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Gazans emerge hopeful from debris of war 28 Aug 2014 - 01:58 am

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah waves to supporters during a rally in central Gaza City yesterday. GAZA CITY: Shopkeepers reopened and fishermen put out...

Shias protest in Sana’a 28 Aug 2014 - 01:58 am

Supporters of Shia Houthi movement take part in an anti-government protest in the Yemeni capital Sana’a yesterday. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi urged rebel...

AK party crowns Davutoglu as premier 28 Aug 2014 - 01:57 am

From Left: Emine Erdogan, Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister-elect Ahmet Davutoglu and wife Sare Davutoglu during the ruling AK Party Congress...

Gaza ceasefire splits Israel govt 28 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

JERUSALEM: A truce deal between Israel and Hamas may have ended 50 days of bloodshed in Gaza but it also exposed a clear...

Assad appoints a new cabinet 28 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, who has been fighting rebels for the last three years and been isolated by much of the...

No breakthrough in Iran nuclear probe 28 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

VIENNA: Iran may have failed to meet a deadline for addressing UN concerns about suspected nuclear bomb research, but it could still act...

Libya warns UN of possible slide into civil war 28 Aug 2014 - 01:55 am

UNITED NATIONS: Libya warned the UN Security Council yesterday that the chaotic North African state could descend into full-scale civil war if heavily...

Call Islamic State QSIS: Egyptian Mufti 28 Aug 2014 - 01:55 am

cairo: Some call it ISIS. Others say it’s ISIL. The group itself prefers Islamic State, or IS. And in the Middle East, its...

Mother urges IS to free Sotloff 28 Aug 2014 - 01:53 am

An image grab from Al Arabiya shows Shirley Sotloff, the mother of US hostage Steven Sotloff, pleading for her son’s life. BOSTON: The...

Ebola zone countries isolated as more airlines stop flights 28 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

FREETOWN: The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left increasingly isolated yesterday as more airlines suspended flights...

Rebels seize ground in Ukraine 28 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

STAROBESHEVE: Rebels in east Ukraine appeared yesterday to have seized swathes of territory from government forces who abandoned vehicles and ammunition as they...

IMF chief under investigation 28 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud affair dating...

Nine-year-old kills shooting instructor 28 Aug 2014 - 01:51 am

WASHINGTON: A nine-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun was unable to control the weapon, accidentally killing her instructor, news reports...

Child abuse victims in UK town claim compensation 28 Aug 2014 - 01:51 am

LONDON: A string of child abuse victims in a northern English town have launched claims for compensation, lawyers said yesterday, as outrage grew...

FERGUSON DROP OFF POLICE MITARIZED RACISM MISSOURI 28 Aug 2014 - 01:49 am

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: GABLE Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto, Canada Keywords: COLOR FERGUSON DROP OFF POLICE MITARIZED RACISM MISSOURI 082614 Provider:...

Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq 28 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

Thanks to Allah and sit-ins by purebred Arab tribes in Anbar, Saladin, Nineveh, Diyala and other parts of Iraq, Nouri AlMaliki got ousted....

The crisis between brothers comes to an end 28 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

The most important thing in the emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of GCC countries in Jeddah last Wednesday is what some people...

Loans for summer vacations unnecessary 28 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

In the summer, people of all age groups go for holidays abroad either alone or with families. Youths find great joy in travelling...