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Setting it right 15 Sep 2013 - 01:06 am

Preparations for the cruise ship Costa Concordia to be salvaged off the Giglio island in Italy yesterday. The vessel ran aground near the...

Migrants find it hard to rally behind Merkel 15 Sep 2013 - 01:05 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel once alienated many immigrants by declaring “multiculturalism has failed,” but as elections near her conservatives and other parties...

Slovenia starts work on first mosque 15 Sep 2013 - 01:05 am

LJUBLJANA: The foundation stone of Slovenia’s first mosque was laid at a former industrial site in the capital Ljubljana yesterday, more than four...

Concern over troop buildup by Rwanda 15 Sep 2013 - 01:03 am

WINDHOEK: Southern African nations yesterday expressed concern at the growing number of Rwandan troops on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Indonesians to hold ‘Islam’s answer’ to Miss World 15 Sep 2013 - 12:54 am

An Indonesian woman wears a mock crown during a protest against the Miss World pageant in Jakarta, yesterday. JAKARTA: The Miss World beauty...

Kanye West charged over Los Angeles airport run-in 15 Sep 2013 - 12:51 am

LOS ANGELES: Rapper Kanye West was charged with battery and attempted theft after he allegedly attacked a paparazzi photographer at Los Angeles International...

Hundreds of Syrians rescued off Italian shores 14 Sep 2013 - 02:47 pm

ROME: Nearly 500 boat people, mainly Syrian, have been rescued off of Italian coasts in the past 24 hours, the coastguard said Saturday. ...

Tribesmen blow up Yemen's main oil export pipeline 14 Sep 2013 - 02:46 pm

ADEN: Tribesmen bombed Yemen's main oil pipeline in the central Maarib province on Saturday, a government official said, the fourth attack on the...

PM visits Institute of Administrative Development (IAD) 14 Sep 2013 - 02:45 pm

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, on Saturday visited the Institute of Administrative Development (IAD) and...

Syrian warplanes strike Damascus 14 Sep 2013 - 02:36 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes struck rebel-held suburbs of the capital on Saturday and government forces clashed with insurgents on the frontlines, residents and opposition...

Japan to boost surveys off Fukushima 14 Sep 2013 - 02:20 pm

TOKYO: Japan's nuclear authority plans to conduct radiation contamination surveys at 600,000 points on the seabed off the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, up...

Bomb kills two Pakistan government allies 14 Sep 2013 - 02:10 pm

KHAR: A bomb explosion Saturday killed two members of a Pakistani pro-government militia and wounded four others during an archaeological dig in a...

US, Russia agree plan on Syria's chemical weapons: Kerry 14 Sep 2013 - 02:09 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (back to camera) meet while seated with their senior aides...

US ready for military action if diplomacy fails on Syria: Obama 14 Sep 2013 - 02:06 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said Saturday he was willing to give a chance to diplomacy to help resolve the Syrian crisis, but warned...

Zamboanga standoff death toll rises to 52 14 Sep 2013 - 01:34 pm

A government soldier takes a position during a gunbattle with Muslim rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), during a gunbattle in...

President Mubarak's Advisor Osama El-Baz dies at 82 14 Sep 2013 - 12:41 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian diplomat Osama El-Baz has passed away at the age of 82 after a long struggle with illness. He was the advisor...

Indonesians hold 'Islam's answer to Miss World' 14 Sep 2013 - 11:58 am

Muslim women stage a protest against the Miss World beauty pageant contest in Banda Aceh, northern Sumatra island. JAKARTA: The Miss World beauty...