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Iraqi forces and Kurds gain ground against IS 26 Oct 2014 - 03:23 am

A new born baby that was given the name Muhammed Obama Muslim at the Suruc Rojova refugee camp in Sanliurfa. Sultan Muslim, a...

Iran hangs woman despite retrial plea 26 Oct 2014 - 03:22 am

TEHRAN: Iran has ignored an international campaign to spare the life of a 26-year-old woman convicted of murder by hanging her at dawn...

Clashes in Jerusalem; funeral delayed 26 Oct 2014 - 03:21 am

Palestinians protesting the killing of a teenager throw stones during clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank village of Silwad, north...

‘Foreign hands’ behind Sinai attack, says Sisi 26 Oct 2014 - 03:19 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said yesterday that an assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30...

Clashes, drone strike kill dozens in Yemen 26 Oct 2014 - 03:18 am

A gunman loyal to the Shia Houthi movement stands beside graffiti protesting US drone operations a day after a US drone killed suspected...

Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in ‘terrorist’ attack 26 Oct 2014 - 02:48 am

ISTANBUL: Masked gunmen yesterday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast of the country, the army said, blaming separatist “terrorists”...

Lebanon army fights gunmen in Tripoli, six soldiers killed 26 Oct 2014 - 02:47 am

BEIRUT: Six Lebanese soldiers were killed as the army clashed with Islamist gunmen in northern Lebanon for a second day yesterday, using helicopters...

Turkey monitoring 24 over ‘powder’ scare in consulates 26 Oct 2014 - 02:47 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey is keeping 24 people under observation at clinics after a suspicious powder was sent to five consulates in Istanbul whose countries...

Turkish mothers hold 500th protest for missing kin 26 Oct 2014 - 02:44 am

ISTANBUL: A group of Turkish mothers yesterday led their 500th protest since the mid-1990s remembering relatives who disappeared allegedly at the hands of...

Iran re-arrests rights lawyer 26 Oct 2014 - 02:43 am

DUBAI: Iranian security forces arrested world-renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and several others on their way back from a protest yesterday, her...

Suspects in acid attacks freed due to lack of evidence 26 Oct 2014 - 02:43 am

TEHRAN: Several Iranian men arrested on suspicion of committing horrific acid attacks on women have been released due to insufficient evidence, the interior...

Tunisia warns of jihadist attacks on electon eve 26 Oct 2014 - 02:43 am

TUNIS: Tunisia warned of possible jihadist attacks during today’s landmark parliamentary election, deploying thousands of soldiers and police to guard a vote the...

Ukraine gears up for vote today 26 Oct 2014 - 02:39 am

Members of a district electoral commission carry a ballot box at a polling station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. KIEV: Ukrainian leaders...

Brazil run-off vote today 26 Oct 2014 - 02:38 am

Brazil’s presidential candidate Aecio Neves of Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) waves to supporters after visiting the grave of his grandfather, former president...

2 US students fight for lives after shooting 26 Oct 2014 - 02:36 am

LOS ANGELES: Two teenage US girls were fighting for their lives yesterday after they were both shot in the head by a schoolmate...

Mali seeks to contain Ebola fears; girl dies 26 Oct 2014 - 02:36 am

BAMAKO: Mali authorities yesterday scrambled to calm fears over Ebola after the disease claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious...

Scottish opposition leader Lamont quits 26 Oct 2014 - 02:35 am

LONDON: Johann Lamont, leader of the opposition Labour Party in Scotland, quit yesterday, branding the wider UK party leadership “dinosaurs” who failed to...

Deep rifts remain at UN talks on climate pact 26 Oct 2014 - 02:35 am

BONN: With a 2015 deadline looming large for a global pact on curbing climate change, six days of UN talks closed here yesterday...