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Bombing kills 40 Syrian soldiers 01 Jun 2014 - 02:21 am

A man inspects a damaged tank beside Al Salam checkpoint in Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province of Syria. AMMAN: At least 40 Syrian...

West Bank clashes 01 Jun 2014 - 02:15 am

Israeli soldiers fire tear gas shells at Palestinian protesters responding with stones during clashes near the West Bank city of Tulkarem yesterday.

Providing solace 01 Jun 2014 - 02:13 am

A man comforts a woman after activists said people were killed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in a...

Amnesty urges Tehran to halt dissident’s execution 01 Jun 2014 - 02:09 am

LONDON: Amnesty International urged Iran yesterday not to execute a political dissident convicted of “enmity against God” in what it said had been...

Two held in UK for Syria links 01 Jun 2014 - 02:08 am

LONDON: British police arrested two people at Heathrow airport yesterday on suspicion of “terrorism”-related activities in Syria, they said. A 19-year-old man was...

EUROPEAN UNION VOTE FOR EUROPE RUSSIA USA WATCH GAS GAZPROM 01 Jun 2014 - 01:50 am

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MITCH MCCONNELL ROOTS BRANCH VULTURE 01 Jun 2014 - 01:48 am

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Six Ukraine separatists killed near Donetsk airport 01 Jun 2014 - 01:09 am

A Metro shop, allegedly looted by pro-Russian supporters, near the International airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. DONETSK, Ukraine: Ukrainian separatist leader Denis Pushilin...

Fun with colours 01 Jun 2014 - 01:08 am

Participants of Colour Run throw powder in the air in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, yesterday. The event mixes sport and entertainment.

US, China clash at defence meet 01 Jun 2014 - 01:08 am

US Secretary Chuck Hagel and Vietnam Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh meet in Singapore yesterday. SINGAPORE: The United States and China squared off...

World Heritage Site 01 Jun 2014 - 01:07 am

Nepalese people walk on the side of a water tank in Bhaktapur, a Unesco World Heritage Site, famous for fine architecture and pottery...

Slain Pakistani’s husband killed her: Sister 01 Jun 2014 - 01:06 am

Mansoor-ur-Rehman Afridi, the lawyer for Khalida Bibi, holds a picture which according to Bibi is of Farzana's first marriage with her cousin Mazhar...

Afghanistan poll run-off 01 Jun 2014 - 01:05 am

A boy on a bicycle passes by electoral billboards of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Herat, Afghanistan yesterday. The election for a new...

UP government ready for federal probe into Badaun incident 01 Jun 2014 - 01:04 am

Veiled mothers of the two teenaged girls who were raped and hanged from a tree, speak to the media in Badaun district in...

Pre-monsoon shower 01 Jun 2014 - 01:04 am

Vehicles ply in heavy rain in Kolkata yesterday. A pre-monsoon shower disrupted daily life in the city.

Premier visits Al Khor Workers Sports Complex 01 Jun 2014 - 01:00 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani recently visited Barwa Real Estate Company’s ‘Al...

QA shifts to new airport successfully 01 Jun 2014 - 12:58 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways successfully commenced full operations at its new world-class gateway Hamad International Airport (HIA) last week after a seamless transition from...

Sudan likely to free mother on death row 01 Jun 2014 - 12:58 am

KHARTOUM/London: A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity is expected to be released soon, a government official said yesterday, after...