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Kiev pledges Easter ceasefire 20 Apr 2014 - 05:28 am

Masked pro-Russian protesters stand guard outside a regional government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, yesterday. KIEV/DONETSK: The Ukra-inian government said it will not...

Great cleanup ends 20 Apr 2014 - 05:27 am

Children play in the sand days after a BP announcement that it is ending its “active cleanup” on the Louisiana coast from the...

Alarm over Brazil law to fight terror 20 Apr 2014 - 05:26 am

Brasilia: Human rights campaigners have sounded the alarm about proposed Brazilian anti-terrorism legislation that they fear will be used to crack down on...

100 arrested, arms seized in Argentina raids 20 Apr 2014 - 05:26 am

BUENOS AIRES: Around 100 suspects were arrested and 85 weapons seized when police conducted dozens of simultaneous raids in Buenos Aires province, Argentine...

Ex-Continuity IRA leader shot dead in Belfast 20 Apr 2014 - 05:25 am

BELFAST: A former leading figure in the Continuity IRA dissident republican paramilitary group has been shot dead, Northern Irish police said yesterday. Tommy...

Strong quake near Papua New Guinea 20 Apr 2014 - 05:25 am

bOUGAINVILLE: An earthquake with a magnitude 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea yesterday and a tsunami warning was briefly issued for the Pacific...

Iran calls seizure of Manhattan building attack on freedom 20 Apr 2014 - 05:25 am

DUBAI: Iran yesterday criticised a US government move to seize a Manhattan skyscraper owned largely by a foundation that promotes its language and...

Four French scribes freed by Syria rebels 20 Apr 2014 - 05:23 am

PARIS: Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year were freed yesterday after a 10-month ordeal in the world’s most dangerous country...

Polling in Libya 20 Apr 2014 - 05:22 am

A woman dips her finger in a bottle of ink before voting in the municipal election at a polling station in Benghazi, Libya,...

Yemen drone strike kills 13 militants 20 Apr 2014 - 05:20 am

Anti-government protesters march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen’s Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa in Sanaa yesterday. SANAA: An air strike...

Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade 20 Apr 2014 - 05:19 am

An armed Palestinian member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, a group linked to the Fatah movement, addresses a press conference at the...

S Sudan govt struggles amid rising unrest 20 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

JUBA: South Sudan’s army said yesterday they had “lost communication” with commanders battling rebels in a key oil state where rebels have seized...

Youth lose hope after Bouteflika victory 20 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

ALGIERS: A day after Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a fourth term, many young people in the oil-rich nation wonder if the...

Two killed in Bahrain car explosion 20 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

DUBAI: Two people were killed yesterday when their car exploded in a Shia village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, although it was...

Iran says dispute over Arak N-reactor almost resolved 20 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

TEHRAN: Iran’s dispute with world powers over its unfinished Arak heavy water reactor has been “virtually resolved,” it said yesterday, less than a...

3 dead in Belgium shooting 20 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

BRUSSELS: A couple and a young boy were shot dead in an overnight attack near the eastern Belgian city of Liege, media reports...

Pope underscores plight of the suffering 20 Apr 2014 - 05:08 am

ROME: The plight of immigrants, the poor, the sick, the elderly, unemployed and prisoners dominated Pope Francis’ Good Friday service at Rome’s Colosseum....

Islamists still holding 85 schoolgirls in Nigeria 20 Apr 2014 - 05:08 am

MAIDUGURI: Nigerian Isla-mist militant group Boko Haram is still holding 85 girls it abducted from a raid on a secondary school in northeastern...