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IS seizes oilfield, towns in Syria 04 Jul 2014 - 07:18 am

Residents cool down in the Euphrates River in Raqqa, eastern Syria, yesterday. BEIRUT: Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group seized control of...

China, S Korea oppose North’s nuke arms bid 04 Jul 2014 - 07:14 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (back left) and South Korean President Park Geun-hye attend a signing ceremony after a meeting at the Blue House...

Two dead in Buddhist-Muslim unrest 04 Jul 2014 - 07:12 am

A woman (right), whose grandson was killed in recent riots, cries at a cemetery in Mandalay yesterday. YANGON: Buddhist-Muslim clashes have left two...

China releases Japan’s ‘war crime confessions’ 04 Jul 2014 - 07:11 am

BEIJING: China began publishing “confessions” of 45 convicted Japanese World War II criminals yesterday, officials said, in Beijing’s latest effort to highlight the...

Japan to ease North Korea sanctions 04 Jul 2014 - 07:09 am

TOKYO: Japan decided yesterday to ease some sanctions on North Korea in return for its reopening of a probe into the fate of...

Man defects to South Korea via risky sea edge 04 Jul 2014 - 07:09 am

SEOUL: A North Korean man defected to the South yesterday, using a small wooden boat in a rare and risky crossing of the...

MERS: Govt urges Filipinos to avoid Haj 04 Jul 2014 - 07:08 am

MANILA: The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority yesterday to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year due to a...

Germany adopts first national minimum wage 04 Jul 2014 - 07:06 am

German Labour and Social Affairs Minister Andrea Nahles and German Chancellor Angela Merkel react as they cast their ballot during a vote on...

Pressure for talks mounts as shelling rumbles on in Ukraine 04 Jul 2014 - 07:05 am

A man carries a box of donated items to be distributed to victims of the crisis in eastern Ukraine at a collection point...

Pistorius a ‘split personality’, murder trial told 04 Jul 2014 - 07:03 am

PRETORIA: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s defence team sought yesterday to show that the double-amputee sprinter feels highly vulnerable and acted out of fear not...

Phones, shoes to face scrutiny at airports 04 Jul 2014 - 07:03 am

WASHINGTON: Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to...

Britain agrees deal to take control of German, Swedish plutonium 04 Jul 2014 - 07:02 am

LONDON: Britain yesterday said that it had reached a deal to take ownership of almost a tonne of foreign-owned plutonium now stored on...

Iraqi Kurds plan independence vote 04 Jul 2014 - 07:02 am

Iraqi Kurdish protesters hold a banner and wave flags of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration in support of its independence, outside...

Five die in Cairo amid pro-Mursi protests 04 Jul 2014 - 07:00 am

CAIRO: Five people died in a bomb blast and clashes between security forces and protesters yesterday marking the first anniversary of the army’s...

Iran eases demands in nuclear talks 04 Jul 2014 - 06:58 am

VIENNA: Iran has reduced demands for the size of its future nuclear enrichment program in talks with world powers although Western governments are...

32 abducted Turkish truck drivers freed 04 Jul 2014 - 06:58 am

ANKARA: Thirty-two truck drivers abducted by Islamist militants in Iraq three weeks ago arrived home in Turkey yesterday, and Turkish foreign minister Ahmet...

Kuwait police break up opposition rally 04 Jul 2014 - 06:57 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse an opposition rally demanding the release of prominent dissident Mussallam Al...

Israel warns Hamas as tension spikes 04 Jul 2014 - 06:57 am

JERUSALEM: Israel warned Hamas yesterday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after three...