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Chinese artist Weiwei visits Lesbos refugees 28 Dec 2015 - 04:05 pm

Ai Weiwei Athens: Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei paid a holiday visit to refugees and migrants flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos,...

Rome, Milan clamp down on cars as smog smothers Italy 28 Dec 2015 - 04:03 pm

Milan: Cars were banished Monday from the streets of Milan while in Rome every second vehicle was forced off the road as Italian...

Bahrain cabinet approves new diesel, kerosene pricing system: BNA 28 Dec 2015 - 04:00 pm

DUBAI: Bahrain’s cabinet has approved a new pricing system for diesel and kerosene that is set to begin in January, state news agency...

Key Iraqi and Syrian towns which suffered IS fighting 28 Dec 2015 - 03:41 pm

Isis militants parade in Raqqa, Syria (source:twitter) Baghdad: Following the Iraqi forces' victory in Ramadi, here is a recap of key cities and...

In crime-infested Karachi, 2015 was a year of relief 28 Dec 2015 - 03:37 pm

Rangers cordon off a street during a raid in Karachi in this file photo. KARACHI: There was a marked improvement in the law...

Another transport project in Punjab - this time waterways 28 Dec 2015 - 03:24 pm

People wave Turkish (R) and Pakistani flags during the launch of the Metro Bus system in Lahore in this February 10, 2013 file...

About 20 killed in mosque bombing in northern Nigerian city 28 Dec 2015 - 03:12 pm

File photo of an earlier bombing incident. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: About 20 people were killed and 90 wounded by a bomb explosion in a...

FATA tribes rely on militant or foreign radio for news: Report 28 Dec 2015 - 03:10 pm

Representative photo. AP PESHAWAR: As reliable news or even some entertainment is hard to come by in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata),...

PM Cameron visits flood-hit British city of York 28 Dec 2015 - 02:48 pm

Members of the emergency services rescue two peole from a flooded house in York after the river Ouse burst its banks, in northern...

Expelled French reporter says China trying to 'muzzle' media 28 Dec 2015 - 02:24 pm

French journalist Ursula Gauthier, a reporter for the French news magazine L'Obs, poses for a photo in her apartment in Beijing, Saturday, Dec....

Chinese media heap scorn on expelled French reporter 28 Dec 2015 - 02:13 pm

Ursula Gauthier, the Beijing-based correspondent for French news magazine L'Obs, pictured in her apartment in Beijing on December 26, 2015. AFP Beijing: Chinese...

In first, Russia closes Red Square for New Year's Eve 28 Dec 2015 - 02:09 pm

Celebrations on the New Year at Red Square in front of Kremlin in Moscow, early on January 1, 2015. AFP/Getty Images Moscow: Moscow's...

Iraqi forces raise flag above gov’t complex in Ramadi: State TV 28 Dec 2015 - 02:06 pm

Members of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service secure on December 27, 2015 the Hoz neighbourhood in central Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province,...

Six dead after liquor shop collapses in Chandigarh 28 Dec 2015 - 01:56 pm

Chandigarh, India: A two-storey liquor store collapsed Monday killing six labourers in northern India, police said, the latest deadly accident to highlight shoddy...

Burundi rivals in Uganda for peace talks 28 Dec 2015 - 01:03 pm

Burundi's unrest began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza (pictured in August 2015) announced his intention to run for a controversial third term,...

Buses carrying several hundred fighters and civilians leave Syria for Turkish, Lebanese borders 28 Dec 2015 - 12:56 pm

UN shift rebel fighters and civilians including wounded BEIRUT: Buses carrying several hundred fighters and civilians left two besieged areas on Monday for ...

At least 32 killed, 90 wounded in bomb blasts in Syria's Homs: Monitoring group 28 Dec 2015 - 12:51 pm

Syrians gather around fire-engines at the site of two car bomb attacks in the al-Zahraa neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs...

Turkey PM: No talks on constitution with "disrespectful" pro-Kurdish HDP 28 Dec 2015 - 12:49 pm

File photo of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday it would not be appropriate to...