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Jihadist-led offensive in Syria's Hama advances: monitor 23 Mar 2017 - 11:24 am

Beirut: Syrian jihadists and allied rebels advanced against government forces in central Hama province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor...

Nine police officers killed in Afghanistan 23 Mar 2017 - 11:18 am

Kabul: A policeman killed nine of his co workers in an insider attack in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, local officials said Thursday....

Seven arrests over British parliament terror attack: police 23 Mar 2017 - 11:14 am

London: Seven people have been arrested including in London and Birmingham over Wednesday's terror attack at the British parliament, the police said on...

France wants US to clarify plans on Syrian future 23 Mar 2017 - 11:07 am

Washington: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that his country was hoping for specific answers for a couple of weeks from the US...

Inflation fears take shine off German consumer morale 23 Mar 2017 - 10:54 am

Frankfurt am Main: Consumers in Germany are more confident about the economy and keen to spend money, but concerned about the impact of...

Salvage of South Korea's Sewol ferry: the facts 23 Mar 2017 - 10:44 am

Seoul: South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry emerged from the waters on Thursday, nearly three years after it sank with the loss of more...

Poland warns it may not adopt EU's Rome declaration 23 Mar 2017 - 10:38 am

WARSAW: Poland may not accept the Rome declaration, which will chart the European Union's course after Britain leaves, if the document does not...

Ukraine says saboteurs blow up arms warehouse in east 23 Mar 2017 - 10:34 am

KIEV: The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the...

British police investigate attack on parliament that killed 5 23 Mar 2017 - 10:23 am

LONDON: British counter-terrorism police were investigating the background of an attacker who killed four people and injured about 40 before being shot to...

Police raid in Birmingham following London attack: reports 23 Mar 2017 - 10:07 am

London: British police arrested a number of people in a raid on a property in Birmingham just hours after the deadly attacks in...

British MPs to return to Westminster after attack 23 Mar 2017 - 09:14 am

London: British MPs were preparing to return to parliament on Thursday after a lightning attack attributed by police to "Islamist-related terrorism", which saw...

Second scare for Australian airline in a week 23 Mar 2017 - 08:43 am

Sydney: A regional Australian airline plane made an emergency landing Thursday after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine, barely a...

China blames climate change for record sea levels 23 Mar 2017 - 08:31 am

SHANGHAI: Chinese coastal sea levels hit record highs in 2016, driven by climate change as well as El Nino and La Nina events,...

Killer of Cambodian government critic gets life in jail 23 Mar 2017 - 08:27 am

Phnom Penh: A Cambodian court on Thursday jailed a former soldier for life for the brazen daytime shooting of a strident government critic,...

One Turkish soldier killed, four wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants - army 23 Mar 2017 - 08:26 am

ANKARA: One Turkish soldier was killed and four were wounded in an armed attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari,...

Tillerson alias emails from his ExxonMobil era prove elusive 23 Mar 2017 - 08:23 am

New York: Emails sent under a pseudonym by current US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when he was still CEO of ExxonMobil, and...

UK parliament attack reminiscent of Berlin, Nice 22 Mar 2017 - 09:31 pm

Paris: A man mowed down pedestrians on a bridge near the British parliament and stabbed a policeman on Wednesday, killing three people before...

Drug lord 'El Chapo' healthy and learning English in jail: US 22 Mar 2017 - 08:29 pm

New York: Jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is healthy and even learning English, US prosecutors argued, dismissing allegations from defense...