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Romania seeks World Heritage status for Transylvania village in gold mine row 07 Jan 2017 - 05:30 pm

LONDON: Romania has asked the United Nations to make a Transylvanian village boasting 18th century houses and intact Roman mining shafts into a...

Migrant death toll rises by a third in 2016, fuelled by Mediterranean drownings 07 Jan 2017 - 04:44 pm

LONDON: A record 7,495 refugee and migrant deaths were recorded worldwide last year - almost a third higher than in 2015 - with...

18 dead as torrential rains submerge Thai south 07 Jan 2017 - 04:44 pm

Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand: Heavy rains continued to hammer Thailand's flood-ravaged south on Saturday, bringing the death toll up to 18 and...

Tanker bomb kills at least 60 in Syria's Azaz 07 Jan 2017 - 03:27 pm

Beirut: A huge tanker truck bomb killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens more on Saturday in the Syrian rebel-held town of...

Hundreds protest as Sri Lanka launches Chinese industrial zone 07 Jan 2017 - 03:24 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting the launch Saturday of a special industrial zone in the island's...

Hundreds protest as Sri Lanka launches Chinese industrial zone 07 Jan 2017 - 03:19 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting the launch Saturday of a special industrial zone in the island's...

Suicide bombing kills 6 soldiers in S. Yemen 07 Jan 2017 - 02:20 pm

ADEN, Yemen: Six Yemeni soldiers were killed and another 20 injured Saturday by a suicide bomber that targeted a checkpoint in southern Abyan...

Heavy gunfire heard at military camps in Ivory Coast 07 Jan 2017 - 02:06 pm

YAMOUSSOUKRO: Heavy gunfire was heard overnight and early on Saturday near military camps in two cities in Ivory Coast, where disgruntled soldiers launched...

Many dead in explosion in Syrian town near Turkish border 07 Jan 2017 - 02:02 pm

BEIRUT: An explosion in the busy centre of a rebel-held town near Syria's border with Turkey caused deaths and wounded dozens on Saturday,...

Israeli forces target Palestinians in Southern Gaza 07 Jan 2017 - 01:54 pm

Khan Younis: The Israeli forces opened live fire at Palestinian agricultural land east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday...

12 dead as torrential rains submerge Thai south 07 Jan 2017 - 01:48 pm

Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand: Heavy rains continued to hammer Thailand's flood-ravaged south on Saturday, bringing the death toll up to 12 and...

Cold snap kills 10 in Poland in two days 07 Jan 2017 - 01:43 pm

Warsaw: Ten people have died in two days in Poland in a snap coldwave that is expected to continue this weekend, the authorities...

Israeli forces storm towns and villages in Jenin 07 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation soldiers stormed a number of towns and villages in the West Bank city of Jenin early Saturday and erected military...

Entering Mosul from north, Iraqi army faces gruelling urban combat 07 Jan 2017 - 01:28 pm

NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq: In the morning, spirits were high among Iraqi troops battling Islamic State for control of Mosul as they advanced...

Repair teams poised to begin work restoring Damascus water 07 Jan 2017 - 01:24 pm

Beirut: Repair teams were poised to enter a restive region near Damascus on Saturday to begin work on restoring the Syrian capital's water...

Myanmar to talk Rohingya repatriation with Bangladesh 07 Jan 2017 - 01:11 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar is preparing to send a diplomatic team to Bangladesh to discuss the growing political headache of what to do with...

438 injured from Syria's Aleppo treated in Turkey 07 Jan 2017 - 01:07 pm

HATAY: The number of injured civilians from Syria’s war-torn Aleppo city sent to hospitals in Turkey has reached 438, according to a Turkish...

Pakistan abolishes military courts 07 Jan 2017 - 01:02 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s controversial military courts will no longer be functioning from Saturday after completing their two-year term, officials said. “The military courts’...