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Hardline Myanmar monk to battle ‘jihad threat’ 29 Sep 2014 - 02:39 am

COLOMBO: A controversial Buddhist cleric from Myanmar announced yesterday he is linking up with hardline monks in Sri Lanka, alleging that their religion...

Philippine rebels start difficult disarming process 29 Sep 2014 - 02:38 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The difficult process of disarming Philippine Muslim rebels after a decades-long insurgency has started, negotiators said yesterday, with the decommissioning of...

SCOTLAND INDEPENDENCE LOCH NESS 29 Sep 2014 - 02:33 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: LEAHY Source: The Courier Mail - Brisbane, Australia Keywords: COLOR SCOTLAND INDEPENDENCE LOCH NESS BRITAIN 092614 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Yemenis protest against Houthis in capital 29 Sep 2014 - 02:28 am

A Yemeni activist holds an anti-Houthi banner during a rally in Sana’a. SANA’A: Hundreds of Yemenis took to the streets here yesterday to...

Turkey ‘cannot stay out’ of anti-IS fight, says Erdogan 29 Sep 2014 - 02:27 am

Turkish military forces of the Jandarma (Police Force) block the access to the Mursitpinar crossing gate near the Syrian border, as Syrian Kurdish...

Harvesting dates 29 Sep 2014 - 02:26 am

A Palestinian farmer harvests dates from a palm tree in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday.

US-led air raids hit makeshift oil refineries 29 Sep 2014 - 02:24 am

BEIRUT/ISTANBUL: Air strikes believed to have been carried out by US-led forces hit three makeshift oil refineries in Syria’s Raqqa province early yesterday...

US-led air raids hit makeshift oil refineries 29 Sep 2014 - 02:24 am

BEIRUT/ISTANBUL: Air strikes believed to have been carried out by US-led forces hit three makeshift oil refineries in Syria’s Raqqa province early yesterday...

Khorasan leader ‘killed’ by US strike in Syria 29 Sep 2014 - 02:24 am

DUBAI: A Twitter account run by an Al Qaeda member said the leader of the Al Qaeda-linked Khorasan group was killed in a...

Libyan PM takes oath after House okays new cabinet 29 Sep 2014 - 02:23 am

TOBRUK: Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni and his cabinet took the oath of office yesterday after lawmakers approved the lineup, but will...

OIC lobbying Palestinians to join Rome Treaty 29 Sep 2014 - 02:23 am

UNITED NATIONS: The world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries has been lobbying the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court so it can...

Jazeera’s Beirut office stormed 29 Sep 2014 - 02:21 am

BEIRUT: Lebanese army supporters protested outside and then stormed the Beirut offices of Qatar-owned satellite channel Al Jazeera yesterday, after a journalist published...

Egypt acquits 112 on appeal over protest law 29 Sep 2014 - 02:19 am

CAIRO: An appeals court in Egypt yesterday acquitted 112 people convicted of holding an illegal protest on the third anniversary of the 2011...

Turkey bans tattoos in schools 29 Sep 2014 - 02:19 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has banned pupils from wearing tattoos or body piercings in schools, a measure denounced by opponents as oppressive and...

Leadership woes overshadow Labour prospects 29 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

Attendees look on as former Foreign Secretary William Hague delivers his last conference speech before retiring as a Member of Parliament on day...

Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines 29 Sep 2014 - 01:10 am

A man carries disinfected boots of medical staff members taking care of patients suffering from Ebola, at the French medical NGO Medecins Sans...

‘Monster truck’ kills 3 at Dutch show 29 Sep 2014 - 01:09 am

A monster truck in action during a stunt show in Haaksbergen, The Netherlands, yesterday. During the show, the truck drove into the audience...

Swiss reject switch to state health insurance 29 Sep 2014 - 01:07 am

GENEVA: Swiss voters yesterday rejected a plan for a seismic shift from the country’s all-private health insurance system to a state-run scheme. Referendum...