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UNSC votes for MH17 crash probe 22 Jul 2014 - 07:43 am

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin (right) votes for a United Nations Security Council draft resolution demanding full access for investigators...

Gaza protest in Spain 22 Jul 2014 - 07:40 am

Protesters participate in a rally against Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Valencia, eastern Spain, yesterday.

Media venture creates press litigation fund 22 Jul 2014 - 07:39 am

WASHINGTON: The media venture created by entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar said yesterday it was establishing a fund to help defend journalists in cases involving...

Guilty verdict in first Boston bombing trial 22 Jul 2014 - 07:39 am

BOSTON: A US jury yesterday returned the first conviction over the 2013 Boston Marathon attacks, finding a friend of the prime suspect guilty...

French online forums overflow with hate over Israeli offensive 22 Jul 2014 - 07:37 am

PARIS: The deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza has let loose an unprecedented wave of hate on media websites and social networks in France...

UNITED NATIONS REPORTER GAZA MH17 SYRIA MIDEAST WARS SECURITY COUNCIL 22 Jul 2014 - 07:36 am

Caption Group: ViewsMideast Credit: MOIR Source: Morning Herald - Sydney, Australia Keywords: COLOR UNITED NATIONS REPORTER GAZA MH17 SYRIA MIDEAST WARS SECURITY COUNCIL...

More than 100,000 displaced in Gaza Gaza toll hits 572 on day 14 22 Jul 2014 - 07:30 am

Palestinians inspect a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza City yesterday. GAZA CITY: The death toll in Gaza rose...

Arab League chief urges Hamas to accept Egypt’s truce plan 22 Jul 2014 - 07:27 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Cairo yesterday. Kerry began a diplomatic push to try to...

Festival season 22 Jul 2014 - 07:26 am

A Yemeni vendor displays sweets and nuts at a market in the capital Sana’a yesterday ahead of next week’s Eid Al Fitr festival.

More than 100,000 displaced in Gaza 22 Jul 2014 - 07:25 am

Israeli policemen detain a Palestinian during a protest in the northern city of Nazareth, against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. GAZA CITY:...

Two Americans fighting for Israeli forces killed in Gaza 22 Jul 2014 - 07:24 am

WASHINGTON: Two American members of the Israeli Defence Force have been killed in Gaza fighting, US officials confirmed yesterday. “We can confirm that...

Turkey declares 3-day mourning over massacre 22 Jul 2014 - 07:24 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday declared three-day of national mourning for the Palestinian victims of Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip, denouncing the assault...

Arab Israelis clash with police over Gaza assault 22 Jul 2014 - 07:23 am

NAZARETH: Arab Israelis clashed with police in the northern city of Nazareth yesterday, police said, at the end of a protest against Israel’s...

Lebanon TV channels unite in support of Palestinians 22 Jul 2014 - 07:23 am

BEIRUT: All of Lebanon’s main television channels broadcast simultaneously yesterday a bulletin in support of Gazans in the face of an Israeli military...

Kuwait revokes citizenship of TV owner, ex-MP 22 Jul 2014 - 07:23 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait yesterday revoked the citizenship of the owner of a pro-opposition television station and a newspaper, along with several other people,...

Kuwait court upholds 10-year jail term for Twitter user 22 Jul 2014 - 07:22 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s top court yesterday upheld a 10-year jail sentence for a Shia Twitter user for insulting the Prophet Mohammed (peace be...

South Sudan rebels battle govt forces 22 Jul 2014 - 07:22 am

JUBA: South Sudan rebels and government troops battled yesterday over the strategic town of Nasir, the United Nations said, with rebels launching their...

Islamic body denounces persecution of Iraq Christians 22 Jul 2014 - 07:22 am

JEDDAH: The world’s top Islamic body denounced yesterday the persecution of Christians in Iraq’s second city Mosul as an “intolerable crime”, and offered...