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US will not give visa to Iran pick for UN post 12 Apr 2014 - 01:17 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks to reporters at the daily press briefing, yesterday, at the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON: The...

Filipino paramedic dies of MERS in UAE 12 Apr 2014 - 01:08 am

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced that one of six Filipino paramedics in the UAE who have been infected by the...

GCC row sparks outrage on social media 12 Apr 2014 - 01:07 am

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA The recall of their ambassadors in Qatar by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has ignited an...

ONLINE BATTLE 12 Apr 2014 - 01:06 am

The recall of their ambassadors in Qatar by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates has sparked a row in social media,...

LEBANON SYRIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CHAIR BORDER 12 Apr 2014 - 12:40 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LEBANON SYRIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CHAIR BORDER 041014 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Turkey court annuls part of judiciary law 11 Apr 2014 - 11:56 pm

ANKARA: Turkey’s constitutional court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured), yesterday by annulling sections of a controversial law tightening...

Turkey condemns ‘Armenian genocide’ resolution in US Senate 11 Apr 2014 - 11:55 pm

Turkish President Abdullah Gul (centre) rides a bicycle before the start of the Presidential Bicycle Tour of Turkey, in Ankara yesterday. ANKARA: Turkey...

Gunmen attack Iraq deputy PM’s convoy, guard killed 11 Apr 2014 - 11:54 pm

An Iraqi man inspects destruction in the street following an explosion the previous day in Sadr City, Baghdad’s northern Shia-majority district, yesterday. BAGHDAD:...

Chemical weapons inspectors not to handle new claims 11 Apr 2014 - 11:53 pm

A Syrian refugee child receives a vaccination against Polio at a refugee camp near the Lebanese village of Zahle in the Bekaa Valley,...

Algerian poll campaign 11 Apr 2014 - 11:53 pm

Women stand with their children near campaign posters for Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a street of the “Goutte d’Or” district of Paris,...

Policeman hurt in Bahrain bomb blast 11 Apr 2014 - 11:50 pm

MANAMA: A policeman was wounded when a homemade bomb exploded in a village in Bahrain yesterday, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest...

Egypt’s forces kill three Brotherhood members 11 Apr 2014 - 11:34 pm

People wave banners to protest against a law restricting demonstrations as well as the crackdown on activists in front of the Press Syndicate...

Switzerland to give Ben Ali money to Tunisia 11 Apr 2014 - 11:34 pm

GENEVA: Switzerland said yesterday it will hand over to Tunisia $40m stashed in Swiss bank accounts by the family of ousted dictator Zine...

Darfur peacekeepers turning blind eye to violence 11 Apr 2014 - 11:33 pm

PARIS: A veteran rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region accused international peacekeepers yesterday of turning a blind eye to what he called a...

Tunisia police use tear gas to break up Salafist demo 11 Apr 2014 - 11:33 pm

SILIANA, Tunisia: Police in northern Tunisia yesterday used tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the arrest of a group of Salafists, the...

Court remands suspect in Omagh bombing 11 Apr 2014 - 11:25 pm

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed during the Omagh bombing, arrives with his daughter Kat for a hearing at the Dungannon Magistrates...

Tracing the Bard’s footsteps 11 Apr 2014 - 11:24 pm

Irish President Michael D Higgins (centre) and his wife Sabina (third right) meet actors during a visit to Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, southern...

Obama shuffles deck to cement health law gains 11 Apr 2014 - 11:23 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama yesterday nominated budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his new health secretary, seeking to capitalize on an enrollment surge...