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Violence escalates in Ukraine 21 Feb 2014 - 06:11 am

Activists try to help a protester who was wounded during clashes with police in Kiev yesterday. KIEV: Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day since...

Brooks denies knowledge of hacking at closed newspaper 21 Feb 2014 - 06:10 am

Rebekah Brooks leaving the Old Bailey courthouse in London yesterday. LONDON: Former Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks yesterday denied knowing anything about phone hacking...

Support for Scottish independence inches up 21 Feb 2014 - 06:08 am

LONDON: The first opinion poll since Britain’s rulers warned Scots they would lose the pound if they voted to leave the United Kingdom...

Venezuela unrest worsens 21 Feb 2014 - 06:08 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan security forces and demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades in several cities yesterday in an escalation of protests...

Robert Mugabe turns 90 today 21 Feb 2014 - 06:08 am

HARARE: Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader and Zimbabwe’s ruler since independence, turns 90 today, but high-profile celebrations risk being overshadowed by rumours of...

Nine children among 13 shot dead in Nigeria 21 Feb 2014 - 06:07 am

JOS, Nigeria: Gunmen killed 13 people, including nine children, in a raid on a village in central Nigeria yesterday, an official said, the...

Today's School 21 Feb 2014 - 06:05 am

Poor turnout in Libya vote for constitution-drafting body 21 Feb 2014 - 06:01 am

Electoral workers count votes at a polling station after Libyans voted to elect a body to draft a new constitution. TRIPOLI: Libyans trickled...

US Syria policy aids terrorism: Russia 21 Feb 2014 - 06:00 am

Syrians waving their national flag during a rally in support of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in the northern coastal city of Tartous....

Four die during Saudi police raid 21 Feb 2014 - 05:59 am

DUBAI: Two Saudi security officers and two people they were trying to detain were killed in a gunfight yesterday in the eastern town...

Saudi in Gitmo pleads guilty 21 Feb 2014 - 05:59 am

FORT MEADE: The brother-in-law of a September 11, 2001, aircraft hijacker pleaded guilty in a US military court yesterday to plotting with Al...

Kerry in ‘constructive’ Paris talks with Abbas 21 Feb 2014 - 05:58 am

PARIS: US Secretary of State John Kerry held “constructive” talks in Paris with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, meeting twice in less than 24...

Timetable set for Iran nuclear talks 21 Feb 2014 - 05:58 am

VIENNA: Iran and world powers yesterday agreed a timetable and framework for the ambitious and arduous process of hammering out a lasting nuclear...

Iran, UK resume diplomatic ties 21 Feb 2014 - 05:57 am

LONDON: Britain and Iran yesterday officially resumed diplomatic relations which were severed by London after students stormed its Tehran embassy in November 2011....

Iraq offers bounties for jihadists; attack kills 17 21 Feb 2014 - 05:57 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq, struggling to curb its worst violence in years, is offering bounties of up to $25,000 for killing or capturing a foreign...

Pardoned Tunisian to remain in jail over another case 21 Feb 2014 - 05:57 am

TUNIS: A Tunisian jailed for posting caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) online is to stay behind bars despite a presidential pardon, pending a...

Islam and social justice 21 Feb 2014 - 05:55 am

By Dr Ali Al Halawani The famous slogan of the January 25th Revolution (Egypt, 2011) was — and still is — Iish, Hurriyyah,...

Umar ibn Al Khattab, the man of justice 21 Feb 2014 - 05:55 am

By Khalid B Sayeed So many million observe the rituals of Islam: fasting, praying, and paying zakah, and yet Muslims remain weak and...