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Air France jet in near-miss with drone An Air France Airbus A320 narrowly avoided colliding with a drone as it was about to land in Paris on a flight from Barcelona.

04 March 2016

Emirates postpones launch of world's longest flight Emirates Airline, which was to launch what it called the world's longest non-stop flight this month, postponed those plans for a year.

03 March 2016

North Korea sanction loopholes give China room for manoeuvre New United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea leave plenty of room for China to continue business as usual.

03 March 2016

Qatar population hits 2.5 million on worker influx Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed in the tiny Gulf emirate.

03 March 2016

Putin says agreement sealed with Russian oil firms to freeze output Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had sealed a pact with the country's oil majors to freeze production.

03 March 2016

Italy global wine market king, US top tippler: study Italy was the biggest exporter and producer of wine in the world in 2015, while the United States consumed the most of Italian wine.

03 March 2016

Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle A Ukrainian village renamed a street, which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles' John Lennon.

03 March 2016

Israel army to return Palestinian land after decades The Israeli army is to return West Bank land it requisitioned nearly 40 years ago to its Palestinian owners.

02 March 2016

EU's Tusk defends use of barbed wire against migrants EU president Donald Tusk defended the use of barbed-wire fences against migrants.

02 March 2016

India pledges billions for farmers in 'populist' budget India’s government pledged billions of dollars to help struggling farmers and boost the rural economy as it unveiled its annual budget.

29 February 2016

Kazakhstan arrests top media chief on corruption charges Kazakhstan arrested the influential head of the country's Union of Journalists and former presidential spokesman Seitkazy Matayev.

23 February 2016

Hollande acknowledges impact of nuclear testing in Pacific French President Francois Hollande acknowledged that three decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia had had "an impact" on health.

23 February 2016

'Brexit' would 'threaten jobs', warn UK business leaders The bosses of more than a third of Britain's top companies urged voters to keep the country in the European Union.

23 February 2016

'Bad bank' deal could be option for several countries: EU banking resolution chief A state-backed "bad bank" that would take over non-performing loans from a country's banks could also be an option for other countries.

17 February 2016

Beijing deploys missiles on disputed island: Taiwan China deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, insisting it had a right to build "self-defence".

17 February 2016

Chaotic mix of actors and interests in Syria war Syria's brutal five-year war has turned increasingly messy tangle of internal and external players with their own multi-faceted agendas.

17 February 2016

Figure Skating: Injured Olympian Ten withdraws from Four Continents Olympic medallist and defending champion Denis Ten withdrew due to injury from the Four Continents figure skating championships in Taipei.

17 February 2016

Figure Skating: Olympian Ten to defend title at Four Continents Olympic medallist Denis Ten from Kazakhstan will face tough competition at the Four Continents figure skating championships in Taipei.

17 February 2016

Pakistan court to hear bid to reclaim jewel from British crown Pakistan asks Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond more than 150 years after it was taken from Lahore.

10 February 2016

Opera Software welcomes Chinese consortium's $1.2 billion bid Chinese consortium led by the Golden Brick Silk Road investment fund offered 10.5 billion kroner ($1.2 billion) to take over Opera Software

10 February 2016

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