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Two held over 'rumours' about Indian politician's health INTERNATIONAL

Two held over 'rumours' about Indian politician's health

Police have arrested two people on charges of ‘inciting violence and spreading rumours’, an officer said Tuesday, amid uncertainty about the health of a powerful and controversial south Indian politician.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
China jails provincial boss over $36 million in bribes INTERNATIONAL

China jails provincial boss over $36 million in bribes

A Chinese court on Sunday handed a former top provincial official a suspended death sentence for bribery, it said, the latest senior politician to be jailed in a high-profile, anti-corruption campaign.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Business leaders urge London against 'hard' Brexit ECONOMY

Business leaders urge London against 'hard' Brexit

British business leaders on Saturday urged the government to rule out a hard break with the European Union, saying the uncertainty over the terms of Brexit was impacting investment decisions.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq-Turkey tensions soar ahead of Mosul operation ASIA

Iraq-Turkey tensions soar ahead of Mosul operation

Iraq and Turkey on Wednesday summoned their respective ambassadors in a bitter war of words between the two neighbours ahead of a planned operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from jihadists.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey suspends 12,800 police, shuts TV channel ASIA

Turkey suspends 12,800 police, shuts TV channel

Turkey on Tuesday suspended 12,800 police officers, over alleged links to an Islamic preacher accused of masterminding the failed July coup, and cut broadcasts of a pro-Kurdish television channel ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US wants 'strongest possible' EU-UK ties: Kerry INTERNATIONAL

US wants 'strongest possible' EU-UK ties: Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that Washington will insist strongly that the EU and Britain keep close ties after their Brexit divorce.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan INTERNATIONAL

200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan

More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, nearly half of them in September alone, UNHCR said Tuesday, the highest number since 2002, after the fall of the Taliban regime.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French attack threat: 15 year old student charged INTERNATIONAL

French attack threat: 15 year old student charged

A 15-year-old high school student was charged and held Friday on suspicion of wanting to commit a terror attack directed by a notorious Syria-based French jihadist, a judicial source said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian migrant labourers recall Saudi nightmare ASIA

Indian migrant labourers recall Saudi nightmare

They left India for Saudi Arabia with big dreams, but have returned with only harrowing tales after an oil price slump threw the economy into turmoil, leaving thousands of poor migrant labourers stranded.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
32,000 suspects arrested in Turkey coup probe ASIA

32,000 suspects arrested in Turkey coup probe

Turkish courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest ahead of trial on charges of links to a group run by US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is blamed for the July 15 coup ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Israeli ex-president and Nobel laureate Peres dies ASIA

Israeli ex-president and Nobel laureate Peres dies

Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, triggering an outpouring of grief for the beloved elder statesman.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Britain vows to oppose any 'EU army' INTERNATIONAL

Britain vows to oppose any 'EU army'

Britain vowed Tuesday to oppose any attempt to create an ‘EU army’ following the Brexit vote, although the head of NATO denied that European defence cooperation would undermine the transatlantic alliance.

4:45 AM November 25 2016