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Veteran Tamil actress Manorama dead 11 Oct 2015 - 02:31 pm

CHENNAI: Well-known Tamil comedian and actress Manorama died here on Saturday. She was 78 and is survived by her son and singer-actor Boopathy....

Veteran KP Sharma Oli elected new Nepal PM: speaker 11 Oct 2015 - 02:21 pm

KATHMANDU: Nepal's parliament Sunday chose communist leader KP Sharma Oli as prime minister, tasked with unifying the quake-hit country after a new constitution...

Russian air force hit 63 targets in Syria in past 24 hours: military 11 Oct 2015 - 02:19 pm

Residents inspect a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in Kafranbel, near Idlib Syria...

Israeli air strike, bomb attack as Palestinian unrest widens 11 Oct 2015 - 10:49 am

A picture taken on October 11, 2015 in the Zeitun sector south of Gaza City shows the crater left by an Israeli retaliatory...

Philippine firms on billion-dollar global shopping spree 11 Oct 2015 - 10:39 am

Traffic passes by a mall run by SM, the largest shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines, in suburban Manila, on Oct...

Taliban suicide attack targets NATO convoy in Kabul 11 Oct 2015 - 09:22 am

Kabul: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a NATO convoy in downtown Kabul Sunday, triggering a powerful explosion in a rush-hour attack that comes...

Two more Japanese detained for spying in China 11 Oct 2015 - 08:56 am

Tokyo: Two more Japanese nationals have been detained in China on suspicion of spying, bringing the number of Japanese held by Chinese authorities...

Death toll in Turkish twin blasts rises to 95 11 Oct 2015 - 08:50 am

A bomb-disposal expert inspects a suitcase at the site of twin explosions near the main train station in Turkey's capital Ankara, on October...

Palestinian wounds Israeli policeman in attempted suicide bombing 11 Oct 2015 - 08:22 am

Jerusalem: A Palestinian woman detonated a car bomb Sunday at a checkpoint in the West Bank, in an attempted suicide attack that left...

Suicide attack targets foreign forces convoy in Kabul 11 Oct 2015 - 08:16 am

Kabul: A suicide bomber targeted a foreign forces convoy in downtown Kabul during morning rush hour on Sunday, officials said, but there was...

Thousands demonstrate in Berlin against EU-US free trade dea 10 Oct 2015 - 05:49 pm

A protester holds a banner reading 'NO to TIPP' during a rally against the proposed US-EU free trade pact, the anti-Transatlantic Trade and...

Egypt, France sign warships deal as PM starts Arab tour 10 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (3rdL) and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) stand behind French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (2ndL) and...

India FM in Maldives as pressure mounts over Nasheed jailing 10 Oct 2015 - 05:30 pm

Malé, Maldives; India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited the Maldives Saturday amid mounting international pressure on the tiny atoll nation to free...

Japan hits out as UNESCO archives Nanjing massacre documents 10 Oct 2015 - 04:42 pm

Japan on Saturday lashed out at UNESCO's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register,...

Jordan parliament accuses Israel of 'state terrorism' 10 Oct 2015 - 04:35 pm

Amman: The Jordanian parliament Saturday accused Israel of "state terrorism" against the Palestinian people after its forces shot dead seven Gazans and wounded...

North Korea shows off missiles, drones in parade 10 Oct 2015 - 04:22 pm

Military equipment is paraded in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. AP PYONGYANG, North Korea: The latest on the celebrations marking the...

PKK Kurdish rebels suspend attacks ahead of Turkey polls 10 Oct 2015 - 04:07 pm

Istanbul: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a "state of inactivity" after months of attacks in Turkey, pledging to suspend all...