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Ukraine ministers vow to end graft 17 Dec 2014 - 01:38 am

BRUSSELS: Top Ukraine ministers vowed yesterday to root out graft in what they called the most corrupt country in Europe to meet the...

Die-in protest 17 Dec 2014 - 01:37 am

Lawyers, law students, legal staff and victims of police brutality participate in a “die-In” during a protest in front of the Stanley Mosk...

Sign language 17 Dec 2014 - 01:35 am

Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, learning sign language as she meets with children at the newly established 23rd Poplar Beaver Scout Colony in...

One more Bush launches US presidential bid 17 Dec 2014 - 01:35 am

WASHINGTON: Jeb Bush (pictured) , son to one former US president and brother to another, threw his hat into the ring for the...

Labour, Tories clash over lawmaking 17 Dec 2014 - 01:33 am

LONDON: Britain’s two main political parties accused each other yesterday of putting the future of the nation at risk as they drew battle...

US torture report puts Romania’s role in glare 17 Dec 2014 - 01:33 am

BUCHAREST/WARSAW: The lawyer for a man tortured by the CIA said Romania’s authorities should acknowledge the role they played after a US Senate...

Body found near home of Pennsylvania shooting suspect 17 Dec 2014 - 01:32 am

EAGLEVILLE: A body was found yesterday near the home of an Iraq War veteran suspected of fatally shooting six family members in Pennsylvania,...

Don’t let sacrifice go waste: Greek PM 17 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

ATHENS: Prime Minister Antonis Samaras begged the Greek parliament yesterday not to throw away sacrifices made to keep the country solvent, a day...

66 journalists killed in year, says report 17 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

PARIS: Attacks on journalists have grown more barbaric and kidnappings have soared, Reporters Without Borders said yesterday, after a year when violence against...

France throws weight behind fighting Boko Haram 17 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

DAKAR: France will step in to help coordinate a regional taskforce against Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram, amid signs of mistrust among West...

Uganda starts sending ex-Congo rebels home 17 Dec 2014 - 01:30 am

KAMPALA: Uganda began sending home over a thousand fighters of a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel group yesterday after Kinshasa pressured it...

US veto looms as Palestinians seek UN vote 17 Dec 2014 - 01:26 am

A member of Israeli security forces fires tear gas towards Palestinians during clashes following the funeral of Mahmoud Edwan, who was killed overnight...

312 Islamists face military trial 17 Dec 2014 - 01:24 am

CAIRO: Egypt has referred 312 Islamist backers of ousted president Mohamed Mursi to military trial accused of torching a court complex in the...

15 kids among 25 killed in Yemen attack 17 Dec 2014 - 01:17 am

Yemeni parliament speaker Yahya Al Raie (centre) speaks to other parliment members during a debate about the policies of the newly appointed government...

200 dead as Syria bases lost to Qaeda 17 Dec 2014 - 01:16 am

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson holds a Syrian student during his meeting with Lebanese and Syrian schoolchildren as Lebanon’s Education Minister Elias...

Israel’s Arrow 3 missile shield fails interception test 17 Dec 2014 - 01:12 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s upgraded ballistic missile shield failed its first live interception test yesterday, security sources said, a fresh setback for the US-supported system...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clash 17 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian during an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank,...

Israel’s Arrow 3 missile shield fails interception test 17 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s upgraded ballistic missile shield failed its first live interception test yesterday, security sources said, a fresh setback for the US-supported system...