Migrant crisis: Schengen zone under threat as EU considers border checks
Prague: Europe could suspend passport-free travel for two years under emergency measures as leaders warn the migrant crisis could destroy the European Union. As they prepare for a summit to discuss a...
View ArticleMultimillion-dollar fake cigarette trafficker did it for love
Fort Lauderdale: A man who admitted he trafficked knock-off cigarettes with a retail value of about $US5.5 million ($7.8 million) to the US via India and Dubai says he did it out of love for his...
View ArticlePregnant women face virus threat ahead of Brazil Olympic games
Rio de Janeiro: Unusually wet weather, poor sanitation and a public health service weakened by economic crisis are contributing to an outbreak in Brazil of Zika, a mosquito-carried virus linked to a...
View ArticleBritain and Argentina see chance to reset strained relations
London: Old foes Britain and Argentina said on Thursday there was an opportunity to open a new chapter in diplomatic relations after a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and newly...
View ArticleUS snow storm paralyses New York and Washington DC in potentially...
A powerful winter storm will keep its grip on much of the northeastern US on Saturday after already grounding more than 8,500 flights, knocking out power to 225,000 homes and businesses, and dumping...
View ArticlePalestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard
Jerusalem: A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli police said on Saturday. It was the...
View ArticleSir Lynton Crosby named the UK's Australian of the Year
Politicians need to spend less time looking at polls and more time talking to voters, says veteran Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby. Sir Lynton was named the UK's Australian of the Year on...
View ArticleUS election: Donald Trump says he could 'shoot people' and not lose voters
Iowa: US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has told a press conference he is so confident of his chances that he could stand in New York's Fifth Avenue "and shoot people and I wouldn't...
View ArticleUS 'prepared for military solution' against Islamic State in Syria
Istanbul: US Vice-President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels...
View ArticleAmerican student held in North Korea after tour
Hong Kong: An American student who is being detained by North Korea did nothing obvious during a five-day trip to the country that would have angered the authorities, a member of his tour group said on...
View ArticleMagnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Alaska
A major earthquake hit southern Alaska early on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, setting off tremors felt...
View ArticleMalaysia arrests 7 Islamic State-linked militants
Kuala lumpur: Malaysian police say seven members of an Islamic State (IS) cell have been arrested in a three-day operation carried out across the Southeast Asian country. The operation was launched in...
View ArticleJapan seemingly obsessed with sex but few seem to indulge
Tokyo: Japan is well known for many things, and its obsession with sex is one of them. It has one of the most robust pornographic and adult-toy industries in the world and airs TV commercials for items...
View ArticleIslamic State claims video shows last messages from Paris attackers
Cairo: A video published by the Islamic State media centre claims to show images and last statements of nine of the people who took part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people on...
View ArticleGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wants to foster Middle East...
Berlin: Europe needs to make a greater contribution to stabilising the Middle East and should think about developing a joint strategy with Russia to reduce tensions between regional powers Iran and...
View ArticleAngela Merkel's party, down in polls, weighs 'PlanA2', German 'border centres'
Berlin: A senior figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has proposed setting up "border centres" along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers...
View ArticleHollande visit boosts case of Capitol Complex for UNESCO heritage status
Hon’ble President of France Francois Hollande with Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi with Bhangra team at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery in sector 10 Chandigarh on Sunday, January 24 2016....
View ArticleEx-coup leader threatens division of Haiti as unrest spreads
Port-au-Prince: A former Haitian coup leader wanted by the United States for smuggling cocaine has called on his supporters to resist "anarchists" who forced a presidential election to be cancelled, in...
View ArticleAngela Merkel's party, down in polls, weighs German 'border centres'
Berlin: A senior figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has proposed setting up "border centres" along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers...
View ArticleIndonesia cracks down on 'deviant sect' Gafatar after village burned down by mob
Kalimantan, Indonesia: A so-called "deviant sect" living in a remote farming community are besieged by a mob who burn their settlement to the ground. Hundreds of suspected members are taken to transit...
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