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Two militants killed in clash 27 Sep 2013 - 04:43 am

MANILA: Two communist rebels were slain in a recent encounter with Army troops in Malaybalay City in Bukidnon, the military said yesterday. In...

Kenya buries its dead 27 Sep 2013 - 04:42 am

Workers at the Shia Imami Ismailia cemetery arrange flowers yesterday on the grave of Kenyan journalist Ruhila Adatia-Sood during her funeral ceremony in...

Former Army translator jailed in Taliban weapons sting 27 Sep 2013 - 04:42 am

NEW YORK: A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former translator for the US Army in Iraq to 25 years in prison for...

Artist uses robots to create art in three cities 27 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

London/VIENNA: An Austrian artist enlisted the help of two robots yesterday to create a work of art simultaneously in Vienna, London and Berlin...

Obama defends healthcare law in feisty speech 27 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

LARGO: US President Barack Obama lashed out at Republican opponents of the healthcare law he pioneered yesterday ahead of a key deadline for...

Charles Taylor’s victims hail war crimes verdict 27 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

FREETOWN: Victims of the bloody regime of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor spoke of their relief after his 50-year jail term for war crimes...

Declassified material shows NSA spied on Muhammad Ali 27 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

London: The National Security Agency secretly tapped into the overseas phone calls of prominent critics of the Vietnam War, including Martin Luther King,...

LEBANON SYRIA CRISIS SQUEEZE INTERNATIONAL IGNORANCE 27 Sep 2013 - 04:37 am

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Assad committed to chemical arms deal 27 Sep 2013 - 04:35 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches after setting tyres and other objects on fire to provide cover from snipers loyal to President Bashar...

Rebel leader returns to reconcile Islamist fighters 27 Sep 2013 - 04:35 am

ISTANBUL: The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council cut short a visit to France yesterday and said he would head to...

Bomb, gun attacks kill 32 across Iraq 27 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

BAGHDAD: Bombings hit two markets in Baghdad province yesterday, killing at least 22 people, while gunmen shot dead five members of one family...

Bahrain rights group wins Norwegian award 27 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

OSLO: The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, whose founder and director are both jailed, won Norway’s Rafto Prize for rights defenders yesterday for...

Twin blasts in Yemen capital wound 20 27 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

SANA’A: Two bombs exploded one after the other on a busy road in the Yemeni capital yesterday, wounding 20 people, the interior ministry...

Turkish forces capture most Kurds after jailbreak 27 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

DIYARBAKIR: All but one of the 18 Kurds who broke out of a prison by digging a 70-metre tunnel in southeastern Turkey have...

Probe ordered into photo of youth trampling Quran 27 Sep 2013 - 04:33 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s Islamist-led government said yesterday it had ordered a probe and contacted Interpol after a young Tunisian living abroad posted a photo...

Fresh riots in Sudan; death toll 29 27 Sep 2013 - 04:32 am

Cars burn in front of a building during protests over fuel subsidy cuts in Khartoum. KHARTOUM: Fresh protests broke out in Sudan yesterday...

Israel must join nuclear pact: Rowhani 27 Sep 2013 - 04:21 am

UNITED NATIONS: Iranian leader Hassan Rowhani yesterday called on Israel to admit it has a nuclear bomb ahead of a meeting between Iranian...

Tunisian rapper jailed for six months 27 Sep 2013 - 04:21 am

HAMMAMET: Tunisian rapper Klay BBJ was jailed for six months yesterday for songs judged insulting by the authorities, a verdict his supporters slammed...