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EU ministers to hold new migration crisis meeting next Tuesday 15 Sep 2015 - 08:15 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency council next Tuesday, September 22, to discuss the migration crisis, the meeting's chairman said...

7 dead in French Alps avalanche 15 Sep 2015 - 07:20 pm

GRENOBLE: Seven people were killed Tuesday when an avalanche swept them away in the French Alps, a local official told AFP, one of...

Germany urges penalties for EU states rejecting refugees 15 Sep 2015 - 03:58 pm

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere BERLIN: Germany urged the European Union to consider imposing financial penalties on states that refuse to take...

Syrian refugee count nears 2 million in Turkey, down in Iraq, Lebanon 15 Sep 2015 - 02:40 pm

BY TOM MILES GENEVA: The numbers of Syrian refugees in Iraq and Lebanon fell in August, while the number in Turkey has risen...

Iran says wants China's help to resolve Middle East tensions 15 Sep 2015 - 02:02 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing,...

A record 156,000 migrants entered EU in August: border agency Frontex 15 Sep 2015 - 01:46 pm

A refugee assists a toddler crossing Hungary's barbed-wire fence in this file photo. BRUSSELS: A record 156,000 migrants entered the European Union in...

UN voices deep disappointment at lack of EU consensus on migrants 15 Sep 2015 - 01:37 pm

GENEVA : The United Nations said on Tuesday it was "deeply disappointed" at the failure of European Union ministers to reach a final...

Twenty-two migrants drown as boat capsizes in Aegean Sea 15 Sep 2015 - 01:22 pm

ANKARA: Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying...

Migrant boat heading to Greece from Turkey sinks, 13 dead 15 Sep 2015 - 10:08 am

ANKARA: At least 13 migrants including four children trying to reach Greece drowned Tuesday when their boat from Turkey sank in the international...

North Korea says it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants 15 Sep 2015 - 10:01 am

A file satellite handout image from DigitalGlobe dated 29 September 2004 shows the Yongbyon complex nuclear facility, some 100 km north of Pyongyang,...

New Australia PM sticks to script with focus on the economy 15 Sep 2015 - 09:54 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, 15 September 2015. Earlier...

At least 7 dead after flash flood in Utah 15 Sep 2015 - 09:37 am

WASHINGTON: Flash floods in the western state of Utah killed at least seven people Monday, state officials said. The disaster happened in the...

Hungarian police detain over 9,000 migrants on Monday 15 Sep 2015 - 08:58 am

BUDAPEST: Hungarian police rounded up 9,380 migrants who were crossing into the country from Serbia on Monday, the highest daily figure this year,...

Global warming to pick up this year and next 15 Sep 2015 - 02:49 am

London: Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as...

British PM visits Syria refugee camps 15 Sep 2015 - 02:42 am

Amman: British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan yesterday, pledging increased aid which he said would help...

Hollande says air strikes against IS in Syria 'necessary' 14 Sep 2015 - 09:50 pm

French President Francois Hollande PARIS: French President Francois Hollande, whose country is carrying out surveillance flights over Syria, said Monday it would be...

Hungarian police close main entry point for migrants 14 Sep 2015 - 06:45 pm

RÖSZKE: Hungarian police on Monday closed off the main crossing point for migrants entering from Serbia, AFP journalists saw. Around 20 police fenced...