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France summons US envoy over NSA spying report

PARIS: France on Monday summoned the US ambassador Charles Hammerman Rivkin and sought explanation over media reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA)...

Arab nations urge Saudi Arabia to accept UNSC seat

UNITED NATIONS: Arab states at the United Nations have urged Saudi Arabia to reverse its decision to decline temporary membership in the UN Security...

Afghan loya Jirga to meet next month to decide on Afghan-US security deal

KABUL: A national grand council (loya jirga) comprising about 3,000 Afghan tribal elders and civil leaders will meet in Kabul next month to decide...

Italian court bars Silvio Berlusconi from holding public office for 2 years

MILAN: An Italian court on Saturday ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years after...

Maldives presidential elections postponed

MALE: Presidential elections due to be held in Maldives on Saturday have been postponed after police declared the vote illegal and blocked ballot papers...

Obama nominates Jeh Johnson as next secretary of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON: The 56-year-old Jeh Johnson has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama as the next secretary of Homeland Security. In a statement, Obama...

Iran, six world powers begin fresh nuclear talks in Geneva

GENEVA: A new round of talks between Iran and the United States‚ Russia‚ China‚ France‚ Britain and Germany on Tehran’s nuclear energy program began...

NSA spying on email accounts, contact lists

WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts belonging to...

73 killed as 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Philippines on Oct 15, 2013

MANILA: A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Philippines early on Tuesday, killing at least 73 persons. However, there was no threat of a Pacific-wide...

Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller win 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics

STOCKHOLM: The 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three Americans Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller for...

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