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Erdogan says Turkey could give military support 24 Sep 2014 - 01:11 am

Erdogan says Turkey could give military support ISTANBUL: Turkey could give military or logistical support to US-led air strikes against Islamic State insurgents...

Hezbollah opposes US-led action in Syria 24 Sep 2014 - 01:03 am

BEIRUT: The leader of Hezbollah said yesterday his Lebanese Shia group opposed US-led air strikes on Syria. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whose group has...

Erdogan says Turkey could give military support 24 Sep 2014 - 01:03 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey could give military or logistical support to US-led air strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was...

Israeli forces shoot dead 2 Palestinians 24 Sep 2014 - 01:02 am

HEBRON: Israeli troops yesterday killed two Palestinians in the West Bank suspected of the murders of three Jewish teenagers in June, which sparked...

Israel shoots down Syria warplane over Golan Heights 24 Sep 2014 - 01:01 am

JERUSALEM: Israel downed a Syrian warplane over the Golan Heights yesterday in the first such incident in three decades and warned it would...

Yemeni president warns of civil war 24 Sep 2014 - 01:00 am

SANA’A: President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned yesterday of “civil war” in Sunni-majority Yemen and vowed to restore state authority as Shia rebels in...

SCOTLAND REFERENDUM BOULDER LEAP CLIF BURDEN BRITAIN UK UNITED KINGDOM 24 Sep 2014 - 12:58 am

Caption Group: ViewsEurope Credit: KESHAV Source: The Hindu - New Delhi, India Keywords: COLOR SCOTLAND REFERENDUM BOULDER LEAP CLIF BURDEN BRITAIN UK UNITED...

Black Sea Fleet to get 80 warships 24 Sep 2014 - 12:55 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a welcoming ceremony as he inspects the Vice-Admiral Kulakov anti-submarine warfare ship in Novorossiysk, yesterday. NOVOROSSIYSK, Russia: Russia...

Obama urges global action on growing climate threat 24 Sep 2014 - 12:53 am

US President Barack Obama speaks during the Climate Summit 2014 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, yesterday. UNITED NATIONS: US President...

Ex-BBC DJ Travis convicted of assault 24 Sep 2014 - 12:51 am

Former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee Travis leaves Southwark Crown Court in London yesterday. LONDON: Dave Lee Travis, one of Britain’s best-known radio...

Pumpkin harvest 24 Sep 2014 - 12:50 am

A farmer Harald Wenske transports pumpkins near the Spreewald village of Lehde, Germany, yesterday. Autumn is pumpkin season.

Ukraine rebels announce November polls 24 Sep 2014 - 12:49 am

DONETSK, Ukraine: Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced yesterday they would stage their own elections in November, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev...

France vows not to give in to blackmail over Algeria hostage 24 Sep 2014 - 12:48 am

PARIS: President Francois Hollande vowed yesterday not to give in to jihadists who have threatened to kill a French hostage in Algeria, as...

Ebola cases to explode without drastic action: WHO 24 Sep 2014 - 12:48 am

GENEVA: The Ebola epidemic is set to explode unless the response is radically intensified, the WHO said yesterday, warning that hundreds of thousands...

‘Mere tolerance’ towards migrants not enough: Pope 24 Sep 2014 - 12:48 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday said “mere tolerance” toward migrants and asylum seekers is not enough and he called for a “globalisation of...

Adoption offers for shipwreck toddler 24 Sep 2014 - 12:47 am

ATHENS: Dozens of families have offered to adopt a Syrian toddler who survived the “mass murder” of a migrant shipwreck in which 500...

Rajoy scraps abortion reforms; Minister quits 24 Sep 2014 - 12:47 am

MADRID: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday scrapped proposed changes in the abortion law that would have made Spain one of the most difficult...

SpaceX cargo ship arrives at International Space Station 24 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

WASHINGTON: SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station yesterday with a cargo of supplies, including freeze-dried meals, 20 live lab...