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Amnesty demands release of jailed Maldives judges 06 Feb 2018 - 05:37 pm

Malé, Maldives: Amnesty International on Tuesday called for the immediate release of top judges detained in the Maldives, warning the "eyes of the...

Paris attacks suspect declines to reappear at Brussels trial 06 Feb 2018 - 05:31 pm

BRUSSELS: The main surviving suspect of the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Salah Abdeslam, has decided not to attend the second day of...

Wikileaks founder Assange loses bid to have UK arrest warrant dropped 06 Feb 2018 - 05:27 pm

LONDON: A British court on Tuesday rejected a legal attempt by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to have a warrant for his arrest dropped....

Russia requests Turkish assistance in returning remains of downed fighter jet in Syria 06 Feb 2018 - 05:14 pm

Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry has asked Turkey for assistance in obtaining all debris of the Sukhoi-25 jet downed in Syria last weekend....

'We will negotiate with no one on our weapons': Iran president 06 Feb 2018 - 05:12 pm

Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that negotiations on the country's missiles programme were out of the question. "We will negotiate with...

Congo tells Belgium to close consulate, cut flights 06 Feb 2018 - 05:07 pm

BRUSSELS: The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered Belgium to close a consulate and cut flights by Brussels Airlines, Belgium's foreign ministry said...

German chancellor urges compromise in coalition talks 06 Feb 2018 - 04:58 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Social Democrats to compromise and find a way to overcome policy differences in coalition talks. Talking...

Somali military court sentences 5 over terrorist attack 06 Feb 2018 - 04:52 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: A Somali military court on Tuesday sentenced five men convicted over last October’s devastating terrorist truck bombing in the capital Mogadishu,...

Burundi extradites more than 30 rebels to DR Congo 06 Feb 2018 - 04:47 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Burundi has handed over more than 30 suspected rebels to Congolese officials, a military spokesman said on Tuesday....

Turkish soldier killed setting up military post in northwest Syria 06 Feb 2018 - 03:56 pm

ISTANBUL: A Turkish soldier was killed in a rocket and mortar attack in northwest Syria as Turkish forces were setting up a military...

Mercedes-Benz apologizes to Chinese for quoting Dalai Lama 06 Feb 2018 - 02:05 pm

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Mercedes-Benz apologized to Chinese consumers on Tuesday for an Instagram post showing one of its luxury cars along with a quote from...

Regime strikes kill 16 in Syria's Ghouta enclave: monitor 06 Feb 2018 - 01:09 pm

Beirut: Fresh air strikes by the Syrian military on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, killed at least 16 civilians on...

We are 95 pct of the way to a coalition deal, German SPD says 06 Feb 2018 - 12:38 pm

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are around 95 percent of the way to reaching a coalition...

Maldives' top judge arrested as state of emergency declared 06 Feb 2018 - 12:30 pm

Malé, Maldives: The Maldives' top judge was arrested Tuesday as security forces stormed the Supreme Court at dawn after President Abdulla Yameen declared...

Resumption of Russian flights to Egypt matter for airlines - Egypt envoy 06 Feb 2018 - 11:59 am

MOSCOW, Egypt's ambassador to Russia said on Tuesday that Russian national carrier Aeroflot and its Egyptian counterpart EgyptAir were in talks about the...

Air strike kills five in Idlib, death toll climbs - monitor 06 Feb 2018 - 11:50 am

BEIRUT, Air strikes killed at least five people in a village in the Syrian rebel-held region of Idlib on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory...

Senior Chinese shipping executive shot dead in Pakistan 06 Feb 2018 - 11:42 am

KARACHI, Pakistan, A senior Chinese shipping company executive was shot dead in the violence-plagued Pakistani financial hub of Karachi on Monday in what...

China says Swedish citizen and HK bookseller under 'coercive measures' 06 Feb 2018 - 11:15 am

BEIJING, China said on Tuesday said that Swedish citizen and Hong Kong-based bookseller Gui Minhai is under "coercive measures", a euphemism for detention,...