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Argentina demands answers from Brazil over Falklands flights 03 Mar 2017 - 02:03 am

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina's government said Wednesday that Britain's Royal Air Force made 18 flights between the disputed Falkland Islands and airports in...

Sessions faces storm over ties with Russia 03 Mar 2017 - 02:03 am

Washington: Several congressional Republicans called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday to recuse himself from investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the US...

Dubai Canvas Festival 03 Mar 2017 - 02:01 am

More cracks emerge in Fillon campaign as rivals push ahead 03 Mar 2017 - 02:01 am

PARIS: French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon’s shrinking supporter base was eroded further on Thursday, a day after news that he faces a...

Saudi bans Uber & Careem from airport pickups 03 Mar 2017 - 01:51 am

Riyadh: Drivers from ride-hailing services Uber and Careem are barred from picking up passengers from Saudi Arabia’s airports, Al Madina newspaper reported, quoting...

Chad journalist released from detention 03 Mar 2017 - 01:49 am

Libreville: A Chadian journalist has been released without charge after four days in detention over the publication of an article criticising the country's...

OIC rejects Israeli court ruling on Aqsa 03 Mar 2017 - 01:46 am

Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) rejected an Israeli magistrate court decision reportedly ruling that Jews should be permitted to pray at...

Merkel in Cairo for talks on migration 03 Mar 2017 - 01:46 am

CAIRO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Egyptian counterpart held talks yesterday on ways of slowing migration to Europe, including tightening control over...

7 Qaeda suspects dead in 4 US drone strikes 03 Mar 2017 - 01:46 am

Aden: Four separate US drone strikes killed at least seven suspected Al Qaeda members in Yemen on Thursday, security officials said, barely a...

International bodies break promise on refugees: Erdogan 03 Mar 2017 - 01:38 am

Ankara: While neither the EU nor the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have fulfilled their promises to help refugees, Turkey is continuing to host...

Appeals court frees Mubarak over death of protesters 03 Mar 2017 - 01:38 am

Cairo: Egypt's top appeals court yesterday acquitted ex-president Hosni Mubarak of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that ended...

Malaysia cancels visa-free travel deal with N Korea 03 Mar 2017 - 01:35 am

Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur has cancelled a visa-free travel deal with Pyongyang as a diplomatic spat deepens over the assassination of the half-brother...

Indonesia seeks nine-year jail term for people smuggler 03 Mar 2017 - 01:35 am

Rote: Indonesian prosecutors yesterday sought a nine-year jail term for a suspected people smuggling kingpin accused of organising an illegal migrant boat journey,...

North Korea warns of merciless response over US-Seoul drills 03 Mar 2017 - 01:35 am

Seoul: North Korea said yesterday it is ready to be "merciless" in the face of joint South Korean-United States military drills that began...

57 Al Shabab militants dead in Somalia assault 03 Mar 2017 - 01:35 am

Nairobi: At least 57 members of the Al Shabab extremist group were killed yesterday as African Union and Somali forces attacked one of...

Reform vital for efficient land deals 03 Mar 2017 - 01:26 am

New Delhi: Reforms to the system, greater transparency and better practice are needed to check lengthy litigation as rising demand for land in...

Two dead in Kurram Agency drone strike 03 Mar 2017 - 01:26 am

Parachinar: A SUSPECTED missile-firing US drone killed two Afghan Taliban militants yesterday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials in...

Pakistan approves landmark reforms for tribal areas 03 Mar 2017 - 01:26 am

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan's cabinet has approved a plan to introduce widespread political and administrative reforms to its tribal areas on the border with...