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Labour favourite sets up clash with Cameron over Europe 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh. EDINBURGH: The man expected to...

Migrant bids to enter Channel Tunnel failing 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants children (left) and women queue as two German sisters hand out donated supplies to migrants living at the abandoned Hotel Captain Elias,...

Israel offers to exile Palestine hunger-striker 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Israeli security forces stand guard near a checkpoint where a Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli troops after he stabbed a...

German aid worker kidnapped in Kabul 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Afghan security personnel and police inspect the scene where a German female aid worker was kidnapped from a vehicle at the entrance of...

Assassinated minister warned he was on hit list of militants 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Activists of Civil Society Network hold a banner during a protest against the death of Pakistani provincial minister last Sunday following a suicide...

SC extends special facilities for Sahara chief Subrata Roy in jail 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday extended till September 30 the special facilities given to Sahara chief Subrata Roy to facilitate communication for...

Mamata slammed over slum relief 18 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Kolkata: Two human rights organisation yesterday accused the Trinamool Congress government of “apathy” towards the plight of nearly 2,000 people who were evicted...

India, UAE plan infrastructure fund, defence and technology ties 17 Aug 2015 - 07:55 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his speech at cricket stadium in Dubai. DUBAI: India and the United Arab Emirates will set up...

Bomb in Thai capital kills 27, wounds 78 17 Aug 2015 - 05:39 pm

A member of the bob squad in protective suit walks next to the body of a victim after an explosion near Erawan Shrine,...

Civilians and soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting, Putin in Crimea 17 Aug 2015 - 05:37 pm

A local resident stands in a flat that, according to locals, was damaged by recent shelling, on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine, August...

Modi visits 25 countries in 15 months 17 Aug 2015 - 04:58 pm

NEW DELHI: Since assuming office in May last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in the last 15 months visited 25 countries, including...

Motorcycle bomb near shrine in Thai capital kills 12 17 Aug 2015 - 04:53 pm

Wreckage of motorcycles are seen as security forces and emergency workers gather at the scene of a blast in central Bangkok August 17,...

Rajapakse plots comeback as Sri Lanka votes 17 Aug 2015 - 04:53 pm

Supporters of Former Sri Lankan president and parliamentary candidate Mahinda Rajapakse shout slogans after the end of voting in the general election in...

Putin's Crimea visit aims to stir up Ukraine conflict: Poroshenko 17 Aug 2015 - 04:40 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, as Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev looks on prior to their talks...

Syrians risk lives to reach Europe 'for their children' 17 Aug 2015 - 03:24 pm

KOS (Greece): Five nights ago, Nada and her children braved a perilous journey in an inflatable dinghy to the Greek island of Kos...

More than 80 dead in 24 hours of fighting for key Yemen city: military sources 17 Aug 2015 - 02:46 pm

Tribal fighters against Shiite rebels known as Houthis give prayers of thanks following heavy fighting between the two groups, in Taiz, Yemen, Sunday,...

Chemical watchdog 'concerned' by Iraq attack reports 17 Aug 2015 - 02:38 pm

In this undated file photo a chlorine-tinged cloud of smoke rises into the air from a bomb detonated by Iraqi army and Shi'ite...

Iran still closed to U.S. influence after nuclear deal: Khamenei 17 Aug 2015 - 02:18 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei departs after casting his ballot in the parliamentary election in Tehran March 2, 2012. DUBAI: Iran will...