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Senior student who wanted exams delayed kills 7-year-old 08 Nov 2017 - 07:53 pm

New Delhi: In a dramatic twist to the murder of a Class 2 student of Ryan International School in Gurugram, the CBI on...

Sacked Zimbabwe VP in exile, vows to defy Mugabe 08 Nov 2017 - 07:11 pm

Harare: Zimbabwe's sacked vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said Wednesday he had fled the country, as he issued a direct challenge to long-ruling President...

Fire in Russian foreign spy building 08 Nov 2017 - 06:57 pm

Moscow, Nov 8, 2017 (AFP) - A fire broke out at the headquarters of the highly-secretive Russian Foreign Intelligence service (SVR) on the...

Filipino artist makes Trump action figure from flip flops 08 Nov 2017 - 06:38 pm

MANILA: A Filipino artist who won fame for his flip-flop sandal carving of a superhero this year has turned his talents to creating...

4 Islamic State terrorists arrested in central Turkey 08 Nov 2017 - 06:37 pm

KAYSERI, Turkey: Four Islamic State terror suspects were arrested in central Kayseri province Wednesday, according to a security source. One of those detained...

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: Beware of death on road to presidency 08 Nov 2017 - 06:26 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday said the route to leadership was long and full of “pitfalls and death”, as he accused...

Iraq needs 'Marshall Plan', says Kirkuk archbishop 08 Nov 2017 - 06:16 pm

Lourdes, France: A top Catholic cleric from Iraq says his country has "lost all confidence" despite the rout of the Islamic State group,...

Desperate Rohingya use plastic rafts to flee Myanmar 08 Nov 2017 - 05:56 pm

Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh: Dozens of Rohingya refugees floated into Bangladesh on Wednesday on a raft fashioned from plastic jerrycans, as the persecuted...

US tightens Cuba travel rules 08 Nov 2017 - 05:48 pm

Washington: Tighter restrictions on US travellers to Cuba will go into effect on Thursday, officials said, almost five months after President Donald Trump...

Ukraine cancels weapons agreement with Russia 08 Nov 2017 - 05:44 pm

KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine's Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a decree canceling an agreement with Russia for the supply of weapons and military equipment. The...

Gunmen shoot 2 gendarmes dead in Cameroon 08 Nov 2017 - 05:38 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: A group of heavily armed Anglophone militants attacked a security checkpoint, killing two gendarmes in Cameroon’s North West region, a local...

Government forces accused of 'savage repression' in Togo 08 Nov 2017 - 05:38 pm

Lome: Togo's opposition on Wednesday accused the security forces of "savage repression" after nearly 20 of its supporters were injured as they tried...

France, Britain, US, Germany demand UN extend mandate on Syria chemical probe 08 Nov 2017 - 05:31 pm

PARIS: France, Britain, the U.S. and Germany called on the U.N. Security Council to renew the mandate of an international inquiry into chemical...

Macedonian jailed in absentia for destroying wiretap files 08 Nov 2017 - 05:21 pm

Skopje: Macedonia sentenced a former counter-intelligence official in absentia on Wednesday to 1.5 years in jail for destroying thousands of files linked to...

Syrian army encircles last IS stronghold 08 Nov 2017 - 05:10 pm

BEIRUT: Syria’s army and its allies have surrounded and started to enter Albu Kamal, the largest town Islamic State still holds in Syria...

Top prisoner rights activist quits Russia after raid 08 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Moscow: The founder of a prominent NGO that campaigns for the rights of Russian prisoners and their relatives said Wednesday she had emigrated...

Delhi schools shut as toxic smog hits India and Pakistan 08 Nov 2017 - 02:28 pm

New Delhi: Delhi authorities ordered all schools to shut on Wednesday after choking smog descended on north India and Pakistan, with pollution levels...