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RAMALLAH: The Palestinian government of national consensus will hold its first cabinet meeting in Gaza this week, an official said yesterday, after Fatah...

washington: United States said yesterday it arrested a 19-year-old American at a Chicago airport as he attempted to leave the country to join...

lONDON: British lawmakers will next week hold a symbolic parliamentary vote on whether the government should recognise Palestine as a state, a move...

washington: The White House rejected criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a withering response yesterday, accusing him of refusing to acknowledge...

TEHRAN: Nuclear experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold talks today in Tehran to try and resolve outstanding issues regarding...

  DUBAI: Tehran has released an Iranian journalist on bail after more than two months held without charge, but her husband, a dual nationality...

Islamabad:  A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) official was suspended for allowing 10 Afghan nationals with fake documents to board a flight from Islamabad...

Islamabad: A man in Pakistan’s Punjab province set his wife on fire on Sunday for refusing to transfer her plot of land in...

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari yesterday said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan should learn politics from the Bhutto...

Pro-democracy protesters remain on an occupied road outside Hong Kong government offices yesterday. HONG KONG:  Exhausted Hong Kong demonstrators debated the next step...

Muslims attend Eid Al Adha prayer at the National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday.

Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej BANGKOK:  Thailand’s revered 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej has had his gall bladder removed, the palace said yesterday, two days...

SEOUL:  South Korea yesterday warned against raised expectations of a major breakthrough in relations with North Korea, saying Pyongyang had some way to...

TOKYO:  Strong typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan yesterday, packing gusting winds and huge waves that swept three US military officials out to sea...

KUALA LUMPUR:  The commander of a Malaysian gunboat that went missing a day ago has confirmed the safety of all seven crew on...

BUSAN:  A controversial film on South Korea’s devastating Sewol ferry disaster premiered at the Busan film festival yesterday, after weeks of protest and...

People watch a live projection of the result from the Brazilian general election at a parking space of the Arena da Floresta in...

Prakash Dewani (second left), father of Shrien Dewani, and brother Preyen Dewani (right) arrive with family members and the legal team at the...