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Suicide bomber kills 47 students in Nigeria massacre 11 Nov 2014 - 01:18 am

KANO: A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber disguised in school uniform killed 47 students in northeast Nigeria yesterday, in one of the worst...

Obama for ‘free, open Internet rules’ 11 Nov 2014 - 01:18 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama voiced support yesterday for “free and open Internet” rules that would ensure that no service is stuck in...

UK should not stay in EU ‘come what may’: PM 11 Nov 2014 - 01:18 am

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday that Britain should not be willing to stay in the European Union “come what may”, as...

Nine killed in Bahamas plane crash 11 Nov 2014 - 01:17 am

MIAMI: A small plane carrying nine people crashed while trying to land in the Bahamas yesterday, killing all nine occupants, including a prominent...

Little progress in Iran talks 11 Nov 2014 - 01:16 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a shop as he visits Mattrah souk in Muscat yesterday. MUSCAT: Iran, the United States and...

Netanyahu challenges Israeli-Arab protesters to leave Israel 11 Nov 2014 - 01:15 am

Members of the Israeli Zaka emergency response team work at the scene where a Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier, near a Tel...

US blacklists Saleh, Houthi commanders 11 Nov 2014 - 01:14 am

Debris of demolished huts is removed at Taghyeer (Change) Square, where pro-democracy protesters had camped to demand a regime change in 2011, in...

Iran ready to help Iraq fight IS 11 Nov 2014 - 01:13 am

Iraqi security forces are deployed against Islamic State militants in Amriyat Al Falluja town in Anbar province. TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday that it...

Assad ready to study UN plan for Aleppo 11 Nov 2014 - 01:09 am

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said yesterday he was ready to study a UN plan to “freeze” fighting in the northern city...

Rival Libyan govt captures key oilfield 11 Nov 2014 - 01:09 am

TUNIS/BENGHAZI: Libya’s political strife intensified yesterday as a rival government that has seized the capital stepped up its battle for power and legitimacy,...

Five nuclear engineers killed 11 Nov 2014 - 01:08 am

BEIRUT/VIENNA: Gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, four of them Syrian and one Iranian, on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, a monitoring group...

Egypt jihadists vow loyalty to IS 11 Nov 2014 - 01:08 am

BAGHDAD: The leader of the Islamic State organisation won the allegiance of Egypt’s deadliest militant group yesterday. Egypt’s Ansar Beit Al Maqdis, which...

Japan’s ‘Butter refugees’ cry over spilt milk 11 Nov 2014 - 01:05 am

TOKYO: Japanese shoppers are up in arms over a serious butter shortage that has forced Tokyo to resort to emergency imports, as some...

Robot dolphins give clues on Antarctic melt in data revolution 11 Nov 2014 - 01:04 am

OSLO: Dolphin-sized robots are giving clues to a thaw of Antarctica’s ice in a sign of how technology is revolutionising data collection in...

Iran claims test flight of replica drone 11 Nov 2014 - 01:02 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterday said that a copy of an American drone downed over its territory in 2011 had successfully completed its first test...

Retired Dutch general to head Gaza war probe 11 Nov 2014 - 01:02 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday named a retired Dutch general to head an inquiry into attacks on United Nations facilities during...

Fresh fighting in S Sudan 11 Nov 2014 - 01:01 am

JUBA: Fresh fighting has erupted in civil war-torn South Sudan, the government and rebels said Monday, with both sides blaming each other for...

Egypt tightening curbs on media coverage of military 11 Nov 2014 - 01:01 am

CAIRO: Egypt is drafting a law tightening restrictions on media coverage of the armed forces, government and judicial sources said, alarming journalists who...