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Probe into video showing New York police assaulting teens 10 Oct 2014 - 04:45 am

NEW YORK: New videos have emerged showing New York police assaulting teenage marijuana suspects, raising fresh questions about officer brutality three months after...

ISIS IRAQ BOMBS PLANES HUMANITAIRAN AID 10 Oct 2014 - 04:42 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: LEAHY Source: The Courier Mail - Brisbane, Australia Keywords: COLOR ISIS IRAQ BOMBS PLANES HUMANITAIRAN AID 100614 Provider: CartoonArts International...

How to be Emirati in a sea of foreign influence 10 Oct 2014 - 04:40 am

Emirati men gather in a traditional cafe erected at the International Hunting and Equestrian exhibition in Abu Dhabi on September 14. DUBAI: Think...

West gives cool response to Syria buffer zone proposal 10 Oct 2014 - 04:38 am

Demonstrators clash with riot police outside the Middle Eastern Technical University in Ankara yesterday. ISTANBUL: A proposal by Turkey for a buffer zone...

Car bomb attack kills 19 in Sadr district 10 Oct 2014 - 04:38 am

Iraqis inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Shia Sadr district, northeast of Baghdad, yesterday. At least 19 people were...

PLO says global public opinion backs recognising Palestine 10 Oct 2014 - 04:36 am

Hamas’ former Gaza prime minister and leader, Ismail Haniyah (centre) and Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (second left) at a press conference in...

Saudi activists rev up women’s right-to-drive campaign 10 Oct 2014 - 04:35 am

RIYADH: Activists in Saudi Arabia said yesterday that they are revving up a right-to-drive campaign using social media in the world’s only country...

Unity govt holds first meeting in Gaza 10 Oct 2014 - 04:35 am

GAZA CITY: The Palestinian unity government held its first ever meeting in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip yesterday as its rival factions presented a...

Iran blocks Tehran ‘rich kids’ Instagram page 10 Oct 2014 - 04:35 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterday blocked access to an Instagram page devoted to the lifestyle of Tehran’s young elite that stirred indignation and spawned a...

600 ‘terrorists’ to face trial soon in Tunisia 10 Oct 2014 - 04:35 am

TUNIS: The first trials of prisoners accused of “terrorism” in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution could open later this month, with 600 defendants...

Yemen’s PM-designate turns down nomination 10 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

SANA’A: Yemen’s newly appointed prime minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak has turned down his nomination following strong opposition by Shia rebels who overran...

Bahrain activist to face trial over tweets 10 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

DUBAI: Leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab is to remain in custody and go on trial from October 19 on charges of posting tweets...

No solo ground action against IS, says Turkey 10 Oct 2014 - 04:33 am

MURSITPINAR: Advancing Islamic State fighters seized control of a third of the Syrian border town of Kobane yesterday, as Turkey rejected sending in...

Benghazi airport control fighting kills 17 10 Oct 2014 - 04:33 am

BENGHAZI: An Islamist militia chief was among at least 17 people, mostly soldiers, killed this week in fighting over the airport in Libya’s...

Two rockets hit Lebanon in new Syria border spillover: Army 10 Oct 2014 - 04:33 am

BAALBEK: Two rockets hit Lebanon yesterday in a border region where the country’s Hezbollah movement clashed with Syrian jihadists last week, the army...

Pro-Kurdish protesters clash with police in Istanbul; toll 22 10 Oct 2014 - 04:32 am

ISTANBUL: Pro-Kurdish protesters angered by the Turkish government’s lack of action against jihadists in Syria clashed for the third night running with police...

Iran hails ‘constructive’ talks with IAEA team 10 Oct 2014 - 04:32 am

TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday that it held “constructive” talks with a visiting delegation of the UN nuclear watchdog seeking to resolve outstanding issues...

Six avenues of happiness 10 Oct 2014 - 04:32 am

By Maria Zain We often talk about happiness being a state of mind — a journey, rather than a final destination. Being closer...