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Global aid drops sharply 18 Jul 2013 - 04:15 am

A member of the Free Syrian Army aims his weapon as he takes a defensive position in Maarat Al Artik in Aleppo’s countryside...

Kurds expel jihadists from Syrian town 18 Jul 2013 - 04:15 am

BEIRUT: Kurdish fighters have expelled jihadists from the Syrian flashpoint frontier town of Ras Al Ain and the nearby border crossing with Turkey,...

UN chemical arms chief to visit Damascus 18 Jul 2013 - 04:15 am

UNITED NATIONS: The head of a UN chemical weapons investigation team, Ake Sellstrom of Sweden, heads to Damascus next week to discuss his...

Top Israel law officer slams West Bank impunity 18 Jul 2013 - 04:14 am

JERUSALEM: A top Israeli law officer said yesterday that a culture of impunity reigns among Israeli bodies operating in the occupied territories, who...

Fighting in South Sudan cuts off 100,000 from aid 18 Jul 2013 - 04:14 am

JUBA: Fighting between government forces, rebels and rival tribes has cut off 100,000 people from urgently needed food and medical aid in South...

WHO holds off raising MERS alert level as Haj looms 18 Jul 2013 - 04:14 am

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation yesterday held off from calling for travel restrictions related to the MERS virus striking Saudi Arabia as the...

Remembering tsar 18 Jul 2013 - 04:13 am

People carry an icon with a portrait of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, during a procession in Yekaterinburg yesterday. The family of...

US ties above Snowden, says Putin 18 Jul 2013 - 04:13 am

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin signalled clearly yesterday that he did not want a dispute over the fate of former US spy agency contractor...

Czech MPs vote against snap poll 18 Jul 2013 - 04:12 am

PRAGUE: Czech deputies yesterday voted against dissolving parliament and holding snap elections after a corruption scandal that forced the previous government to resign. ...

Europe-wide raids on neo-Nazis 18 Jul 2013 - 04:12 am

BERLIN: Police raided premises in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands yesterday seeking evidence of planned terrorist attacks by a far-right group calling itself...

Mandela to mark birthday in hospital 18 Jul 2013 - 04:10 am

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African president Nelson Mandela will spend his 95th birthday in hospital today, but was said to be making “remarkable” progress....

Queen gives nod to British gay marriage law 18 Jul 2013 - 04:10 am

LONDON: Britain legalised gay marriage Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill approved by lawmakers, paving the way...

Ohio man pleads not guilty in abductions 18 Jul 2013 - 04:10 am

CLEVELAND: A former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and holding three women captive for years pleaded not guilty yesterday to hundreds...

Pentagon for more regular missile tests 18 Jul 2013 - 04:09 am

WASHINGTON: US defence officials affirmed their commitment to a $1bn expansion of a Boeing Co ground-based missile defence system despite a test failure...

Abe near contested islands 18 Jul 2013 - 04:08 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspects a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel off Japan’s southwestern island of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, yesterday. The coastguards...

Seoul hails seizure of North’s ship 18 Jul 2013 - 04:08 am

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday welcomed the seizure off Panama of a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons and urged the United Nations...

No deal on reviving joint estate 18 Jul 2013 - 04:08 am

SEOUL: North and South Korea failed yesterday to reach agreement on reopening their jointly-run industrial estate as they wrangled over who was to...

China cracks down on pharma sector 18 Jul 2013 - 04:07 am

BEIJING: China announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine yesterday and said it would tighten industry regulation, piling pressure on...