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China develops laser to shoot down drones 04 Nov 2014 - 03:12 am

BEIJING: China has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down light drones at low altitude, state media reported. The...

Avalanche kills guide in Nepal 04 Nov 2014 - 03:12 am

KATHMANDU: A 26-year-old Nepalese guide died and two Swiss climbers were injured when an avalanche hit a Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal yesterday,...

Thailand promises peace in south ‘within a year’ 04 Nov 2014 - 03:11 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military government vowed yesterday to bring peace to the Muslim-dominated south within a year, despite stalled peace talks aimed at ending...

US Navy cancels visits to Philippine port of Subic 04 Nov 2014 - 03:11 am

MANILA: The US Navy has cancelled visits to the Philippine port of Subic amid public anger over accusations that a US Marine killed...

Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle IS 04 Nov 2014 - 03:10 am

Syrian refugees wait to cross the border into Turkey during fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish YPG fighters near Kobane, Syria, yesterday....

Israeli ex-officers in peace plea 04 Nov 2014 - 03:08 am

JERUSALEM: Over 100 former high-ranking Israeli army members, police officers and spy chiefs have called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace...

Yemen protest 04 Nov 2014 - 03:08 am

Yemeni university students, with their mouths tapped, hold placards during a rally to protest against the control of Sana’a University by Shia Houthi...

Nod for 500 settler homes in E Jerusalem 04 Nov 2014 - 03:06 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli government committee yesterday advanced plans for 500 settler homes in East Jerusalem, an official said, in the face of disapproval...

Letter of condolences sent by Abbas outrages Israeli leaders 04 Nov 2014 - 03:05 am

JERUSALEM: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has outraged Israeli leaders by calling the attempted assassin of a Jewish ultra-rightwing rabbi a “martyr” and the...

Smoker faces Erdogan’s wrath 04 Nov 2014 - 03:05 am

ISTANBUL: When he became Turkey’s head of state in August after over a decade as prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to be...

President-PM spat risks Somali recovery: Donors 04 Nov 2014 - 03:05 am

NAIROBI: The United Nations and the European Union have warned that a dispute between Somalia’s president and prime minister could inflame tensions and...

Iraq on high alert ahead of Ashura ceremonies 04 Nov 2014 - 03:05 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq boosted security yesterday amid fears of the Islamic State group launching major attacks on Shia pilgrims flocking to the shrine city...

Israel jails Arab citizen who fought for IS 04 Nov 2014 - 03:04 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court handed a relatively light prison sentence yesterday to an Arab citizen who spent three months fighting with Islamic State...

24 migrants drown as boat sinks off Istanbul 04 Nov 2014 - 03:04 am

ISTANBUL: At least 24 migrants, including children, drowned yesterday when a boat taking them towards European Union waters sank in the Black Sea...

Heavy fighting rages near Benghazi port 04 Nov 2014 - 03:04 am

BENGHAZI: A Libyan navy ship was hit during heavy fighting with aircraft and tanks yesterday between the army and Islamist militants near the...

Nasrallah makes rare public appearance 04 Nov 2014 - 03:04 am

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance yesterday in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, addressing thousands of his supporters ahead...

Romanians vote in London 04 Nov 2014 - 03:03 am

Romanians wait in line to enter a polling station at the Romanian embassy in London yesterday. Many Romanians living abroad could not vote...

Tories shrug off German disquiet over EU plans 04 Nov 2014 - 03:03 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party yesterday shrugged off German anxiety about its plans to curb immigration from the European Union,...