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Aid flows into Gaza after truce 29 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

GAZA CITY: Vital humanitarian aid was arriving in Gaza yesterday as residents began rebuilding their lives following a devastating 50-day war between Israel...

Body of missing US student found 29 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

TEL AVIV: A body found in a Jerusalem-area forest is that of missing American Aaron Sofer, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said yesterday....

Over 600,000 Saudis eligible for housing aid 29 Aug 2014 - 01:59 am

RIYADH: More than 600,000 Saudi Arabian families have been found eligible for housing aid under a new scheme designed to ease a shortage...

SYRIA IRAQ BUCKET CHALLENGE MIDEAST ISIS MIDDLE EAST FIRE 29 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

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Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, says Kiev 29 Aug 2014 - 01:50 am

A Pro-Russian separatist walks past a destroyed tank at Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of Donetsk, yesterday. KIEV: Ukraine’s president yesterday...

Standing tall 29 Aug 2014 - 01:49 am

Members of an association named “chancada” arrive in front of the Aquitaine Museum at Cours Pasteur in Bordeaux after crossing southwest France from...

Cameron in Scotland to talk against split 29 Aug 2014 - 01:49 am

The Scottish and British flags fly outside the Scottish Office in central London yesterday. GLASGOW: British Prime Minister David Cameron travelled to Scotland...

Licensed by US judge, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt marry in France 29 Aug 2014 - 01:48 am

A file picture from June 2, 2013 shows US actors Brad Pitt (right) and Angelina Jolie attending the world premiere of ‘World War...

Protesting deportation 29 Aug 2014 - 01:47 am

Anti-deportation protesters shout slogans in front of the White House in Washington yesterday. The protest, organised by CASA, a non-profit organisation assisting immigrants,...

Polish PM favourite for top EU job 29 Aug 2014 - 01:45 am

BRUSSELS/PARIS: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has emerged as clear favourite for the key post of president of the European Council when EU...

Ebola-hit countries meet for crisis talks 29 Aug 2014 - 01:45 am

ACCRA: Ebola-hit nations met for crisis talks yesterday as the death toll topped 1,500 and the World Health Organisation warned that the number...

German flyers face disruption from pilots’ strike 29 Aug 2014 - 01:44 am

FRANKFURT: Thousands of air passengers in Germany face delays and cancellations ahead of the weekend as wage talks between pilots and Lufthansa’s low-cost...

Boko Haram camp in Nigeria shelled 29 Aug 2014 - 01:43 am

YAOUNDE: Cameroon’s army has attacked the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, shelling one of their camps across the border and killing “many” fighters,...

Alleged ‘jihad recruiters’ held 29 Aug 2014 - 01:43 am

THE HAGUE: Police in the Netherlands and Germany have arrested two men for allegedly recruiting jihadi fighters to go to Iraq and Syria,...

Tory MP joins anti-euro party 29 Aug 2014 - 01:42 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a heavy blow yesterday when one of his lawmakers, Douglas Carswell, announced he was leaving the...

Obama’s pal heads to North Korea 29 Aug 2014 - 01:41 am

SEOUL: American rapper Pras Michel, who topped the charts in the 1990s with his band the ‘Fugees’, and is a friend of President...

Malaysia, Australia to share plane search cost 29 Aug 2014 - 01:39 am

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss (right) and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai sign the MoU in relation to the search for...

Sereno refuses comment on Aquino criticism 29 Aug 2014 - 01:38 am

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno speaks to media during a press conference in Manila yesterday. MANILA: Maria Lourdes Sereno faced the media yesterday...