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Parishioners vow to continue Massachusetts vigil despite trespass ruling 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Scott Malone SCITUATE, Mass: Parishioners who have occupied their Massachusetts church for 11 years to prevent the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston...

Ukraine threatens 'legal war' with Russia over debt deal 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

KIEV: Ukraine threatened Thursday to launch a "legal war" with Russia after Moscow held out on a vital debt restructuring agreement needed to...

Zimbabwe hunter says he’s ruined by Cecil's death, wants charges dropped 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Walter Palmer (left) and an unidentified man with a slain lion (not Cecil) in Facebook pose By Mike Saburi HWANGE, Zimbabwe: A Zimbabwean...

Hungary ready to seal off Croatian border to keep out migrants 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest January 13, 2015 By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST: Hungary...

Russia tells Turkey of steps to avoid further air space violations 15 Oct 2015 - 06:54 pm

ANKARA: The Russian air force officially informed the Turkish military on Thursday about violations of Turkish air space by its warplanes earlier this...

Turkey seeks EU visa deal for cooperation on migrants 15 Oct 2015 - 06:48 pm

By Alastair Macdonald and Chine Labbé BRUSSELS: Turkey demanded on Thursday that the European Union start easing restrictions next year on Turks travelling...

Belgian tourist dies after falling into Chilean geyser 15 Oct 2015 - 06:44 pm

SANTIAGO: A Belgian woman who suffered burns on 80 percent of her body after falling into a boiling hot geyser last week in...

ICC gives SA more time to explain Bashir arrest failure 15 Oct 2015 - 06:32 pm

THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court said Thursday it will give South Africa more time to explain why it defied an order to...

Taliban vow to force foreign troops out of Afghanistan after US extension 15 Oct 2015 - 06:22 pm

KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials...

Outrage as Danish zoo dissects lion in front of children 15 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

COPENHAGEN: A Danish zoo on Thursday dissected a lion in front of a group of children, in an educational event condemned as a...

Pistorius to be released on parole next Tuesday 15 Oct 2015 - 06:14 pm

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole next week after serving one year of a five-year term for killing his girlfriend, officials...

Two new Libyan suspects identified in Lockerbie bombing 15 Oct 2015 - 06:08 pm

LONDON: Scottish prosecutors on Thursday said they had identified two new Libyan suspects in the bombing of a Pan Am jet over the...

Seven dead after Greek coastguard vessel hits migrant boat 15 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

ATHENS: Seven migrants, four of them children, drowned Thursday near the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat collided with a Greek rescue...

Greece recovers bodies of migrant children and baby off Lesbos 15 Oct 2015 - 05:28 pm

Representative image ATHENS: A baby, two children and a woman drowned on Thursday after their wooden boat and a coast guard vessel crashed...

Turkey, Saudi warn over Russia's 'Syria mistake' 15 Oct 2015 - 05:17 pm

ANKARA: Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned Russia over the consequences of its intervention in Syria, with Ankara telling Moscow its bombing...

Syrian army and Russian jets target rebel towns north of Homs 15 Oct 2015 - 05:06 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter of the 101 Division takes a position behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside...

Turk's denial of any Armenian genocide not a crime-European Court 15 Oct 2015 - 04:55 pm

STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that...

Water a "weapon of war" in Syria's divided Aleppo 15 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

By Naline Malla and John Davis BEIRUT: Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck...