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Veil trouble 23 Sep 2012 - 10:31 am

A woman wearing a face veil, or niqab, covers her eyes as she stands near police during an identity check when she arrived...

Mali Islamists want Shariah before talks 23 Sep 2012 - 10:30 am

GAO, Mali: Mali’s government must apply Islamic Shariah law before armed Islamist groups who control the north of the country will negotiate, an...

Belarus braces for general elections 23 Sep 2012 - 10:30 am

MINSK: Belarus prepared yesterday for general elections that most of the opposition has boycotted and branded the worst yet during the 18-year rule...

Romney can still win, but it won’t be easy 23 Sep 2012 - 10:30 am

Despite the serial gaffes and the many questions about his campaign, Romney remains within striking range of the president. By John Whitesides The...

China, Japan must break out of history’s trap 23 Sep 2012 - 10:29 am

By Pankaj Mishra This week, demonstrators incensed by Japan’s purchase of the disputed rocky outcrops known as the Senkaku Islands filled Chinese cities...

The Turkish hammer of injustice 23 Sep 2012 - 10:28 am

By Dani rodrik After a patently sham trial, a Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to more than 300 military...

Protest in Benghazi 23 Sep 2012 - 10:13 am

Libyan protesters holding placards during a march against hardline Islamists in Benghazi, Libya, yesterday. Hundreds of protesters forced members of a hardline Islamist...

Rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria 23 Sep 2012 - 10:13 am

BEIRUT: The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are...

29 protesters arrested in Bahrain 23 Sep 2012 - 10:13 am

DUBAI: Bahrain arrested 29 people in the commercial district of the capital Manama on Friday as anti-government protesters marched in the city centre...

Iraq aims at unity with new national anthem and flag 23 Sep 2012 - 10:12 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq is seeking to replace its national anthem and flag in a move aimed at unifying national symbols and putting decades of...

Israel war on Iran ‘will eventually happen’: Official 23 Sep 2012 - 10:12 am

TEHRAN: An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head of Iran’s...

Yemen minister says Saleh trying to spoil transition 23 Sep 2012 - 10:09 am

SANA’A: Ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is interfering in the transition process but Western countries are still reluctant to cut him off...

Four police officers killed in Chechen 22 Sep 2012 - 12:31 pm

MOSCOW: At least four police officers were killed and 11 injured during a special police operation in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus republic of...

60 injured in riot at Madrid music festival: officials 22 Sep 2012 - 12:26 pm

MADRID: Sixty people were injured and 11 arrested when hundreds of youths hurled bottles and burned bins in clashes with police outside a...

Google to block Jordan links to anti-Islam film 22 Sep 2012 - 12:20 pm

AMMAN: Google has agreed to block all links connecting Internet users in Jordan to an anti-Islam film made in the United States that...

Libya protesters oust Benghazi militias 22 Sep 2012 - 11:59 am

Supporters of the Jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia shout religious slogans while holding Al-Qaeda-affiliated flags to counter a demonstration by thousands of people against...

French 'Spiderman' climbs building in China 22 Sep 2012 - 11:44 am

SHANGHAI: French "Spiderman" Alain Robert added another structure to his record of climbing achievements on Saturday, scaling most of a 388-metre (1,280-foot) tower...

Philippines close to landmark peace deal in rebel south 22 Sep 2012 - 11:31 am

MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippine government and Muslim rebels are closing in on a peace deal after nearly 15 years of violence-interrupted talks, a...