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White House says training Syrian rebels to take months 20 Sep 2014 - 12:57 am

WASHINGTON: Training and equipping moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State extremists will take months, the White House warned yesterday a day after...

UN Security Council backs Iraq in confronting IS 20 Sep 2014 - 12:57 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council yesterday expressed support for Iraq’s new government as it confronts Islamist fighters. The 15-member council adopted a...

Arab Bank never backed Hamas, US jury told 20 Sep 2014 - 12:56 am

New York: Arab Bank Plc never provided material support for the Palestinian group Hamas, a lawyer for the bank told jurors yesterday during...

Iran moving to comply with extended N-deal: IAEA 20 Sep 2014 - 12:56 am

Vienna: Iran is taking further action to comply with the terms of an extended interim agreement with six world powers over its disputed...

Scottish vote ‘reunites kingdom’ 20 Sep 2014 - 12:51 am

Pro-Union supporters celebrate as Scottish referendum polling results are announced at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh yesterday. EDINBURGH: Scotland rejected independence yesterday...

Catalonia calls independence vote 20 Sep 2014 - 12:49 am

Dejected ‘Yes’ supporters at the Royal Highland centre following their loss to the ‘No’ campaign in Edinburgh. BARCELONA: The leader of Spain’s Catalonia...

Brown emerges as unlikely saviour of United Kingdom 20 Sep 2014 - 12:47 am

LONDON: The man credited with swinging Scotland’s independence referendum and saving Prime Minister David Cameron’s job is ironically his predecessor, Gordon Brown, who...

Prime minister vows to devolve more powers 20 Sep 2014 - 12:46 am

LONDON: Scotland’s “No” to independence may have saved British Prime Minister David Cameron his job, but sweeping pledges of a constitutional shake-up could...

Queen urges unity after referendum 20 Sep 2014 - 12:46 am

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II urged her subjects in the United Kingdom yesterday to come together “in a spirit of mutual respect and support”...

Egyptian pleads guilty in US embassy bombing case 20 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

NEW YORK: An Egyptian man pleaded guilty in New York yesterday to charges stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in...

Man kills daughter, six grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide 20 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

TAMPA: A 51-year-old Florida man shot dead his daughter and six grandchildren in his home before killing himself on Thursday, authorities said. Don...

China troops withdraw as Xi visit ends 20 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) with Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi yesterday. NEW DELHI: Chinese troops have begun pulling back from...

Aftermath of floods 20 Sep 2014 - 12:44 am

Debris lying in the street as a woman walks on the muddy road in a flood-affected area in Srinagar yesterday. Chief Minister Omar...

Gang rape: Five jailed for 20 years 20 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

Kolkata: A West Bengal court yesterday sentenced five people convicted of gang raping a girl twice in North 24-Parganas district of the state...

Muslims will live and die for India: Modi 20 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

News Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that Indian Muslims will not respond to Al Qaeda’s exhortations, and will live and die...

Child dies after doctor operated with kitchen knife 20 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

Patna: A child died after an unqualified doctor operated on her with a kitchen knife in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said yesterday. “We...

25 years of BJP-Sena ties on verge of collapse 20 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

Mumbai: The 25-year-old alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena was on the verge of collapse yesterday with both parties adopting a...

TV newsreader fired over ‘Eleven Jinping’ blunder 20 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

NEW DELHI: Pronouncing foreign leaders’ names is a headache for newsreaders the world over but yesterday it proved the downfall of one Indian...