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Germany expects up to 10,000 refugees on Saturday via Hungary: police 05 Sep 2015 - 01:36 pm

A woman holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as migrants set off on foot for the border with Austria from Budapest,...

Migrants stream into Austria, swept west by overwhelmed Hungary 05 Sep 2015 - 01:24 pm

Migrants walk along a platform after disembarking from a train at a railway station in Vienna, Austria September 5, 2015. HEGYESHALOM (Hungary)/VIENNA (Austria):...

France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria-Le Monde 05 Sep 2015 - 01:20 pm

PARIS: France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde...

China backs Putin's idea of developing Russia's Far East 05 Sep 2015 - 01:11 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not in picture) at the Great Hall of the People in...

IOF arrest 2 Palestinians in Old City of Jerusalem 05 Sep 2015 - 01:03 pm

Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian (C) during clashes following traditional Friday prayers near the Old City in East Jerusalem on July 25,...

Spain arrests 18-year-old woman suspected of IS links 05 Sep 2015 - 12:56 pm

Maria, the mother of 18-year-old Ismael who was arrested in Piera on suspicion of having links to Islamic militant activities, weeps at their...

Lawyer for Maldives' ex-president stabbed in Male 05 Sep 2015 - 12:51 pm

COLOMBO: A lawyer for the Maldives' jailed former president was stabbed in the islands' capital ahead of a visit by his international legal...

Migrant crisis strains European unity 05 Sep 2015 - 01:49 am

Migrants march along the highway towards the border with Austria, out of Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. Budapest: A mass of desperate refugees stranded at...

Moroccans vote in test for Islamist govt 05 Sep 2015 - 12:28 am

Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, casts his vote in the local elections at a...

Nationwide protest call in Lebanon 05 Sep 2015 - 12:11 am

Supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) carry flags and a broom stick during a protest in Beirut yesterday to support a leading...

Migrants flee as Hungary loses grip 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

A young girl holds up a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Keleti station in Budapest yesterday. ROSZKE: Migrants in Hungary, many...

Tsipras hints at vote deal with socialists 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Athens: Greece’s former leader Alexis Tsipras has opened the door to a coalition with rivals on the left should his Syriza party fail...

Obama, Saudi King hold talks on Syria, Yemen 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia speaks with US President Barack Obama during their meeting...

Will work as one group: Sirisena 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (right) takes oath as he is sworn in as minister of policy planning and economic affairs in...

More than 2.1m migrants displaced in Nigeria by Boko Haram: IOM 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Abuja: Over 2.1 million people are internally displaced in northeast Nigeria after a spike in a six-year insurgency by the Boko Haram group,...

China’s Xi laud Czechs at war parade 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday lauded the contribution of the Czech people during World War II in a meeting with the country’s...

Homecoming for Afghan refugees 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

KABUL: Rahim Khan’s return to Afghanistan 28 years after fleeing to Pakistan was not the homecoming he had dreamed of. The 60-year-old is...

Posing before the meet 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani (centre) poses for a photograph with foreign delegation at the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference of Afghanistan in Kabul, yesterday.