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Gunmen kill four Egypt policemen south of Cairo: Ministry 28 Nov 2015 - 12:27 pm

Egyptian police and emergency personnel carry a body on a stretcher at the site where masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four...

Thousands join climate change marches across Asia 28 Nov 2015 - 12:20 pm

Bangladesh people attend a Climate March rally expressing solidarity with Global Climate March, in Dhaka on November 28, 2015. Manila: Thousands turned out...

Suicide bomber targets Afghan election official in Kabul-police 28 Nov 2015 - 12:09 pm

Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of a suicide blast that targeted a senior member ofAfghanistan's election commission in Kabul November...

Nepal Maoists burn Indian embassy vehicle, officials say accident 28 Nov 2015 - 11:54 am

Nepalese students holding placards take part in a protest to show solidarity against the border blockade in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 27, 2015. ...

Pakistan plans reforms in militancy-hit tribal regions 28 Nov 2015 - 11:37 am

Islamabad: A high level committee in Pakistan has been working on reforms to bring the country's tribal regions to the national mainstream as...

US Republican Trump drops 12 percentage points in poll 28 Nov 2015 - 11:19 am

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at an event at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,...

Philippines goes supersonic again with S. Korean fighter jets 28 Nov 2015 - 11:15 am

Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin (L) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hernando Iriberri wave after inspecting one...

Japan to resume 'research' whaling in Antarctic: media 28 Nov 2015 - 10:35 am

A Bryde's whale ispictured on the deck of a whaling ship during Japan's whale research program in the Western North Pacific in 2013 ...

Beijing to adopt world's strictest emissions standard 28 Nov 2015 - 10:25 am

Beijing: The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau has started soliciting public opinion about its sixth phase emissions standard, the world's strictest, due to be...

Protesters Block Luxury Stores in Chicago on Black Friday 28 Nov 2015 - 09:48 am

A woman tries to push demonstrators from blocking the entrance of the Gap store as they protest the shooting of Laquan McDonald who...

Protests as France calls on UK to join Syria campaign 28 Nov 2015 - 09:37 am

Flags, candles and flowers in Place de la Republique in Paris on November 27, 2015. Paris: French President Francois Hollande has urged British...

Three killed, 9 injured in attack on Colorado clinic 28 Nov 2015 - 08:49 am

Hostages are escorted to safety during an active shooter situation outside a Planned Parenthood facility where an active shooter reportedly injured up to...

World leaders make Queen wait at Malta party 28 Nov 2015 - 12:31 am

Queen Elizabeth II stands next to Malta's Prime Minsiter Joseph Muscat during the gala dinner of the Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting (CHOGM)...

Brazil’s Rousseff cancels Japan trip as budget crisis worsens 28 Nov 2015 - 12:17 am

By Alonso Soto and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday called off a trip to Japan and Vietnam to save...

Bahrain prime minister admitted to hospital for tests, in good condition 28 Nov 2015 - 12:12 am

DUBAI: Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa was taken to hospital on Friday night but was in stable condition, state...

UNICEF: Child Brides in Africa to More Than Double By 2050 28 Nov 2015 - 12:02 am

Representational image Paris: The number of child brides in Africa will more than double to 310 million by 2050 unless urgent action is...

Brazil to sue BHP, Vale for $5 bln in damages for dam burst 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

BRASILIA: Brazil’s federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais ($5.24 billion)in...

Girl, peacekeeper killed in Sudan shelling: UN 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Khartoum: Shelling killed a four-year-old girl and an Ethiopian peacekeeper in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations...