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Cameron urges migrant curbs, warns on British EU exit 29 Nov 2014 - 04:58 am

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron gives a speech at JCB World Headquarters in Rocester, central England, yesterday. LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday...

Tram crashes in Germany 29 Nov 2014 - 04:57 am

Fire fighters stand in front of a tram which fell over after an accident in Duesseldorf, Germany, yesterday. Several people were severely injured...

Egypt crackdown adds to Gaza woes 29 Nov 2014 - 04:56 am

People shout slogans against the military and interior ministry as others hold up copies of the Holy Quran during an protest in the...

Erdogan hosts Pope in controversial palace 29 Nov 2014 - 04:55 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reviews a guard of honour with Pope Francis during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara...

Show of solidarity 29 Nov 2014 - 04:54 am

Leading Shia clergyman Seyyed Mohammed AlGuraifi addressing crowds at an event expressing solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim (not pictured), Bahrain’s top Shia...

Anti-Israel protest 29 Nov 2014 - 04:54 am

Tunisian protesters burn Israeli flag during a rally to show their solidarity with Palestinians, in Tunis, yesterday.

Bombs kill 64 during prayer at Nigeria mosque 29 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

KATSINA, Nigeria: At least 64 people were killed and 126 injured when two bombs exploded during prayers at a mosque of one of...

Uganda ‘HIV nurse’ to be released from jail 29 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

KAMPALA: A court in Uganda yesterday upheld the conviction for criminal negligence of a HIV-infected nurse who inserted a needle into a two-year-old...

Hollande pledges support for Ebola-hit Guinea on visit 29 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

CONAKRY: French President Francois Hollande pledged his support for Guinea in its fight against Ebola after he arrived in the west African country...

UN watchdog slams police shooting of US blacks 29 Nov 2014 - 04:50 am

GENEVA: A UN watchdog yesterday slammed police shootings of blacks in the United States, days after a decision not to prosecute a white...

Ferguson police block clean-up brigade 29 Nov 2014 - 04:50 am

FERGUSON, Montana: A group of people in Ferguson, Missouri, yesterday attempted to enter a main thoroughfare of the St Louis suburb to clean...

UN declares emergency in Gaza over floods 29 Nov 2014 - 04:50 am

JERUSALEM: A United Nations agency declared a state of “emergency” in Gaza City, after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the...

IS lacks funds to keep control of territories: Report 29 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

LONDON: Islamic State (IS) militants may ultimately lose the war in Iraq and Syria because they do not have enough money to run...

Israeli forces wound Italian activist 29 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

NABLUS: A pro-Palestinian Italian activist was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire during a clash in the northern West Bank, medics and...

Iranian commander led anti-IS drive in Iraq: Hezbollah 29 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Shia movement Hezbollah said yesterday that an Iranian elite unit commander led the anti-jihadist counter-attack in Iraq after the Islamic State...

Yemen’s Shia rebels push towards south’s main town 29 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

SANA’A: Yemen’s Shia Ansarullah militia is advancing in Taez province towards the main southern city of Aden as it seeks to expand its...

Syria hit by flesh-eating maggot disease: Experts 29 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

GENEVA: Three cases of myiasis have been reported near Damascus, marking the first appearance of the flesh-eating maggot disease in Syria, UN health...

Anti-Islamist commander killed in Benghazi 29 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

BENGHAZI: A Libyan commander in the forces of prominent anti-Islamist general Khalifa Haftar has been assassinated in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, military...