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Trudeau sworn in as Canada's PM, pledges big changes 05 Nov 2015 - 02:16 am

Ottawa: Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday promised big changes for the country after nearly a decade of Conservative rule as...

Brazil accepts Indonesian ambassador after execution row 05 Nov 2015 - 02:14 am

Brasília: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff accepted the Indonesian ambassador's credentials Wednesday after a nearly nine-month standoff over the Asian country's execution of two...

Moody's cuts VW's credit rating amid emissions scandal 05 Nov 2015 - 02:11 am

Washington: Moody's hit embattled German automaker Volkswagen with a credit downgrade Wednesday, saying the company's reputation and earnings were at risk from the...

French FN founder Le Pen's home searched in tax fraud probe: legal sources 05 Nov 2015 - 02:09 am

Jean-Marie Le Pen Paris: French police searched the manor house and offices of far-right National Front (FN) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on Wednesday...

Peru's Fujimori back in jail after eye operation 05 Nov 2015 - 02:06 am

Caption Lima:Peru's ex-president left hospital Wednesday after a cataract operation and returned to jail where he is serving a 25-year sentence for corruption...

Irish airlines warned not to fly over Egypt's Sinai 05 Nov 2015 - 02:04 am

Dublin: Ireland's aviation authority on Wednesday instructed the country's airlines not to fly to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport or over the Sinai Peninsula...

Ex-Guantanamo inmate detained in Toronto -lawyer 05 Nov 2015 - 02:00 am

TORONTO: Mourad Benchellali, a French national and former Guantanamo Bay inmate, was detained by Canadian police at a Toronto airport on Monday on...

US lawmakers attack Pentagon funding sports teams as "paid patriotism" 05 Nov 2015 - 01:55 am

Jeff Flake WASHINGTON: The U.S. Congress is moving to shut down a scheme that lawmakers said funneled millions of taxpayer dollars from the...

16 dead, dozens trapped in Pakistan factory collapse: official 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Lahore, Pakistan: At least 16 people were killed and 40 injured when a factory collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, the...

Bulgaria to extradite French teen on 'terror' charges 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Sofia: A Bulgarian court on Wednesday approved the extradition of a French 17-year-old wanted in his home country on "terrorism" charges,...

State employs up to half of Syria's workforce: report 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: The Syrian government now employs up to half of the country's workforce, a sharp rise since its conflict erupted in 2011, devastating...

Danish prisons to separate radicalised inmates 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Copenhagen: Denmark plans to separate prisoners who could covert others to radical extremism, the government said Wednesday. "People with radicalised beliefs...

Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Miami: Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may...

At least 120,000 displaced in Syria since Russia strikes began: US 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: Syrian government offensives backed by Russian air strikes have displaced at least 120,000 people in the war-wracked country, a senior US official...

U.S. diplomat says seeing 'some pullback' of weapons from eastern Ukraine 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: A top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday that there have been signs that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine are pulling back some of...

Tunisia party crisis deepens as lawmakers suspend membership 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Hafhed Caid Essebsi, the son of President Beji Caid Essebsi, attends a meeting with Nidaa Tounes party leaders in Tunis, November 3, 2015 ...

Swedish woman falsely accused of necrophilia wins damages 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: Sweden has been ordered to pay 70,000 kronor (7,455 euros, $8,193) in damages to a woman who was falsely accused of hoarding...

France to tackle work hours in 2016 in 1st step of labour code revamp 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: France will begin reforming the cherished labour code early next year by tackling the way companies can adjust working hours, the government...