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Rebels say shot warplane 14 Oct 2013 - 01:06 am

AMMAN: Syrian rebels said they shot a government warplane on Sunday near the southern city of Deraa along the border with Jordan but...

Libya PM ‘determined’ to tackle illegal immigration 14 Oct 2013 - 01:05 am

TRIPOLI: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said yesterday that he was “determined” to tackle illegal immigration, two days after a boat carrying migrants...

Iran plans new monkey space launch 14 Oct 2013 - 01:05 am

TEHRAN: Iran is planning to send another live monkey into space within a month, a top space official said in remarks reported by...

Pilgrims throng Mina as Haj begins 14 Oct 2013 - 01:03 am

Piligrims arrive for performing morning prayer in Makkah’s Grand Mosque yesterday. Some two million pilgrims will converge on the plain of Arafat today...

Military operation 14 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

Smoke rises after the bombing of a house during a military operation by Egyptian security forces on the border between Egypt and Rafah,...

Gunmen kill Libyan air force officer 14 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

BENGHAZI: A Libyan air force officer was killed and another security forces member badly wounded yesterday in two separate attacks in the eastern...

American found hanged in Egypt police cell 14 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

CAIRO: An American detained in Egypt for more than a month was found hanged in his prison cell yesterday after committing suicide, security...

Sudanese leader Bashir arrives for Haj 14 Oct 2013 - 01:00 am

Makkah: Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir has arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the Haj with other pilgrims, official media said yesterday,...

Israel halts building supplies to Gaza 14 Oct 2013 - 01:00 am

JERUSALEM: Israel yesterday froze shipments of building materials to the Gaza Strip after discovering an alleged “terror tunnel” into the Jewish state from...

Hopes high for revival of Cyprus peace talks 14 Oct 2013 - 12:59 am

ANKARA: Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus are set to restart soon as diplomats eye a settlement to an issue that...

Fiscal crisis can be averted: Reid 14 Oct 2013 - 12:07 am

Tourists pose for pictures during a visit to the Statue of Liberty in New York City yesterday. The Statue of Liberty reopened to...

SPD tells Merkel: No deal without minimum wage 14 Oct 2013 - 12:05 am

BERLIN: Germany’s opposition Social Democrats threw up a new potential obstacle to a ‘grand coalition’ government with Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday ahead of...

Colombian peace talks stall, tension mounts 14 Oct 2013 - 12:05 am

HAVANA: The Colombian government and left-wing FARC rebels ended a 15th round of peace negotiations yesterday trading accusation over responsibility for the slow...

UK police to issue e-fits in new Maddie appeal 14 Oct 2013 - 12:05 am

LONDON: British detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal will today publish new e-fits of men they want to contact,...

Gravity tops North American box office 14 Oct 2013 - 12:04 am

NEW YORK: The 3D outer space thriller Gravity kept a tight grip on US and Canadian box offices over the weekend, eclipsing the...

Killer arrested in NY child murder case 14 Oct 2013 - 12:04 am

NEW YORK: New York police said that they have arrested a man who confessed to sexually abusing and murdering a little girl found...

Eid preparations 13 Oct 2013 - 11:46 pm

Pakistani men lead a camel as they ride a vehicle after buying the animal from a livestock market ahead of Eid Al Adha,...

550 Pakistanis languishing in jails across US 13 Oct 2013 - 11:45 pm

ISLAMABAD: More than 550 Pakistanis are languishing in US jails and efforts are on to seek assistance of the US and other European...