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Eight killed in Nigeria plane crash

LAGOS: At least eight persons were killed when a small passenger plane carrying 20 people crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos airport in Nigeria...

92 killed as boat carrying asylum-seekers sinks off Italian island

LAMPEDUSA: A boat carrying some 500 asylum-seekers caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday that left at least...

World’s worst passports: Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan rank in top 10

Even as some of the world’s most troubled hotspots have countries maintain a year-round travel advisory for its citizens, several Dubai-based Asian expats claimed...

30 killed as truck crashes into two minivans in northeast India

GAUHATI: At least 30 persons were killed and 10 others injured in a massive road accident involving a cargo truck and two minivans in...

Russian Embassy in Libya attacked; one gunman killed, 4 injured

TRIPOLI: One unknown gunmen was killed and four others injured in a retaliatory firing by security forces when they attacked the Russian Embassy in...

US may become default country; Obama warns

WASHINGTON: The United States may become a default country, President Barack Obama said in an interview‚ adding that a conservative faction of Republicans is...

Obama postpones visit to Asia over government shutdown

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has postponed his visits to the Philippines and Malaysia as his government has been forced to face a partial...

Obama blames Republicans for Shutdown

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama accused the Republicans for triggering the first government shutdown in 17 years, and warned that it could have disastrous...

Tit-for-tat: US expels three Venezuelan diplomats

WASHINGTON: The United States has given three Venezuelan diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, in response to the decision by the government of...

Singh declines to resign over Ghandhi’s remarks

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday declined to resign after the ruling Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi described a recent...

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