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Arab air strikes cripple Yemen's main airport 29 Mar 2015 - 06:00 pm

Sanaa--Saudi-led warplanes bombed Yemen's main international airport and struck a renegade troop base in the capital, as Arab leaders vowed Sunday to pummel...

Qatar Duty Free opens four new outlets at HIA 29 Mar 2015 - 05:54 pm

DOHA, Qatar: Qatar Duty Free (QDF) is proud to announce the opening of four new exclusive retail outlets at Hamad International Airport (HIA)....

Air Canada jet skids off Halifax runway, at least 23 injured 29 Mar 2015 - 05:52 pm

Montreal--An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on Sunday, sending at least 23...

Israeli PM lashes out as Iran nuclear talks intensify 29 Mar 2015 - 05:48 pm

Lausanne--Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a dire warning Sunday about a possible nuclear accord with Iran as talks in Switzerland towards the...

ictQATAR, Qatar Museums Sign MoU for 3D Digitization 29 Mar 2015 - 05:47 pm

DOHA: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR) and Qatar Museums have signed an MoU for digitizing 3D materials. As per the...

Turkey detains two policemen in Erdogan spying case 29 Mar 2015 - 05:44 pm

Istanbul--Turkish authorities detained two former policemen following their extradition from Romania on suspicion of bugging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said Sunday....

Twelve dead in Indonesian landslide 29 Mar 2015 - 05:41 pm

Jakarta--Twelve people were killed and 11 houses buried after a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia's main island of Java, an official...

38 dead as Yemen tribes, rebels clash near oil region 29 Mar 2015 - 05:38 pm

Aden--At least 38 people were killed on Sunday in clashes between rebel forces and tribes near a southern oil region, a security official...

Huge turnout as Uzbeks set to re-elect strongman Karimov 29 Mar 2015 - 05:32 pm

Tashkent--Uzbeks voted massively in a presidential election Sunday with turnout topping 70 percent halfway through the poll expected to deliver another landslide victory...

Grateful Singapore gives Lee Kuan Yew a hero's funeral 29 Mar 2015 - 05:29 pm

Singapore--Tens of thousands of Singaporeans gave founding father Lee Kuan Yew a hero's funeral Sunday, ending a week of mourning in the city-state...

UN chief says Nigeria vote largely peaceful 29 Mar 2015 - 05:24 pm

United Nations, United States--UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Nigerians for holding "largely peaceful and orderly" elections despite Boko Haram attacks...

UN Ebola head warns against complacency as fight enters last lap 29 Mar 2015 - 05:13 pm

Conakry-The head of the UN's Ebola fighting force on Sunday warned against complacency as the fight against the disease entered its final lap,...

Nigerian voters try again after technical glitches 29 Mar 2015 - 05:10 pm

Abuja--Nigeria's closely fought general election went into a second day on Sunday after failures in controversial new technology snarled the polling, including for...

Provisional agreement on key elements of Iran deal: diplomats 29 Mar 2015 - 05:03 pm

Lausanne--Iran and six world powers have reached provisional agreement on key parts of a deal sharply curtailing Tehran's nuclear programme, Western diplomats in...

Mozambique's ex-president Guebuza resigns as head of ruling party 29 Mar 2015 - 04:46 pm

Maputo--Mozambique's ex-president Armando Guebuza on Sunday stepped down as head of the ruling Frelimo party, two years before his term expired, a party...

DNA from 78 Germanwings crash victims found: prosecutor 29 Mar 2015 - 04:35 pm

Marseille--Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts recovered from the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, one of...

Yemen FM rules out Huthi talks until surrender 29 Mar 2015 - 04:23 pm

Cairo--Yemen's foreign minister on Sunday ruled out any dialogue with Huthi rebels until President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's government retakes full control of the...

Sri Lanka pledges 'political solution' in war-torn north 29 Mar 2015 - 04:19 pm

Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Colombo--Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has pleadged a "political solution" for the island's war-torn...