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Hungary shuts EU border, taking migrant crisis into its own hands 16 Sep 2015 - 02:17 pm

Migrants wait to enter Hungary near the village of Horgos, Serbia, September 15, 2015. Hundreds of migrants pressed against a barrier erected by...

Assad says only Syrian people can decide if he quits 16 Sep 2015 - 01:49 pm

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad answers questions during an interview with al-Manar's journalist Amro Nassef, in Damascus, Syria, in this handout photograph released by...

Croatia says migrants will be allowed to pass through to western Europe 16 Sep 2015 - 01:39 pm

ZAGREB (Croatia): Migrants entering European Union member Croatia will be allowed to pass through and continue their journey to western Europe, Prime Minister...

China continued South China Sea reclamation despite halt claim: expert 16 Sep 2015 - 01:35 pm

Mischief Reef is shown in this handout satellite image dated September 8, 2015 and provided by CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe September...

Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman 16 Sep 2015 - 01:29 pm

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah addresses a news conference in Riyadh June 8, 2015. ADEN: Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah arrived in Aden...

Five police killed by Kurdish militants in Turkey’s southeast 16 Sep 2015 - 10:25 am

A boy shows v-sign near a pictures of Kurdish jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in central Diyarbakir yesterday. Diyarbakir, Turkey: Five Turkish police officers...

Facebook working on long-sought ‘dislike’ button 16 Sep 2015 - 09:55 am

San Francisco: Facebook, pressed for years by users to add a “dislike” button, announced Tuesday it was working on the feature and will...

Air strikes kill 54 Yemenis 16 Sep 2015 - 02:06 am

Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike on a Houthi position in the Yemeni frontline province of Marib yesterday. SANA’A:...

GCC urges world to do more for Syrian refugees 16 Sep 2015 - 01:18 am

Syrian migrants rest under a tree during their walk towards the Greek border on a road near Edirne, Turkey, yesterday. Riyadh: Gulf states...

India, Lanka to boost ties 16 Sep 2015 - 01:17 am

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (left) addresses a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their meeting in New Delhi...

Mumbai local train derails; four injured 16 Sep 2015 - 01:16 am

Mumbai: At least four commuters, including a woman, were injured and Mumbai’s lifeline — the suburban train services — were badly hit when...

Special prayer 16 Sep 2015 - 01:13 am

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Congregation for Evangelisation of People, participates in a special prayer at the tomb of Mother Teresa...

‘Kabul Taxi’ lampoons Afghanistan 16 Sep 2015 - 01:12 am

Afghan woman satirist Masouda Khazan Tokhi, 39, displays cartoons inside her home in Kabul yesterday. Kabul: From ridiculing warlords to poking fun at...

Haze cloaks South East Asia 16 Sep 2015 - 01:11 am

Women wearing masks pray in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, yesterday, as haze from forest fires choked parts of the country. Jakarta: Indonesia yesterday deployed an...

Charlie Hebdo stirs another row with migrant cartoons 16 Sep 2015 - 01:03 am

Syrian refugees wait at the bus station in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. According to local reports thousands of refugees are trying to walk to...

S.Africa's Zuma opens door for anotherBashir visit 15 Sep 2015 - 09:10 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrives in Khartoum from Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 15, 2015 (AFP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Tuesday...

40,000 dead under Chad's Habre an underestimate 15 Sep 2015 - 08:20 pm

Ex-dictator Hissene Habre (Reuters) DAKAR: The number of Chadians killed under the brutal regime of ex-dictator Hissene Habre far exceeded the frequently-quoted estimate...

EU ministers to hold new migration crisis meeting next Tuesday 15 Sep 2015 - 08:15 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency council next Tuesday, September 22, to discuss the migration crisis, the meeting's chairman said...