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20 Taliban militants Killed, 20 injured in Afghan operations 25 Jun 2014 - 11:48 am

KABUL: At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and 20 others were injured following military operations by Afghan national security forces. The Afghan...

Gulf Keystone says Todd Kozel to retire as CEO 25 Jun 2014 - 11:05 am

LONDON: Oil firm Gulf Keystone said Chief Executive Todd Kozel would retire next month, following a rocky period during which the company's corporate...

4 bombs in Cairo metro stations, 4 hurt 25 Jun 2014 - 10:33 am

CAIRO: Four makeshift bombs exploded within minutes of each other at three Cairo metro stations during morning rush hour on Wednesday, wounding at...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 25 Jun 2014 - 09:12 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Unaware who abducted teens: Hamas 25 Jun 2014 - 09:03 am

Israeli soldiers take part in an operation to locate three missing Israeli teenagers in the valley of Haska, near the DOHA: Hamas chief...

Beirut blast kills one 25 Jun 2014 - 09:00 am

Lebanese soldiers and forensic inspectors work at the bomb site after an explosion near a Lebanese army checkpoint in Tayouneh area, a southern...

Damascus mortar fire kills five 25 Jun 2014 - 08:59 am

People gather around wreckage after a car bomb exploded in the Wadi Al Thahb neighbourhood of Homs yesterday. DAMASCUS: Rebel mortar fire on...

Egypt blocks three Iraqi TV stations from broadcasting 25 Jun 2014 - 08:58 am

CAIRO: Egypt has barred three private Iraqi TV stations from its main satellite system, the broadcasting regulator said yesterday, after Baghdad complained that...

Toyota names price for new fuel cell car 25 Jun 2014 - 08:57 am

TOKYO: Japanese auto giant Toyota will start selling its first fuel cell sedan this financial year, with a price tag of around 7...

Sisi will ‘not interfere’ in court verdicts 25 Jun 2014 - 08:52 am

CAIRO: Newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi yesterday said he would not interfere with judicial verdicts, following an international outcry over...

Hundreds of Turks being evacuated from Libya 25 Jun 2014 - 08:50 am

TRIPOLI: Turkey has been evacuating hundreds of citizens from Libya after a threat from a renegade general fighting Islamists in the east, Ankara’s...

Israel reins in military sweep for teenagers 25 Jun 2014 - 08:48 am

RAMALLAH: Israel scaled back a search for three missing teenagers in the occupied West Bank yesterday after 11 days of operations raised fears...

Israeli govt ordered to compensate Palestinians 25 Jun 2014 - 08:44 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli human rights watchdog yesterday hailed as unprecedented a court order for the state to pay compensation to Palestinians prevented from...

Morocco women protest PM’s speech 25 Jun 2014 - 08:43 am

RABAT: Moroccan women protested outside parliament yesterday demanding the resignation of Islamist premier Abdelilah Benkirane after he urged women to stay at home...

Freed Christian woman detained trying to leave Sudan 25 Jun 2014 - 08:43 am

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese Christian woman was detained at Khartoum airport yesterday, one day after an Islamic court annulled her death sentence for apostasy...

423 killed in Ukraine since April 25 Jun 2014 - 08:42 am

Women walk past a burnt out vehicle in the besieged city of Slavyansk in Ukraine yesterday. UNITED NATIONS: Clashes between pro-Russian separatists and...

African squat in Berlin 25 Jun 2014 - 08:41 am

Police watch African refugees leave with their belongings at the squatted Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district yesterday. Police have asked the refugees,...

Coulson guilty in UK phone hacking trial 25 Jun 2014 - 08:40 am

File pictures of former News of the World editor and Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson (left) and Rebekah Brooks, former News International...