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New strains between West and Arab allies 27 Aug 2014 - 02:02 am

A damaged aeroplane on the tarmac at Tripoli international airport in the Libyan capital after fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition...

Nile River forum 27 Aug 2014 - 02:01 am

Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Hossam Maghazi (left), Sudan’s Water Resources and Electricity Minister Muattaz Musa Abdallah Salims (centre) and Ethiopian Water Minister Alemayehu...

UN rights body to hold meeting on IS abuses 27 Aug 2014 - 02:01 am

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session in Geneva on Monday on abuses being committed by Islamic State and...

Iran, Saudi discuss terrorism in Jeddah meeting 27 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

JEDDAH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal discussed yesterday regional developments and the fight against Islamic State jihadists with a senior Iranian...

Washington to give Tunisia military aid to battle Islamists 27 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

TUNIS: The United States will give Tunisia $60m worth of military aid to help it fight Islamist militants who are threatening the country’s...

Saudi arrests eight suspected jihadist recruiters 27 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

RIYADH: Saudi police have arrested eight people in the northwest suspected of recruiting young people to join the Islamic State jihadist group in...

Putin, Poroshenko in one-on-one talks 27 Aug 2014 - 01:57 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. MINSK: The leaders...

EU debates steps to curb migrant surge 27 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

A migrant holds a child before getting off a coast guard ship at the Sicilian harbour of Augusta yesterday. ROME: Italy’s navy said...

Liberia president fires absentee ministers over Ebola crisis 27 Aug 2014 - 01:56 am

Nurses wearing protective suits escort a man infected with the Ebola virus to a hospital in Monrovia. MONROVIA: Liberia’s leader has sacked ministers...

Mexican floods 27 Aug 2014 - 01:55 am

Waves crash into the port of Mazatlan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa yesterday. Floods and mudslides caused by Hurricane Marie damaged roads...

London Mayor Boris Johnson to stand for parliament 27 Aug 2014 - 01:54 am

London Mayor Boris Johnson LONDON: London Mayor Boris Johnson, will bid to become a member of parliament in west London at next year’s...

Two dead, 12 injured in Argentina shop blast 27 Aug 2014 - 01:54 am

Firefighters work after a Chinese-owned grocery store exploded and collapsed in Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday. BUENOS AIRES: At least two...

Hollande ally is new economy minister 27 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

PARIS: Francois Hollande yesterday installed a former banker and ally as economy minister in an emergency reshuffle seen as the “last chance” to...

Boko Haram takes over new Nigeria town 27 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram yesterday attempted to blow up a bridge on the Nigerian border with Cameroon after overrunning a town and sending...

Several corpses found floating in Rwanda lake 27 Aug 2014 - 01:52 am

BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Fishermen in Burundi have found several corpses with limbs bound or stuffed in sacks, floating in a lake bordering Rwanda, government...

UK police in appeal to block aspiring terrorists 27 Aug 2014 - 01:50 am

LONDON: British police yesterday urged people to identify “aspiring terrorists” among their family members, friends and neighbours after the killing of US journalist...

Protests resume in Missouri over shooting death 27 Aug 2014 - 01:50 am

ST LOUIS: More than 100 demonstrators marched in St Louis yesterday demanding the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead an...

Probe reveals 1,400 kids abused in British town 27 Aug 2014 - 01:50 am

LONDON: An inquiry revealed yesterday some 1,400 minors were sexually abused in the British town of Rotherham over a 16-year period and blamed...