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Abbas may end unity with Hamas over Gaza 08 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to break off a unity agreement with Hamas if the Islamist movement does not allow the...

Israeli foreign minister doubts Gaza truce can last 08 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday he doubted the current Gaza ceasefire would hold over the long term and that disarming...

Grace Mugabe poised for power in Zimbabwe 08 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

A file picture of Grace Mugabe at a Zanu-PF meeting. Harare: Even as he received red carpet treatment in Beijing last month, lauded...

Fighting rattles Ukraine truce 08 Sep 2014 - 01:28 am

Ukrainian army soldiers check a burnt army truck after an overnight bombing attack, at a Ukrainian army checkpoint on the outskirts Mariupol yesterday....

UK offers Scots greater powers; Yes camp leads 08 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

Members of the group ‘English Scots for YES’ hold a tea-party near Berwick-upon-Tweed on the border between England and Scotland yesterday. The members,...

Unity rally 08 Sep 2014 - 01:26 am

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against the actions of Islamic State in Iraq outside Downing Street in central London yesterday. The unity...

Far-right at ‘gates of power’ in France: PM 08 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

BOLOGNA: The far-right National Front is at the “gates of power” in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said yesterday in a stark assessment...

Prague cancer centre set to receive Ashya King 08 Sep 2014 - 01:19 am

PRAGUE: A Czech centre due to provide five-year-old Ashya King with the medical treatment his family has desperately sought since it was refused...

Germany’s divisive road toll plan flawed: Report 08 Sep 2014 - 01:18 am

BERLIN: A plan to introduce toll roads in Germany aimed mainly at foreigners, which has already divided the ruling coalition, is flawed and...

Four-day Ebola lockdown could spread virus: Aid agencies 08 Sep 2014 - 01:18 am

FREETOWN: A four-day nationwide lockdown announced by the Sierra Leone government in a bid to contain Ebola outbreak could instead exacerbate the spread...

Ten dead in Colombia plane crash 08 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

BOGOTA: All 10 people on board a Colombian plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle were confirmed dead yesterday, rescuers said. Rescue team...

Condition of US doctor with Ebola ‘improving’ 08 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

WASHINGTON: An American doctor who caught the Ebola virus while working in a Liberian maternity ward is showing signs of improvement, relatives said....

Petrobras scandal shakes up Brazil presidential race 08 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s October presidential race has been shaken up by a corruption scandal allegedly involving state-run oil firm Petrobras and dozens...

396,552 pending cases at US immigration courts 08 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

WASHINGTON: The backlog of pending deportation cases in US immigration courts has risen to nearly 400,000 amid a crush of tens of thousands...

SCOTLAND INDEPENDENCE BRITAIN RECORD BULLDOG 08 Sep 2014 - 01:15 am

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NATO RAPID RESPONSE UNIT RUSSIA UKRAINE COLD WAR 08 Sep 2014 - 01:14 am

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Modi pledges Rs11bn for flood-hit J&K 08 Sep 2014 - 01:04 am

Kashmiri residents walk along an embankment on the side of a bridge to escape floodwaters on the outskirts of Srinagar. SRINAGAR: The death...

Prayers and patience as families wait for rescue 08 Sep 2014 - 01:03 am

Distraught Kashmiri women after their home was destroyed by floods in Srinagar yesterday. SRINAGAR: Huddled with his elderly landlords on the top floor...