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All-woman ambulance service likely 15 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

DOHA: An all-female ambulance service could soon be a reality in Qatar where there are frequent requests for it. A trainer in Hamad...

Anti-euro party extends gains in two eastern Germany states 15 Sep 2014 - 01:05 am

Bernd Lucke (right), leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), celebrates after the results of the exit polls are announced on TV...

Support for Hillary 15 Sep 2014 - 01:04 am

A supporter of former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has her picture taken with a cardboard cutout of Clinton at 37th Harkin...

Rivals race for support in Scotland vote 15 Sep 2014 - 01:02 am

EDINBURGH: Campaigners for and against Scottish independence raced to win over undecided voters ahead of Thursday’s historic referendum, as religious leaders prayed for...

Heavy fighting erupts in Ukraine 15 Sep 2014 - 01:02 am

DONETSK: Heavy fighting erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine yesterday, piling further pressure on a precarious nine-day-old truce between...

Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola 15 Sep 2014 - 01:01 am

FREETOWN: A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died yesterday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, a top health official said, while a...

Pope breaks taboo by marrying couples who lived ‘in sin’ 15 Sep 2014 - 01:01 am

VATICAN CITY: A single mother, people who have been married before and couples who have been living together “in sin” were married by...

Social Democrats set to reclaim power in Sweden 15 Sep 2014 - 01:00 am

STOCKHOLM: A left-leaning coalition led by Sweden’s opposition Social Democrats seemed headed for victory in the general election yesterday, with an exit poll...

UK vows to hunt down ‘evil’ killers of Haines 15 Sep 2014 - 12:59 am

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State (IS) and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group shows...

Shelling kills 19 as Syria Kurds battle jihadists 15 Sep 2014 - 12:57 am

Students stand inside the United Nations school at Gaza City on the first day of the new school year yesterday. RIGHT: Students sit...

Allawi endorses Abadi, says will help win over Sunnis 15 Sep 2014 - 12:54 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Vice President Iyad Allawi endorsed Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi yesterday, a move that will be seen as a step towards...

Veterans of elite Israeli intelligence hit back over refuseniks’ letter 15 Sep 2014 - 12:53 am

JERUSALEM: Scores of veterans of elite Israeli intelligence unit 8200 rallied to its defence yesterday after 43 comrades said they would no longer...

Anti-IS coalition gains strength: US 15 Sep 2014 - 12:53 am

ISIS fighters display a missile in Syria during a parade this summer. The White House and Pentagon both said Friday that the U.S....

Australia to deploy 600 troops to UAE 15 Sep 2014 - 12:52 am

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yesterday that Australia would deploy 600 troops to the United Arab Emirates to join the US-led international...

France says 930 citizens or residents involved ‘in jihad’ 15 Sep 2014 - 12:51 am

PARIS: Around 930 French citizens or residents, including at least 60 women, are either actively engaged in jihad in Iraq and Syria or...

Islamic State recruiting female jihadists from US 15 Sep 2014 - 12:50 am

MINNEAPOLIS: US law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as US President Barack Obama...

Fresh rains hit rescue bid in flooded Kashmir 15 Sep 2014 - 12:50 am

An aerial view showing the flooded outskirts of Srinagar yesterday. About 150,000 people were still stranded in their homes a week after Indian...

Fun in the mud 15 Sep 2014 - 12:49 am

Youth participate in the Mudrun on the outskirts of Hyderabad yesterday. The two kilometre-run, untimed and with no winners, crossed over muddy obstacles...