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Chrysler to recall 792,300 SUVs for ignition problem 23 Jul 2014 - 08:37 am

WASHINGTON: Chrysler on Tuesday said it would recall up to 792,300 sport utility vehicles to fix an ignition-switch problem, the same part involved...

WARS SELFIE MIDEAST UKRAINE 23 Jul 2014 - 06:16 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: SAMUCA Source: Diario de Pernambuco - Recife, Brazil Keywords: COLOR DEATH WARS SELFIE MIDEAST UKRAINE ISRAEL GAZA PHOTO WAR 072114...

Turkey arrests 100 top policemen in wire-tapping probe 23 Jul 2014 - 06:12 am

Former vice president of the Financial Crime department of the Istanbul police, Kazim Aksoy (centre), detained as part of a criminal probe over...

No safe place for civilians in Gaza, UN says 23 Jul 2014 - 06:11 am

Israeli soldiers spray gas at the exit of a tunnel which was used the day before by Hamas to infiltrate Israeli lines, near...

Israel pounds Gaza despite peace efforts 23 Jul 2014 - 06:10 am

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip yesterday, saying no ceasefire was near as top US and United Nations diplomats pursued talks...

Palestinians plead for UN action to stop Gaza carnage 23 Jul 2014 - 06:09 am

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stage a rally outside the Israeli embassy in London yesterday. UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations held up...

Israel deserves Nobel Prize for ‘restraint’: Envoy 23 Jul 2014 - 06:08 am

WASHINGTON: Israeli soldiers should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for the “unimaginable restraint” they are showing in fighting Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to...

Empowering women: What the media can do 23 Jul 2014 - 06:08 am

By Dr Mohamed Kirat Mahatma Gandhi once said, “if you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman...

Girl Summit 2014 23 Jul 2014 - 06:06 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron meets campaigners and activists at the ‘Girl Summit 2014’ in the Walworth Academy, London, Britain, yesterday. During the...

EU moves to punish Russia over MH17 crash 23 Jul 2014 - 06:06 am

KHARKIV, Ukraine: Dutch experts yesterday prepared to fly out bodies recovered from downed Malaysian flight MH17, as Europe moved to punish Russia for...

Protest against sale of warships to Russia 23 Jul 2014 - 06:05 am

People hold signs and Ukrainian national flag during a rally in front of the French embassy in Kiev over the possible sale of...

Britain does U-turn on spy murder 23 Jul 2014 - 06:03 am

LONDON: Britain announced yesterday it would hold a public inquiry into the death of a former Russian spy who accused Russian President Vladimir...

Director of Mexican children’s shelter skirts prosecution 23 Jul 2014 - 06:03 am

MEXICO CITY: The elderly director of a Mexican shelter where children were allegedly routinely abused is to escape prosecution, after doctors said she...

Mexico senate approves oil and gas reform legislation 23 Jul 2014 - 06:03 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s Senate has approved legislation to implement historic constitutional reform that would open the country’s oil and gas industry to foreign...

Spain reports record visitors in first half 23 Jul 2014 - 06:02 am

MADRID: A record 28 million foreign tourists flocked to Spain during the first half of the year, with British and German holidaymakers leading...

US, Germany to discuss intelligence dispute 23 Jul 2014 - 06:01 am

WASHINGTON: The United States and Germany yesterday set up a procedure to address disputes over intelligence-gathering that have soured relations between the two...

Bahraini oppn challenges suspension 23 Jul 2014 - 06:01 am

MANAMA: Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group has launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to suspend its activities, the group said yesterday....

Erdogan admits strains with Obama 23 Jul 2014 - 06:00 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged his relations with US President Barack Obama have soured, saying he had been disappointed...