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Susan Rice to visit Israel today for talks 07 May 2014 - 01:46 am

WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser Susan Rice will visit Israel this week for high-level talks only days after the collapse of a US-led...

RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR OLIGARCHS 07 May 2014 - 01:40 am

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German who kept hundreds of Nazi-era art pieces dies 07 May 2014 - 01:37 am

BERLIN: The reclusive German son of a Nazi-era art dealer who hoarded hundreds of priceless paintings in his Munich flat for decades including...

Spider DNA spurs search into arachnid secrets 07 May 2014 - 01:37 am

PARIS: Scientists yesterday published the first spider genome, helping the quest to uncover secrets which could lead to smarter insecticides and man-made super-strong...

School officials regret essay assignment on Holocaust 07 May 2014 - 12:40 am

LOS ANGELES: US school district bosses voiced regret yesterday for a writing assigment asking teenage students to discuss whether the Holocaust really happened,...

German who kept hundreds of Nazi-era art pieces dies 07 May 2014 - 12:39 am

BERLIN: The reclusive German son of a Nazi-era art dealer who hoarded hundreds of priceless paintings in his Munich flat for decades including...

ARMS WEAPONS GUNS TRADE PATENT HANDSHAKE 06 May 2014 - 10:44 pm

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Afghan police fire shots at evacuees 06 May 2014 - 10:27 pm

Displaced Afghan villagers gather near the site of a landslide in Argo district in Badakhshan yesterday. AAB BAREEK: Afghan police fired gunshots into...

14 rebels killed in Pakistan attacks 06 May 2014 - 10:25 pm

MIRANSHAH: At least 12 militants died during a shootout between rival factions in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border yesterday,...

Pakistan parliament votes to lift YouTube ban 06 May 2014 - 10:24 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament yesterday voted unanimously to lift a ban on YouTube, in a nonbinding resolution that was nonetheless welcomed by free speech...

Islamabad denies abduction of Iranian border guards 06 May 2014 - 10:24 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday strongly denied that kidnapped Iranian border guards were ever on its soil, amid fresh efforts to improve fractured ties before...

Six injured in China train station attack 06 May 2014 - 10:23 pm

A suspect is detained after a knife attack at Guangzhou railway station in Guangdong province yesterday. BEIJING: Six people were wounded in a...

Philippine gunmen kill broadcaster 06 May 2014 - 10:21 pm

ZAMBOANGA: Gunmen shot dead a radio broadcaster in the strife-torn southern Philippines in the latest in a spate of attacks on media workers....

Veteran rescue diver dies at S Korea Sewol ferry disaster site 06 May 2014 - 10:21 pm

SEOUL: A diver died yesterday while working at the scene of South Korea’s ferry disaster, as investigators disclosed that the ship was carrying...

Top editors at Le Monde resign over conflict with management 06 May 2014 - 05:51 pm

PARIS: A majority of chief editors at French daily Le Monde resigned from their posts on Tuesday amid a conflict with management over...

Iraq clashes, bombings kill eight 06 May 2014 - 05:44 pm

BAGHDAD: Clashes near an Iraqi city held by anti-government fighters and bombings targeting soldiers killed at least eight people Tuesday, officials said, the...

Egypt court bans top Mubarak partisans from running for office 06 May 2014 - 05:29 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court Tuesday banned senior members of the now-dissolved National Democratic Party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak from running in upcoming...

Al Sada meets Iranian counterpart 06 May 2014 - 05:27 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, who is also the Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum (QP)...