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Obama struggles to keep focus on Asia 21 Nov 2015 - 11:20 am

Kuala Lumpur: US President Barack Obama voiced his determination to put Asia front and centre in his foreign policy Saturday, even as a...

Mob torches factory in Pakistan following blasphemy accusation 21 Nov 2015 - 11:06 am

Lahore, Pakistan: An angry mob in Pakistan's Punjab province torched a factory after one of its employees was accused of committing blasphemy, police...

Three China execs among dead as president condemns Mali attack 21 Nov 2015 - 10:54 am

Security forces help hostages to safety, inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali Photo: Mali TV ORTM/AP BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping...

North Korea 'categorically' rejects UN rights resolution 21 Nov 2015 - 10:46 am

Seoul: North Korea on Saturday rejected a UN resolution on its human rights violations as a product of the hostile policy by the...

Turkish police detain suspected Islamic State scout in Paris attacks: Report 21 Nov 2015 - 10:12 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish police have detained a Belgian man of Moroccan origin on suspicion that he scouted out the target sites for Islamic State...

UN Security Council unanimously adopts French-drafted resolution 21 Nov 2015 - 09:14 am

The French ambassador, François Delattre, before the Security Council's vote on Friday. AP New York: The UN Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored...

Afghanistan's Dostum unites friends, foes in anti-Taliban fight 21 Nov 2015 - 09:07 am

A file photo of Ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as he looks on during an interview with an Agence France Presse correspondent...

Coal mine fire in northeast China kills 21: State media 21 Nov 2015 - 08:49 am

Workers sort coal on a conveyer belt near a coal mine in Datong, in China's northern Shanxi province on November 20, 2015. China...

Malaysia urges world leaders to confront extremists 21 Nov 2015 - 08:44 am

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during the plenary session of the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur...

Indian-American woman killed in hotel attack in Mali 21 Nov 2015 - 08:36 am

Security forces surround the Radisson Hotel during a hostage situation, Bamako, Mali, 20 November 2015. EPA Washington: Anita Ashok Datar, an Indian-American woman...

Mali in mourning; state of emergency declared after hotel attack 21 Nov 2015 - 08:27 am

People stand near the Radisson hotel in Bamako, Mali, November 20, 2015. REUTERS Bamako: Mali on Saturday began three days of national mourning...

New Zealand helicopter crash kills 2 Australians, 4 Britons 21 Nov 2015 - 08:17 am

Wellington: Two Australian and four British tourists, along with their pilot, were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in...

French imams preach against violence during Friday prayers 21 Nov 2015 - 01:10 am

Sunna Mosque’s French Imam Rachid Abou Houdeyfa delivers a sermon in Brest, west of France, yesterday. PARIS: Mosques across France held their weekly...

The Paris attackers -- what we know so far 21 Nov 2015 - 12:13 am

One week after the Paris attacks, French investigators have managed to hunt down and kill the ringleader and fully identify four of the...

From assaults to graffiti, French Muslims take hit after attacks 21 Nov 2015 - 12:12 am

By Andrew Chung PARIS: Anti-Muslim incidents including attacks on women and hateful graffiti have flared up across France in the week since militants...

Madrid urged to remove Franco street names 40 years after his death 21 Nov 2015 - 12:07 am

Madrid: Madrid city council faced calls Friday on the 40th anniversary of the death of General Francisco Franco to move faster to rename...

138 world leaders to attend Paris climate summit: France 21 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: A total of 138 heads of state and government so far will attend a climate summit due to kick off in terror-hit...

Princeton mulls dropping U.S. President Wilson's name over racist ties 21 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Woodrow Wilson Princeton University has pledged to consider renaming buildings dedicated to former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, the latest U.S. campus effort to...