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Syria talks may signal shift in conflict dynamics 23 Jan 2017 - 02:31 pm

BEIRUT: Syria talks in the Kazakh capital Astana come at a time of significant changes to the conflict in its sixth year. Although...

Fog in London forces flight cancellations 23 Jan 2017 - 02:16 pm

London: A thick fog in London forced the cancellation of around 100 flights at Heathrow Airport on Monday and revived concern about air...

Hamas warns US against embassy relocation to Jerusalem 23 Jan 2017 - 01:37 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: A senior Hamas leader has warned the new U.S. President, Donald Trump, against plans to move the U.S. embassy from...

Israel's Netanyahu to meet new US president next month 23 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Washington D.C. in February, the two men decided...

80 Houthi militants killed in airstrikes and clashes with army forces in Taiz 23 Jan 2017 - 01:28 pm

Aden: Eighty militants of the Houthi and the ousted Ali Abdulla Saleh militias were killed and tens others were injured in clashes with...

Italy reviews new electoral law as old problems pile up 23 Jan 2017 - 01:24 pm

ROME: After a turbulent first month in office, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni could learn this week how much longer his government might last...

Hungary holds day of mourning for bus crash victims 23 Jan 2017 - 12:20 pm

Budapest: Hungary flew black flags at half-mast on Monday as part of a national day of mourning for the young victims of a...

Melbourne vigil for shopping mall dead as suspect charged 23 Jan 2017 - 12:17 pm

Sydney: Thousands of people attended a vigil Monday in memory of the five victims mown down by a car at Melbourne's busiest mall...

65 IS terrorists 'neutralized' in north Syria 23 Jan 2017 - 12:04 pm

ANKARA: Sixty-five Islamic State terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield, the...

Palestinian fishermen wounded by Israeli attack in Gaza 23 Jan 2017 - 11:31 am

Gaza: Several Palestinian fishermen were injured, and their boats were damaged after Israeli navy boat opened fire at the fishing boats off al-Sudaniya...

Assailants kill five Egypt soldiers in Sinai: army 23 Jan 2017 - 11:26 am

Cairo: The Egyptian army said Monday that assailants killed five soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces have been targeted in a...

China, Philippines to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion 23 Jan 2017 - 11:08 am

Beijing: China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said...

Baby dead, 4 injured in Myanmar family suicide attempt 23 Jan 2017 - 11:00 am

Yangon: A baby has been killed and two children left hospitalised in Myanmar on Monday after their parents attempted a mass suicide on...

Japan police make arrests in Cambodian trafficking case 23 Jan 2017 - 10:57 am

Tokyo: Japanese police said Monday they have arrested three people in a sex trafficking case involving Cambodian women and discovered 10 Thai women...

Syria rebels, regime to launch talks in Astana 23 Jan 2017 - 10:41 am

Astana, Kazakhstan: Syrian rebels are due to meet their war-torn country's government on Monday in the Kazakh capital Astana, in the latest push...

Israeli soldiers arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank 23 Jan 2017 - 10:35 am

occupied Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers arrested at dawn Monday at least 13 Palestinians from their homes, in different parts of the West Bank, and...

South Korean ministry apologises for "blacklist" of artists 23 Jan 2017 - 10:22 am

SEOUL: South Korea's culture ministry apologised on Monday for a blacklist of artists which excluded them from government support, admitting there was a...