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Box Office: 'The Martian' Triumphs With $55 Million Debut 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES: "The Martian" blasted off with a massive $55 million this weekend, nearly surpassing another space-based adventure, "Gravity," as...

Medical charity MSF leaves Afghan city after fatal airstrike 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

KABUL: Medical charity MSF said Sunday it has shut down operations in the Afghan city of Kunduz after an apparent US bombing raid...

South African coal miners begin strike 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

South African coal miners began a strike on Sunday after wage talks collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity...

Objects located in area of missing cargo ship in Bahamas 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By David Adams MIAMI: Life jackets, containers and an oil sheen were spotted by U.S. Coast Guard aircrews on Sunday, the third day...

Kyrgyzstan set for closer ties with Russia after polls 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev (L) talks to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in St. Petersburg...

Iraq PM opens Baghdad Green Zone to traffic 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Baghdad's "Green Zone" was open to the public for the first time in...

Oregon town residents left bewildered by college massacre 05 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Emily Flitter and Eric M. Johnson ROSEBURG: Shaken residents of an Oregon town reeling from a burst of gun violence that left...

Bangladesh cricketer's wife arrested over maid torture 04 Oct 2015 - 06:51 pm

Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain DHAKA: Bangladesh police arrested international cricketer Shahadat Hossain's wife on Sunday over allegations of beating and torturing their 11-year-old...

Suicide attacks kill four in Niger 04 Oct 2015 - 06:47 pm

Boko Haram terrorist network video, shows their leader Abubakar Shekau speaking to the camera Niamey: Two suicide bombings by militants from Islamist extremist...

Greek coast guard recovers body of migrant baby on Kos 04 Oct 2015 - 06:45 pm

File photo of a Turkish officer carry the body of a child who drowned with several other migrants trying to reach the Greek...

Trump: Middle East would be more stable if Saddam, Gaddafi still in power 04 Oct 2015 - 06:44 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday the Middle East would be more stable if Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein...

Search for missing cargo ship in Bahamas enters 3rd day 04 Oct 2015 - 06:15 pm

MIAMI: U.S. Coast Guard pilots searched for a third day for the cargo ship El Faro and its 33 mostly American crew members...

Trump wants to 'sit back,' watch Russia fall into Syria 'trap' 04 Oct 2015 - 06:08 pm

WASHINGTON: Republican US presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he would like to "sit back" and watch as Russia continues air strikes in Syria,...

Portugal votes in test for austerity policies 04 Oct 2015 - 05:59 pm

LISBON: Portugal voted Sunday in an election seen as a test of four years of austerity, with the centre-right coalition that pushed through...

Sixteen dead as heavy flooding hits French Riviera 04 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Nice, France: Violent storms and flooding along the chic French Riviera overnight have killed at least 16 people and left another five missing,...

Medical aid group denies Taliban were firing from Afghan hospital hit by air strike 04 Oct 2015 - 05:45 pm

By Mirwais Harooni and Andrew MacAskill KABUL: Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at...

Tens of thousands protest against UK government 04 Oct 2015 - 05:37 pm

Manchester, UK: Tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters rallied on Sunday as British Prime Minister David Cameron's governing Conservative Party opened its annual...

Argentine ruling party extends presidential vote lead 04 Oct 2015 - 05:32 pm

Daniel Scioli, Buenos Aires' province governor and presidential candidate for the Victory Front, speaks as vice-presidential candidate Carlos Zannini (bottom, L) watches during...