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Cop arrested after ammunition found at Buckingham 24 Oct 2014 - 08:10 am

LONDON: A police officer was arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into the discovery of ammunition in personal lockers in a police...

Kosovo pitches peace treaty, recognition to old master Serbia 24 Oct 2014 - 08:07 am

BELGRADE: Kosovo urged old master Serbia yesterday to recognise it as independent during the first visit to Belgrade by a foreign minister of...

Nigeria ‘truce’ with Boko in doubt after fresh unrest 24 Oct 2014 - 08:06 am

KANO, Nigeria: A deadly bombing in northern Nigeria and new details about kidnappings at the weekend blamed on Boko Haram cast further doubt...

No widespread Ebola transmission: WHO 24 Oct 2014 - 08:06 am

GENEVA/LONDON: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday it was “reasonably confident” that the Ebola virus plaguing three West African countries had not...

Bilawal throws down gauntlet to Sharif 24 Oct 2014 - 05:08 am

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), gestures during an interview with Reuters at his family residence in Naudero, some...

Slew of attacks kill 11 in Quetta 24 Oct 2014 - 05:07 am

QUETTA: At least 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a series of attacks in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday,...

Court restores transmission of ARY News 24 Oct 2014 - 05:06 am

KARACHI: A Pakistani court yesterday ordered the media regulatory authority to restore transmission of a news channel supportive of anti-government protests organised by...

Ghani, Abdullah invited to White House next year 24 Oct 2014 - 05:06 am

KABUL: US President Barack Obama, keen to reset relations with Afghanistan that soured under longtime President Hamid Karzai, has invited the leaders of...

23 killed in two Afghan provinces 24 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

Kabul: A security operation led by Afghan security forces have claimed the lives of 23 people, mostly armed insurgents, in the northern Kunduz...

Israel vows crackdown after attack 24 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

Israeli policemen run during clashes with Palestinian protesters in a suburb of East Jerusalem yesterday. JERUSALEM: Israel yesterday pledged a tough response to...

Bashir urges opponents to join him in ‘national dialogue’ 24 Oct 2014 - 05:04 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir yesterday urged opponents to join him in “national dialogue” talks, days after it was announced he...

Syria Kurds sign power-sharing agreement 24 Oct 2014 - 05:03 am

An explosion after an apparent airstrike carried out by the international anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition as part of operation Inherent Resolve on the...

Yemeni bikers’ ire 24 Oct 2014 - 05:02 am

Yemeni motorcyclists protest against the governments decision to begin enforcing a long-standing motorbike ban, in Sana’a, yesterday.

South Yemen separatists vow to intensify protest 24 Oct 2014 - 05:02 am

ADEN: Southern Yemeni separatists pledged yesterday to escalate protests demanding secession, as northern Shiite rebels vie to expand their control over more of...

Saudi jails four women for preparing sons to wage jihad 24 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

RIYADH: Four women in Saudi Arabia have been jailed for preparing their sons to wage war and for supporting Al Qaeda, official media...

Kobane’s children learn Turkish to sound of shelling 24 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

CENGELLI, Turkey: If they let their eyes wander from the blackboard, a handful of children from Kobane can watch their town being bombarded...

Don’t prejudge Egypt’s new draft NGO law, says minister 24 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s minister of social solidarity has urged civil society groups not to prejudge a new draft law for non-government organisations (NGOs), which...

Lebanon army nabs beheading suspect in ‘terror cell’ raid 24 Oct 2014 - 05:00 am

TRIPOLI: Lebanese troops arrested a recruiter for the Islamic State group wanted for the beheading of a captured soldier, in a raid yesterday...