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British nuclear plant wins EU funding fight 08 Oct 2014 - 10:18 pm

BRUSSELS: A British plan to guarantee the price of power from its first new nuclear project in decades won European Union backing in...

Witchcraft-related child abuse on the rise in Britain 08 Oct 2014 - 10:17 pm

LONDON: Instances of child abuse related to witchcraft and a belief that children are possessed by evil spirits are on the rise in...

Damaged by govt, LibDems stay upbeat 08 Oct 2014 - 10:17 pm

GLASGOW: Battered by four years in coalition, Britain’s Liberal Democrats yesterday set out dividing lines ahead of next year’s election which they hope...

North Sea oil rig workers evacuated 08 Oct 2014 - 10:17 pm

LONDON: Dozens of workers were evacuated from an oil rig in Britain’s North Sea after a vessel carrying radioactive waste caught fire and...

Mexico pressed to solve students disappearance 08 Oct 2014 - 10:16 pm

IGUALA: Mexico faced growing international pressure to solve the disappearance of 43 students who vanished after they were attacked by police linked to...

Iran defends refusal to let in IAEA expert 08 Oct 2014 - 10:15 pm

VIENNA: Iran has dismissed criticism by the International Atomic Energy Agency of its refusal earlier this year to let one IAEA expert into...

Clashes break out at Al Aqsa ahead of holiday 08 Oct 2014 - 10:15 pm

JERUSALEM: Clashes broke out at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound yesterday as dozens of Palestinian youths protested against Jews visiting the flashpoint holy...

Concern for US citizen on hunger strike in Cairo jail 08 Oct 2014 - 10:15 pm

WASHINGTON: The family of an American citizen on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail for some 250 days are appealing to the US...

$3bn Lebanon arms deal to go ahead: France 08 Oct 2014 - 10:14 pm

PARIS: France will soon provide weapons and military equipment to the Lebanese army as part of a $3bn grant from Saudi Arabia to...

European clubs 'won't pay 2022 World Cup bill' 08 Oct 2014 - 05:41 pm

LONDON: European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge declared on Wednesday that European clubs will not foot the bill if the 2022 World Cup...

17 dead, two dozen missing in Indonesia boat sinking 08 Oct 2014 - 05:40 pm

JAKARTA: At least 17 people from a wedding party, including three children, have died in a boat sinking on the way to the...

Chilean official considers FIFA bid 08 Oct 2014 - 05:35 pm

PARIS: Harold Mayne-Nicholls, who headed a FIFA commission that warned of the dangers of holding the World Cup in Qatar, is considering standing...

5 Afghan men hanged for gang-rape 08 Oct 2014 - 02:33 pm

KABUL: Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups...

Little chance of Taiwan and China leaders meeting at APEC 08 Oct 2014 - 02:32 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday named a former vice president to represent him at the upcoming APEC summit in Beijing, effectively...

Dubai crude trade likely hit record volume on Chinaoil buys 08 Oct 2014 - 02:30 pm

SINGAPORE: Dubai crude trade heated up on the Platts window on Wednesday as Chinaoil stepped up purchases, snapping up 90 partials in what...

Nakheel's nine-month net profit jumps 47pc 08 Oct 2014 - 02:28 pm

DUBAI: Dubai developer Nakheel, famous for building the palm-shaped islands off Dubai's coast, reported a 47 percent increase in its nine-month net profit...

Jihadists pull back in Syria's Kobane after strikes 08 Oct 2014 - 11:32 am

BEIRUT: Jihadists from the Islamic State group withdrew from some parts of the embattled Syrian town of Kobane overnight after air strikes by...

Kenya leader arrives at ICC for landmark hearing 08 Oct 2014 - 11:31 am

THE HAGUE: Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, where he is to become the first sitting president to...