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British actor apologises for remark on Jews in Hollywood 27 Jun 2014 - 01:11 pm

LOS ANGELES: British actor Gary Oldman was locked in a bitter row with a Jewish lobby group on Wednesday after claiming that Hollywood...

Malaysia police arrest almost 200 over World Cup betting 27 Jun 2014 - 12:41 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested almost 200 people in raids on illegal World Cup betting that bust a group drawing daily wagers...

Abdullah leads protesters in Afghan election stand-off 27 Jun 2014 - 11:54 am

KABUL: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah led several thousand demonstrators through Kabul on Friday, upping the stakes in his protest against alleged election...

Gas pipeline blast kills 16 in southern India 27 Jun 2014 - 09:04 am

HYDERABAD: A massive explosion Friday on a state-owned gas pipeline running through the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh killed at least 16...

Some Chinese workers evacuated in northern Iraq 27 Jun 2014 - 07:35 am

BEIJING: Dozens of Chinese workers have been relocated from strife-torn northern Iraq, state media said Friday, with an additional 1,200 set to depart...

IDB aims to triple size of infrastructure fund to $2bn 27 Jun 2014 - 07:32 am

DUBAI: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has relaunched its infrastructure fund with backing from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Brunei, aiming to raise $2...

UNHCR 27 Jun 2014 - 05:53 am

Israel names Hamas suspects in abduction 27 Jun 2014 - 05:50 am

Israeli soldiers patrol and search the West Bank village of Beit Kahel, near Hebron, as a search continued for three missing Israeli teenagers....

Libya vote count clouded by attacks 27 Jun 2014 - 05:48 am

TRIPOLI: Vote counting was under way yesterday after a Libyan general election marred by the murder of a leading women’s rights activist and...

Hawkish new Israeli president ready to meet Abbas 27 Jun 2014 - 05:48 am

Hawkish new Israeli president ready to meet Abbas JERUSALEM: Israel’s hawkish president-elect Reuven Rivlin, who opposes the creation of a Palestinian state, has...

Sudan frees Christian convert but she can’t leave 27 Jun 2014 - 05:47 am

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese woman who was spared the death penalty for converting to Christianity but was then detained as she tried to leave...

Shebab fighters attack AU base in Somalia 27 Jun 2014 - 05:47 am

MOGADISHU: Al Qaeda-linked Shebab gunmen killed “several” African Union soldiers in an attack on a base in central Somalia, the extremists and witnesses...

Islamists attack Yemen airport 27 Jun 2014 - 05:47 am

ADEN: Six suspected Al Qaeda fighters, six soldiers and a civilian woman were killed in a series of militant attacks in the eastern...

Iraq PM pushes political solution 27 Jun 2014 - 05:46 am

BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki yesterday conceded that political measures were needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that...

Kerry asks Gulf states to help Iraq 27 Jun 2014 - 05:46 am

PARIS: The United States urged Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates yesterday to do what they can to encourage Iraq to...

Israel offers to help Arab nations over crisis 27 Jun 2014 - 05:46 am

PARIS: Israel yesterday offered to help moderate Arab nations threatened by a lightning offensive by Islamic militants in Iraq, as the country’s top...

Kuwaitis vote in by-polls to replace MPs who quit 27 Jun 2014 - 05:45 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis were voting yesterday in by-elections called to replace five MPs who resigned after parliament rejected a request to grill the...

Ramadan and the meaning of fasting 27 Jun 2014 - 05:45 am

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. Fasting is a universal custom and is advocated by all the religions of the...