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Erdogan attacks West for not taking more Syrian refugees

ANKARA: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised the West Saturday for taking in so few… Read More

Paris museums move towards ban on selfie sticks

PARIS: Bad news for selfie-stick lovers. Museums in Paris, the most touristed city in the… Read More

Indian city tense after 'barbaric' lynching of rape suspect

NEW DELHI: Riot police Saturday patrolled a northeastern Indian city after the public lynching of… Read More

Solar plane revs up for historic round-the-world flight

SWITZERLAND: A solar powered plane aims to fly into history on Monday, taking off from… Read More

Woman bailed in dramatic S.African baby-snatching case

CAPE TOWN: A woman charged with stealing a newborn baby from its sleeping mother 17… Read More

EU sees 'good deal' at hand in Iran nuclear talks

RIGA: EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday a "good deal" was near as… Read More

Astronomers view four images of a supernova, in a first

WASHINGTON: Astronomers observed four versions of a supernova thanks to the gravity of a cluster… Read More

S. Korea shocked and shamed by attack on US ambassador

SEOUL: South Korea has reacted with shock and a little shame to a violent knife… Read More

Two mummified bodies spotted on Mexico's highest peak

PUEBLA: A team of Mexican climbers searching for a frozen body on the country's highest… Read More

Health checks by smartphone raise privacy fears

BARCELONA: Authorities and tech developers must stop sensitive health data entered into applications on mobile… Read More

Fresh legal turmoil for Shakeel Afridi

PESHAWAR: Doctor Shakeel Afridi jailed after helping the CIA in the hunt for Osama bin Laden… Read More

Saudi top diplomat urges allies to face IS 'on the ground'

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged the US-led coalition conducting air strikes against… Read More

At least 34 dead as Syria rebels attack regime intel HQ

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels launched a fierce attack on an intelligence headquarters in Aleppo, leaving at… Read More

Kerry, Iran FM in new nuclear talks

MONTREUX: The US and Iran ignored a passionate plea from the Israeli prime minister to… Read More

'Compulsive' French postman guilty of stealing 13,000 letters

PARIS: A French court on Tuesday delivered a six-month suspended sentence to a "compulsive" postman… Read More

India bans broadcast of gang-rapist documentary

NEW DELHI: An Indian court has banned the country's media from broadcasting a documentary in… Read More

Emwazi father says no proof his son is 'Jihadi John'

KUWAIT CITY: The father of "Jihadi John" said in an interview published Wednesday that there… Read More

Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone

BARCELONA: With a smartphone that slots together piece by piece like Lego, US Internet giant… Read More

From AK47s to drones, Afghans 'war rugs' reflect bloody decades

KABUL: More than three decades of war have damaged Afghanistan's once-thriving carpet industry, but weavers… Read More

Origins of AIDS virus strains traced to gorillas

WASHINGTON: Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas… Read More