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Hamas executes 18 collaborators 23 Aug 2014 - 01:25 am

Palestinian men walking under a toppled minaret of a mosque in Gaza City yesterday, which was almost completely destroyed in an Israeli air...

Iraqi Shia militia kills 70 in mosque shooting 23 Aug 2014 - 01:24 am

Helpers load an Antonov AN-124 freight plane with relief supplies for people in Northern Iraq, at the Leipzig/Halle airport in Schkeuditz, eastern Germany,...

Bus collision kills 33 23 Aug 2014 - 01:24 am

The wreckage of a bus after it collided with another bus near the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al Sheikh in Egypt yesterday....

Cooling off 23 Aug 2014 - 01:23 am

Turkish people enjoy a sunny day near the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul yesterday. According to weather reports, temperatures will remain around 33 degrees...

Iran to send aid to Gaza via Egypt: Report 23 Aug 2014 - 01:22 am

TEHRAN: Iran plans to send aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip after Egypt said it would allow the shipment to enter the Palestinian...

400 illegal migrants held in Saudi 23 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

rIYADH: Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested at least 400 mostly African illegal migrants south of the capital Riyadh, local media reported yesterday....

Yemeni Shias stage mass demo as crisis talks held 23 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

SANA’A: Tens of thousands of supporters of Yemen’s Shia rebels rallied yesterday in Sana’a pressing the government to quit as a presidential team...

Britain won’t work with Assad to combat IS militants 23 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

LONDON: Britain will not work with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to combat Islamic State (IS) fighters in the country and his permission...

170 migrants feared lost at sea off Libya 23 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

TRIPOLI: A Libyan coastguard official said on Friday a boat carrying 170 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was feared lost at sea off...

US sanctions on Qaeda-linked duo 23 Aug 2014 - 01:20 am

WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on two Islamic extremists it accuses of ties to Al Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front, alleging...

Russia launches direct invasion: Kiev 23 Aug 2014 - 01:17 am

A resident holds a Russian national flag as lorries, part of a Russian humanitarian convoy cross the Ukrainian border at the Izvarino custom...

US poll shows racial divisions amid Ferguson violence 23 Aug 2014 - 01:16 am

WASHINGTON: Black and white Americans have sharply divided opinions over the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer...

Foley’s parents call for prayer after meeting Pope 23 Aug 2014 - 01:15 am

ROME/WASHINGTON: The parents of James Foley, the American journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq, yesterday called for prayer and support to...

WHO warns of Ebola ‘shadow zones’ 23 Aug 2014 - 01:15 am

GENEVA: The scale of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak has been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the...

Europe launches two navigation satellites 23 Aug 2014 - 01:15 am

PARIS: Two satellites for Europe’s rival to GPS were lifted into space yesterday to boost the Galileo constellation to six orbiters of a...

One dead in shooting at Swiss mosque 23 Aug 2014 - 01:15 am

ZURICH: A man has been found dead in the prayer room of a mosque in St Gallen, Switzerland, following a shooting, Swiss police...

Islamist militants on rise in Austria: Government 23 Aug 2014 - 01:14 am

VIENNA: Authorities suspect around 130 people resident in Austria — most of them foreign nationals — have allied themselves with Islamist militants fighting...

Malaysia lays MH17 dead to rest 23 Aug 2014 - 01:07 am

Asmaa Aljuned, holding her nine-month-old son Abderrahman, throws dirt into the grave of her husband yesterday as Malaysia observed a day of mourning...