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Pakistan marks Benazir Bhutto's 8th death anniversary 27 Dec 2015 - 04:45 pm

Supporters of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto visit her mausoleum as they mark the 8th anniversary of her assassination, in Gari...

Nine killed in Nigerian gas plant blast: spokesman 27 Dec 2015 - 04:20 pm

Lagos: Nine people were killed and three others remain in critical condition after a huge Christmas Eve blast at an industrial gas plant...

PTI bans road blockades for VIPs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 27 Dec 2015 - 04:15 pm

PTI activists wave party flags during a protest rally in Peshawar in this file photo. AFP PESHAWAR: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf-led government in...

Pakistanis in US ‘holding on to their savings’ instead of sending money back home 27 Dec 2015 - 04:09 pm

KARACHI: With worker remittances covering 45% of Pakistan’s import bill, few can deny these inflows form the bedrock of the economy as a...

Actor Baron Cohen and wife give $1m for Syrian refugees 27 Dec 2015 - 03:46 pm

London: British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife are donating $1 million (900,000 euros) to help Syrian refugees, the charities receiving the...

Taiwan presidential candidates clash over China policy 27 Dec 2015 - 02:56 pm

Taiwan's 2016 presidential election candidates with (L-R) People first Party's James Soong, KMT or Nationalist Party's Eric Chu, and Democratic Progressive Party's, DPP,...

Organisers of Iglesias show should be whipped, says Sri Lanka President 27 Dec 2015 - 02:45 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena (pictured) Sunday said that organisers of a recent concert by pop star Enrique Iglesias in Colombo should...

Catalan party in key meeting on backing separatist government 27 Dec 2015 - 02:21 pm

Barcelona: Members of a far-left Catalan separatist party gathered Sunday to decide whether to back the formation of a new government led by...

Chicago police kill three, say one shot 'accidentally' 27 Dec 2015 - 02:15 pm

Chicago: Police in Chicago shot and killed three people Saturday, including a mother of five who they said was shot "accidentally" when officers...

Muslim states should fix Islam's public image: Rouhani 27 Dec 2015 - 01:47 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Muslim countries should strive to improve the world's opinion of...

Rebel chief death may hurt Syria talks, boost IS: Analysts 27 Dec 2015 - 01:43 pm

The death of opposition chief Zahran Alloush, pictured on July 21, 2015, appeared to derail a plan to evacuate thousands of jihadists and...

Three held after fight in Dutch refugee centre 27 Dec 2015 - 01:32 pm

Dutch police fend off protesters during a demonstration against plans to open a refugee centre in Geldermalse, in this December 16, 2015 file...

Baby killed in clashes between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels: Medics 27 Dec 2015 - 01:30 pm

File photo of Turkish soldiers at a checkpoint in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey Diyarbakir, Turkey: A three-month baby and her grandfather were killed in...

Floods in Britain prompt emergency government talks 27 Dec 2015 - 01:10 pm

A man wades through flood waters at Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England, on Saturday. AP London: Britain's government was holding emergency talks...

In Punjab Imran Khan’s PTI replaces Bilawal Bhutto’s PPP as new political powerhouse 27 Dec 2015 - 12:56 pm

Imran Khan addresses supporters and activists at a by-election rally in Lahore in this October 4, 2015 rile photo. AFP LAHORE: In politics,...

Russia says air force has not hit civilian targets in Syria 27 Dec 2015 - 12:55 pm

A site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in Karf Naseh town, Aleppo countryside, Syria. ...

Afghan opposition group pressures Ghani on security crisis 27 Dec 2015 - 12:24 pm

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during a conference. By Hamid Shalizi and James Mackenzie KABUL: Political horsetrading over appointments to Afghan police and army...

China adopts first counter-terrorism law 27 Dec 2015 - 12:19 pm

Paramilitary police guard a shopping mall in Hotan, China's western Xinjiang region. AFP Beijing: China adopted its first counter-terrorism law Sunday after early...