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Police use tear gas to disperse Mursi supporters 25 Oct 2013 - 11:17 pm

CAIRO: Police used tear gas yesterday to disperse demonstrations by supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s second city, Alexandria, and...

Tunisia begins crisis talks 25 Oct 2013 - 11:10 pm

TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party and the opposition began talks yesterday to form a caretaker government and prepare for elections under an agreement...

Saudi women drop plans for ‘drive-in’ 25 Oct 2013 - 11:09 pm

DUBAI: Activists pressing to end Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving have dropped plans for a “drive-in” today after threats of legal action...

Car bomb kills 20 at mosque in Damascus 25 Oct 2013 - 11:08 pm

BEIRUT: A car bomb explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more near a mosque in the Damascus province town of...

Child killer gets death penalty 25 Oct 2013 - 11:08 pm

RABAT: A Moroccan man convicted of abducting, raping and killing a 32-month-old girl has been sentenced to death, the official MAP news agency...

Iraq, Turkey vow to open 'new chapter' in relations 25 Oct 2013 - 02:59 pm

ANKARA: Iraq and Turkey on Friday vowed, following a meeting between foreign ministers, to improve relations between the two countries which have been...

Qatar's Permanent Delegate to UN presents credentials to Secretary General 25 Oct 2013 - 02:40 pm

NEW YORK: Qatar's Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Sheikha Alyaa Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani has presented her credentials to United Nations...

Thailand mourns top Buddhist leader 25 Oct 2013 - 02:30 pm

Thai women hold a portrait of Thai Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara outside the Chulalongkorn hospital, in Bangkok. BANGKOK: Flags flew at half-mast...

FIFA marks English FA milestone with disciplinary charge 25 Oct 2013 - 02:18 pm

LONDON: One day before the English FA celebrates its 150th anniversary, FIFA sent them an unwanted birthday present on Friday - news they...

Iraq violence kills 12 25 Oct 2013 - 02:12 pm

BAGHDAD: Ten bombings and a shooting killed at least 12 people and wounded 19 in Iraq on Friday, officials said. Nine bombs exploded...

Nearly 700 immigrants rescued off Italy 25 Oct 2013 - 02:00 pm

ROME: Nearly 700 refugees have been rescued off Sicily in five operations, Italy's coast guard said Friday, as European leaders grapple with the...

Barclays found liable in $300m Black Diamond dispute 25 Oct 2013 - 01:57 pm

LONDON: British bank Barclays Plc breached a derivative agreement with a Black Diamond Capital Management unit and must return an estimated $297 million...

Iraq to increase November exports of Kirkuk 25 Oct 2013 - 01:56 pm

LONDON: Exports of Iraq's smaller crude stream Kirkuk are set to rise in November now that the severe loading delays seen over the...

Barcelona rules out bid for 2022 winter games 25 Oct 2013 - 01:30 pm

MADRID: Barcelona mayor Xavier Tiras confirmed on Friday that the Catalan capital will not bid for the Winter Olympics in 2022, suggesting that...

Death toll in Lebanon clashes rises to 5 25 Oct 2013 - 01:03 pm

TRIPOLI: The death toll from five days of clashes in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime...

Philips cancels 150m euro sale of entertainment business 25 Oct 2013 - 01:02 pm

THE HAGUE: Dutch group Philips said on Friday it was terminating the 150-million-euro or $207 million sale of its entertainment business to Japan's...

Indian PM has no mobile phone, email account to hack 25 Oct 2013 - 12:55 pm

NEW DELHI: India's 81-year-old prime minister does not own a mobile phone or use personal email, giving New Delhi "no cause for concern"...

Pakistan arrests 40 Indian fishermen 25 Oct 2013 - 12:54 pm

KARACHI: Pakistan's maritime security agency has arrested at least 40 Indian fishermen after they strayed into its territorial waters, an official said Friday. ...