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New iPads aim to boost Apple in premium tablet market 15 Oct 2014 - 08:40 am

SAN FRANCISCO: With the global tablet computer market showing signs of cooling, Apple's expected unveiling of its new iPads Thursday looks to shore...

Business Cartoon 15 Oct 2014 - 06:41 am

21 air raids slow IS advance: US military 15 Oct 2014 - 06:25 am

Kurdish people attend a funeral of four female fighters, killed in clashes against Islamic State in Kobane, Syria, yesterday. WASHINGTON: US-led aircraft hammered...

Gaza a source of shame: UN chief 15 Oct 2014 - 06:23 am

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets a Palestinian on a wheelchair as he visits Abu Hussein United Nations School at the Jabaliya...

Algerian police march in rare protest 15 Oct 2014 - 06:21 am

ALGIERS: About 300 Algerian police officers marched through Algiers yesterday in a rare public protest by security forces to show solidarity with a...

Israel condemns UK’s pro-Palestine vote 15 Oct 2014 - 06:21 am

london: Israel has condemned a vote by British MPs in favour of recognising a Palestinian state as “undermining chances for peace” as Britain’s...

Gaza a source of shame: UN chief 15 Oct 2014 - 06:19 am

gaza city: The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, described the destruction in Gaza from the recent conflict with Israel as “beyond description” and...

Palestine recognition must be ‘helpful to peace’: France 15 Oct 2014 - 06:19 am

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday that any recognition of Palestine as a state must be “helpful to peace” as part...

Saudi bank’s $6bn IPO ignites religious controversy 15 Oct 2014 - 06:18 am

riyadh: Plans by Saudi Arabia’s biggest bank for a $6bn initial public offer of shares, the largest-ever equity sale in the Arab world,...

All parties to meet for new Iran talks tomorrow 15 Oct 2014 - 06:18 am

MOSCOW: Negotiators from all six powers in the P5+1 group will tomorrow meet with Iranian representatives for fresh nuclear talks being held in...

Protesters threaten to close another oilfield in Libya 15 Oct 2014 - 06:18 am

BENGHAZI: Protesters blocking Libya’s Abu Attifel oilfield threatened to close another field to force a state oil company to hire hundreds of local...

Kerry meets Lavrov 15 Oct 2014 - 06:17 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Chief of Mission Residence in Paris yesterday....

Autumn spectacle 15 Oct 2014 - 06:16 am

Visitors view the autumn foliage of acer trees in the Old Arboretum at Westonbirt in south west England yesterday. The Japanese maples are...

Blair may have been terrorist target, court told 15 Oct 2014 - 06:16 am

LONDON: A man charged in Britain with terrorism offences at a trial so sensitive that prosecutors sought to have it heard entirely in...

Frenchman jailed for recruiting jihadists 15 Oct 2014 - 06:15 am

BRUSSELS: A Belgian court sentenced a Frenchman to 18 years in prison yesterday for leading a “terrorist group” that recruited jihadists to fight...

Britain begins Ebola screening at Heathrow airport 15 Oct 2014 - 06:15 am

LONDON: Britain began screening passengers arriving at London’s busiest airport from West Africa for signs of the deadly Ebola virus on Tuesday. Health...

Family of Texas Ebola victim shows no symptom 15 Oct 2014 - 06:15 am

WASHINGTON: The family who shared an apartment with a Liberian man who died of Ebola in Texas is showing no signs of illness,...

Russian hackers target Nato, Ukraine: ISight 15 Oct 2014 - 06:14 am

BOSTON: Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by Nato, the European Union, Ukraine...