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British singer Adele wins damages 24 Jul 2014 - 07:58 am

LONDON: British singer Adele has accepted a five-figure sum in damages on behalf of her two-year-old son from a paparazzi agency that took...

Suicide bombs kill 82 in Nigeria 24 Jul 2014 - 07:57 am

Military officers walk past the remains of a car after an explosion, yesterday, in Kaduna, north of Nigeria. A second blast today in...

Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands 24 Jul 2014 - 07:56 am

A procession of hearses carrying the bodies of victims in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, depart after a ceremony at Eindhoven Airbase,...

Merkel pledges to protect Jews against attacks 24 Jul 2014 - 07:55 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured) pledged the country’s Jewish community yesterday her unwavering support as she condemned anti-Semitic slurs and threats at...

Italy’s cruise ship wreck begins final voyage 24 Jul 2014 - 07:54 am

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy: Italy’s once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage yesterday, as tug boats began towing it from island...

France starts tackling immigration reforms 24 Jul 2014 - 07:53 am

PARIS: Two bills that aim to tackle France’s saturated, inefficient asylum system and reform stringent immigration rules are already attracting controversy before they...

Three more Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza 24 Jul 2014 - 07:53 am

The damaged area in Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood, during an Israeli military operation in the east Gaza City yesterday. TEL AVIV: Washington’s top diplomat...

Oxfam warns food and water running perilously low in Gaza 24 Jul 2014 - 07:52 am

LONDON: Thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes but have nowhere safe to shelter from Israeli airstrikes, charity Oxfam said yesterday, warning supplies...

UN rights body launches probe into Israel’s Gaza carnage 24 Jul 2014 - 07:49 am

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council yesterday launched a probe into the Gaza offensive, backing calls by the Palestinians to hold Israel to...

World airlines shun Israel for second day 24 Jul 2014 - 07:49 am

WASHINGTON: Major airlines shunned Israel for a second day yesterday amid fears that rocket fire from Gaza could endanger flights into Tel Aviv’s...

Hamas tactics inflict high casualties on Israelis 24 Jul 2014 - 07:47 am

GAZA: Using tunnels, mines, booby traps and snipers, Hamas fighters have inflicted record casualties on Israeli troops waging an offensive in the Gaza...

Libya power handover agreed as airport battle rages on 24 Jul 2014 - 07:46 am

TRIPOLI: The General National Congress, which has governed violence-wracked Libya since dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow, said yesterday it will hand over legislative power...

Cremation ground on banks of river Ganges 24 Jul 2014 - 07:45 am

People watch as pyres burn at a cremation ground on the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, in the northern state of Uttar...

Encephalitis outbreak kills more than 150 24 Jul 2014 - 07:44 am

A patient (left) receives an injection while being treated for Japanese encephalitis at the North Bengal Medical College Hospital (NBMCH) on the outskirts...

‘Force-feeding’ sparks outrage 24 Jul 2014 - 07:42 am

NEW DELHI: Parliament erupted in anger yesterday after television footage showed a hardline Hindu nationalist lawmaker apparently trying to force-feed a Muslim man...

Footage of tutor beating child creates uproar 24 Jul 2014 - 07:42 am

Kolkata: A shocking video footage of a private tutor mercilessly beating a three-and-a-half-year-old child here sparked outrage across the country yesterday. The clippings...

Congress moves SC over foreign funding 24 Jul 2014 - 07:41 am

New Delhi: The Congress yesterday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court verdict that held it and the BJP guilty of...

Bombay HC upholds conviction of Pune rogue driver 24 Jul 2014 - 07:41 am

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court yesterday upheld the conviction of Santosh Mane, a state transport corporation driver who had mowed down nine pedestrians...