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Six injured in France protests over police brutality 02 Nov 2014 - 01:35 am

NANTES, France: Violent protests broke out yesterday in two French cities against alleged police brutality, leaving at least six injured. Officers fired rubber...

UK air force intercepts Russia military aircraft 02 Nov 2014 - 01:34 am

London: The RAF has intercepted Russian military aircraft as they neared UK airspace for the second time this week, the Ministry of Defence...

Boko Haram chief Shekau says 219 abducted girls married off 02 Nov 2014 - 01:34 am

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram has claimed that the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped more than six months ago have converted to Islam and been...

Ebola-free nurse united with dog 02 Nov 2014 - 01:34 am

DALLAS: The Dallas nurse treated for Ebola had an emotional reunion yesterday with her “best friend”, a King Charles Spaniel, after the pet...

PALESTINE SWEDEN RECOGNITION STATE ISRAEL BOARD CLIFF BRIDGE MIDEAST 02 Nov 2014 - 01:29 am

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Afghan first lady backs veil ban in France 02 Nov 2014 - 01:03 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France’s controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to “blinders” as she prepares...

Heightened security in Muharram 02 Nov 2014 - 01:02 am

A convoy of Pakistani Army vehicles leaves a military compound to patrol in the streets to ensure security during the Islamic sacred month...

Tranquil terrain 02 Nov 2014 - 01:01 am

Afghan shepherds herd a flock of sheep along the hillside on the outskirts of Kabul yesterday. The Afghan economy has always been based...

Frontier troops seek more arms 02 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Understaffed, ill-equipped and dealing with waning morale in the trenches, the Pakistan Frontier Constabulary has asked the government to equip it with...

Balochistan forum to meet soon for aid 02 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government is to hold Balochistan Development Forum (BDF) meeting by end of November in the federal capital to muster support...

Six Afghan cops, three troops killed in attack 02 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

KABUL: Nine Afghan security forces personnel were killed in a suicide attack yesterday south of the capital Kabul, provincial officials said. “A suicide...

Five security personnel killed in Pakistan’s northwest 02 Nov 2014 - 12:59 am

PESHAWAR: Five security forces personnel have been killed and four injured in two separate militant attacks in Pakistan’s restive northwest, officials said yesterday....

Windscreen smasher gets 11-year sentence 02 Nov 2014 - 12:59 am

Islamabad: With a handlebar moustache worthy of a Bollywood villain and a national notoriety that has seen his name become a byword for...

Thousands march in solidarity with Kurds 02 Nov 2014 - 12:58 am

Kurdish protesters shout slogans during a demonstration calling for support for the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane in Diyarbakir, Turkey, yesterday. ISTANBUL: Thousands...

Iraqi Kurds join fight against IS in Kobane 02 Nov 2014 - 12:57 am

Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdish flags atop an army vehicle armed with a heavy infantry weapons as they move towards the Syrian town...

Egypt jails 8 over gay marriage video 02 Nov 2014 - 12:56 am

CAIRO: Eight Egyptian men were sentenced to three years in jail yesterday on charges of spreading indecent images and inciting debauchery after they...

Marathon for Peace in Tripoli 02 Nov 2014 - 12:55 am

Participants run past buildings damaged in recent clashes during Fajr Libya’s Marathon for Peace in Tripoli yesterday.

Uprising could trigger IS undoing, says study 02 Nov 2014 - 12:54 am

London: A large-scale uprising from people living under the totalitarian regime of Islamic State (IS) is the most likely trigger that will lead...