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Changing face of migrant crisis in Mediterranean 05 May 2017 - 03:04 pm

Romeeur: From waves of dinghies setting off from Libya to the appearance of privately-funded rescue ships, the face of the migration crisis in...

Sri Lanka's foreign minister says embassies sheltered war criminals and human rights abusers 05 May 2017 - 02:25 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Friday accused the previous administration of using its embassies abroad as "safe houses" for murderers accused of...

Turkey court rejects Wikipedia appeal over blocking 05 May 2017 - 02:22 pm

Istanbul: A Turkish court on Friday rejected an appeal by the Wikimedia Foundation against the nearly week-long blocking of access in Turkey to...

Tobacco logo ban said to get WTO backing in landmark case 04 May 2017 - 08:09 pm

The World Trade Organization upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, dealing a blow to the...

Australia wins landmark WTO tobacco packaging case: Bloomberg 04 May 2017 - 08:06 pm

GENEVA/LONDON: A landmark Australian law on restrictive tobacco packaging has been upheld at the World Trade Organization after a five-year legal battle, Bloomberg...

South African court orders Zuma to explain shock cabinet reshuffle 04 May 2017 - 08:06 pm

Johannesburg: A South African High Court Thursday ordered President Jacob Zuma to reveal the documents he used to justify the controversial sacking of...

Turkey, Russia, Iran back Syria 'de-escalation zones' 04 May 2017 - 07:09 pm

ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a deal in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on Thursday to establish de-escalation zones in Syria. Kazakh...

British firefighters execute unusual rescue: a trapped sheep 04 May 2017 - 04:54 pm

LONDON: A group of firefighters in West Yorkshire, England, executed an unusual rescue this week when they freed a sheep wedged in a...

Russia, Turkey, Iran sign pact on safe zones in Syria 04 May 2017 - 03:40 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel backer Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan to create...

Syria rebels return to peace talks 04 May 2017 - 03:06 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: Syrian rebels on Thursday resumed participation in peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana centred around a Russian-backed plan to create...

Egyptian woman leaves Indian hospital more than 300 kg lighter 04 May 2017 - 02:59 pm

MUMBAI: An Egyptian woman widely believed to have been the world's heaviest woman left an Indian hospital on Thursday more than 300 kg...

China vows friendship despite N. Korean media attack 04 May 2017 - 02:31 pm

Beijing: China vowed to remain a good neighbour to North Korea on Thursday, despite a rare and stinging critique in Pyongyang's state media...

Iraqi army advances in Mosul 04 May 2017 - 02:05 pm

Baghdad: Iraq's armed forces on Thursday opened a new front against ISIS in Mosul in the northwest of the country, an Iraqi military...

Raqqah Council to rule city: Pentagon 04 May 2017 - 01:16 pm

WASHINGTON: A council of local members who live in and around Raqqah, Syria, will rule the city after it is cleared of IS,...

35 dead in Iran coal mine blast 04 May 2017 - 01:09 pm

TEHRAN: An explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran killed at least 35 people on Wednesday, according to the Iranian Labour News...

Gunfire in Somali capital kills public works minister 04 May 2017 - 01:00 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction Abbas Siraj was shot dead in capital Mogadishu on Wednesday evening following a gunfire...

First day of Astana talks ends without result 04 May 2017 - 12:54 pm

ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The first day of Syria talks in the Kazakh capital ended Wednesday without a breakthrough between the Syrian regime and opposition...