadly attacks in Niger's southeast Diffa...

Burundi fears as government readies to crush resistance 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Pierre Nkurunziza Nairobi: Inflammatory language and divisive rhetoric: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's determination to end months of protest and opposition to his rule...

Russia suspends Egypt flights as Western intelligence backs bomb theory 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Passengers, including British nationals, of an easyJet flight to Britain, wait after their flight got cancelled, at the airport of the Red Sea...

Britain, US intercepted "chatter" supporting theory bomb took down Russian jet 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A child's shoe is seen in front of debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north...

Former top envoy warns of 'perfect storm' in Bosnia 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Sarajevo: Two decades after a peace deal was reached to end conflict in Bosnia, "a perfect storm is gathering" in the small Balkan...

UN issues climate warning, three weeks till Paris summit 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: The UN warned Friday that nations' carbon-cutting pledges go nowhere near far enough to prevent dangerous global warming, as political efforts gain...