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Gaza faces years of misery: UN 19 Aug 2014 - 01:30 am

A Palestinian boy walks past the destroyed and deserted terminal of the Gaza Strip’s former international airport in Rafah yesterday. GAZA: Unless negotiations...

Yemeni Houthis protest against fuel reform 19 Aug 2014 - 01:29 am

Yemeni supporters of the Shia Houthi group march during a demonstration against the government and against a petrol tax increase in Sana’a yesterday....

Fugitive Iraqi V-P urges role for Saddam loyalists 19 Aug 2014 - 01:28 am

IST Peshmerga fighters guard a position on the frontline of fighting with Islamic State militants, near Mosul, yesterday. ANBUL: Former dictator Saddam Hussein’s...

Army razes Hebron homes of suspected teen kidnappers 19 Aug 2014 - 01:27 am

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said yesterday that it had destroyed the homes of two of three Palestinians suspected of involvement in the kidnapping...

Sultan Qaboos in Germany for medical tests 19 Aug 2014 - 01:27 am

MUSCAT: Oman’s 73-year-old ruler H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said is in Germany where he has undergone medical tests but is in good...

Kuwait briefly detains cleric 19 Aug 2014 - 01:26 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait briefly detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric less than two weeks after the United States included him on a sanctions list...

Saudi prince robbed at gunpoint in Paris 19 Aug 2014 - 01:23 am

PARIS: French detectives are investigating whether a group of heavily armed gunmen who attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying a Saudi prince and...

US sanctions senior IS member 19 Aug 2014 - 01:22 am

WASHINGTON: The US State Department banned a senior member of the Islamic State (IS) yesterday as the United States sharply intensified its new...

Iran won’t sign nuclear deal ‘at any price’ 19 Aug 2014 - 01:22 am

TEHRAN: Iran is committed to securing a nuclear agreement with world powers but will not sign one “at any price”, its negotiators said...

Egypt policeman killed in attack 19 Aug 2014 - 01:22 am

CAIRO: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded in northern Egypt yesterday when gunmen in a parked car fired at patrolling officers,...

Spying: Turkey summons German envoy 19 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

ANKARA: Turkey has summoned the German ambassador to demand a “formal and satisfactory explanation” following reports that the country was spied on by...

Libyan general claims air strikes on Tripoli 19 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: Renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s air force was responsible for strikes on Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli yesterday, one of his commanders said, after...

Strong quake hits west Iran, 250 injured 19 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

TEHRAN: A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Ilam in western Iran yesterday, injuring at least 250 people and causing extensive...

Liberia hunts for Ebola patients who fled clinic 19 Aug 2014 - 01:21 am

A boy stands near posters displaying a government message against Ebola at Duwala market in Monrovia yesterday. MONROVIA/GENEVA: Liberia struggled yesterday to track...

Dozens of fleeing civilians killed: Ukraine 19 Aug 2014 - 01:19 am

Residents salvage their belongings from a damaged block of flats after Ukrainian army shelling in Khartsyzk, 24km from Donetsk, yesterday. DONETSK, Ukraine: Ukraine...

Autopsy says teenager was shot six times 19 Aug 2014 - 01:16 am

An officer advises demonstrators protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown that they can’t stop walking as they make their voices heard yesterday...

Scottish history 19 Aug 2014 - 01:16 am

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond (left) speaks with Historic Scotland employee Douglas Wilson during a visit to Arbroath Abbey, in Arbroath, Scotland, yesterday....

Zimbabwe police beat up opposition activists 19 Aug 2014 - 01:13 am

HARARE: Zimbabwe police beat up and arrested opposition activists and a journalist during a rally yesterday, witnesses said, as regional leaders met for...