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At least 5 dead in explosion at Spain fireworks factory 31 Aug 2015 - 08:25 pm

MADRID: At least five people died and another six were injured on Monday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in northeastern Spain,...

France to build new camp for 1,500 migrants 31 Aug 2015 - 06:57 pm

Calais camp for 1,500 migrants CALAIS: France plans to build a camp this winter for as many as 1,500 migrants in the northern...

Indrani, others' police custody extended till September 5 31 Aug 2015 - 06:56 pm

MUMBAI: A court here on Monday extended till September 5 the police custody of Indrani Mukherjea and two others accused of killing her...

Indonesian workers to stage mass protest against layoffs 31 Aug 2015 - 05:50 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian trade unions expect tens of thousands of workers to call for higher wages at a mass protest against job cuts on...

3 Canadians, Pakistani, Nigerian among dead in Saudi fire 31 Aug 2015 - 05:45 pm

RIYADH: Saudi authorities said Monday that three Canadians, one Pakistani and a Nigerian woman were among 10 people killed in a fire at...

Atlas jewellery owner defaults $136m loans, arrested by Dubai cops 31 Aug 2015 - 05:42 pm

M M Ramachandran By Stanley Carvalho and Tom Arnold ABU DHABI/DUBAI: A Dubai-based gold and jewellery retailer has defaulted on loans worth about...

Pakistan insists Haqqani network almost wiped out 31 Aug 2015 - 05:38 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top diplomat said Monday that military offensives in its northwestern tribal areas had almost wiped out the Haqqani militant network known...

Chinese still flock to 'lucky' Bangkok shrine hit by blast 31 Aug 2015 - 05:31 pm

BANGKOK: Two weeks on from the Bangkok bombing, the shrine devastated by the attack has lost none of its lustre for ethnic Chinese...

Lights out for Tokyo's modernist masterpiece Hotel Okura 31 Aug 2015 - 05:24 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo's sixties-era modernist masterpiece Hotel Okura, which hosted foreign leaders, royalty, celebrities and even James Bond, turned off the lights Monday, more...

6 soldiers killed in DR Congo ambush 31 Aug 2015 - 05:23 pm

GOMA: Six Congolese soldiers were killed on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a region where Rwandan Hutu rebels...

India should 'move towards' ending death penalty: Law Commission 31 Aug 2015 - 05:13 pm

NEW DELHI: India should "move towards" abolishing the death penalty and immediately restrict it to cases relating to terrorism and "waging war", the...

Merkel expects Greece to meet commitments for bailout package 31 Aug 2015 - 05:07 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses an annual news conference in Berlin, Germany, August 31, 2015. BERLIN:German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that...

34 new cases of coronavirus recorded in Saudi Arabia 31 Aug 2015 - 05:05 pm

RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Health said in its weekly statement, it recorded 34 positive confirmed cases of respiratory Middle East syndrome virus...

India's economy grows by 7.0 percent in first quarter 31 Aug 2015 - 04:53 pm

NEW DELHI: India's economy grew by a slower than expected 7.0 percent in the first quarter, official figures showed Monday, adding to pressure...

Sisodia gets additional charge of Delhi's law ministry 31 Aug 2015 - 04:47 pm

NEW DELHI: Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was given additional charge of the law ministry on Monday in a meeting presided over...

SC stays Rajasthan HC order on Jain practice Santhara 31 Aug 2015 - 04:41 pm

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Rajasthan High Court order which held that the Jain custom of Santhara - a...

Black money: Swiss banks ask Indians to use compliance window 31 Aug 2015 - 03:40 pm

NEW DELHI: Swiss and other European banks have asked Indian customers to avail the ongoing one-time compliance window granted by the tax department...

Why $40 oil is killing Iraq, Venezuela and others, but not Russia 31 Aug 2015 - 03:06 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists after submerging into the waters of the Black Sea inside a research bathyscaphe in Sevastopol, Crimea....