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BRUSSELS: Belgian authorities said yesterday they were investigating whether the spectacular diamond heist at Brussels airport in February might have yielded much more than the $50 million reported at

WASHINGTON: “Dozens” of terror attacks had been thwarted by a program to gather and analyze massive amounts of Internet and phone data, the National Security Agency chief told US lawmak

ATHENS: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Greece yesterday as workers staged a nationwide strike to protest against the government’s dramatic shutdown of public broadcaster ER

PHILADELPHIA: An inspector who surveyed a downtown building weeks before it collapsed, killing 6 people, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound a week after the accident, authorities sa

PATNA, India: Dozens of suspected Maoist rebels fired at a passenger train passing through their stronghold in eastern India yesterday, killing three people and injuring two others, police said.

MANILA: Philippine investigators said yesterday they had recommended that criminal charges be filed against coastguards involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters.

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday blamed South Korean arrogance and deceit for the collapse of planned talks between the two rivals and warned that prospects for any future dialogue had been severely da

BUENOS AIRES: One commuter train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute yesterday in suburban Buenos Aires, killing three passengers and injuring more tha

YANGON: Buddhist monks from across Myanmar will gather today for talks about the religious violence that has shaken the country, after some of them were implicated in at

NEW DELHI: India confirmed yesterday that its jets had entered Pakistani air space, but described the incident as a “technical violation.”