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2 dead in SF crash found outside jet in USA

SAN FRANCISCO: An Asiana Airlines flight packed with more than 300 people slammed onto the runway while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday and caught

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‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria’s Yobe state

NIGERIA: At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say. Eyewitnesses said some of

Venezuela offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden

CARACAS:  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Friday in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret

US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over

WASHINGTON : The Obama administration is turning to top officials to tout democracy, political transparency and peaceful protest for Egypt, a message that took on a hollow tone as the

26 killed in clashes as Egypt Islamists protest army coup

CAIRO: At least 26 people were killed in clashes across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi turned out to protest his ouster

Queen Ella? King Terry? What’s in a royal name?

London: Way back in the mists of time, when schoolkids were expected to learn seemingly endless lists of facts off by heart, they chanted a poem to remember the names

Egypt’s Brotherhood calls for protests Friday

CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests Friday, furious over the military’s ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining

Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden’s airport stay

MOSCOW: Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow’s growing impatience over the former U.S. agency spy contractor’s lengthening stay at

Egypt swears in Mansour as interim leader after Morsi ousted

CAIRO: The top judge of Egypt’s Constitutional Court, Adly Mahmud Mansour, has been sworn in as interim leader, hours after the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi and put him under

Snowden case: France apologises in Bolivia plane row

LONDON: France has apologised to Bolivia for refusing to allow President Evo Morales’ jet into its airspace, blaming “conflicting information”. Bolivia accused France, Italy, Spain and Portugal of blocking the