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Another drowned toddler washes up on Turkish beachAFP, IstanbulA four-year-old Syrian girl’s body washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday, state media...
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Raul Castro urges Obama to `deepen` US-Cuba thaw
AFP, Havana :Cuban President Raul Castro urged his US counterpart Barack Obama to accelerate their countries’ budding rapprochement on Friday in a phone call, after...
Migrants surge into Western Europe through Austria
AP, Hungary :Thousands of migrants who had been stuck for days in southeastern Europe started arriving in Austria early Saturday after Hungary escorted them to...
Fruits, vegetables can prevent depression: Study
PTI, London :Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary pattern, comprising of fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts, is associated with preventing the onset of...
Tsipras regains slim Greece vote lead with 48 hours to go
AFP, Athens :Greece’s election hung on a knife-edge Saturday as radical former premier Alexis Tsipras retook a slight lead in the final hours of a...
Trump under fire for failure to rebut anti-Muslim backer
AFP, Washington :Donald Trump, a US presidential candidate known for his political incorrectness, is in trouble again – this time for not speaking.This happened at...
Fiorina outshines Trump in presidential debate
Agencies, New York :The brash, and sometimes provocative, stance of Republican front-runner Donald Trump came under attack as 11 other aspirants debated on Wednesday night...
Taliban storms airbase near Peshawar, 21 security men among 43 killed
Agencies, Peshawar :Fighters belonging to the Pakistani Taliban have attacked an air force station near Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest, resulting in a firefight with security...
Croatia closes border crossings, but migrants keep coming
Reuters, SID, Serbia :Migrants continued to stream through fields from Serbia into the European Union on Friday, undeterred by Croatia’s closure of almost all road...
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Barrel bombs kill 21 civilians in SyriaAFP, BeirutBarrel bomb attacks by Syrian regime helicopters killed at least 21 civilians late Thursday in a rebel-held town...
If Syria asks us to send troops, we’ll consider it: Russia
AP, Moscow :A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider sending troops to fight in Syria if Damascus were to ask for...
Muslim teen arrested for clock gets White House invite
AFP, Chicago :A Muslim teenager arrested after a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb won invitations to the White House, Google and...