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Dozens of Boko Haram fighters surrender in southern Niger 28 Dec 2016 - 02:18 pm

NIAMEY: Dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, the interior minister said, days after the Islamist...

Lebanon’s parliament green-lights new cabinet lineup 28 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm

ISTANBUL: Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday approved a new cabinet lineup headed by Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency....

Soviet Afghan war made radical groups: Russian diplomat 28 Dec 2016 - 01:12 pm

MOSCOW: Russia’s presidential envoy to Afghanistan admits that destabilization in the country following the 1979 Soviet invasion might have led to the emergence...

273 Aleppans get treatment in Turkey 28 Dec 2016 - 12:59 pm

Turkey: The number of injured Aleppans treated in Turkey reached 273 after evacuation from the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, the Turkish government...

Five dead, many injured as train slams into bus near Tunis 28 Dec 2016 - 12:30 pm

Tunis: At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured on Wednesday when a train slammed into a public bus near...

Death toll from Pakistan toxic liquor incident rises to 34 28 Dec 2016 - 12:13 pm

Islamabad: Thirty-four people have now died after drinking toxic home-made liquor on Christmas Eve in central Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, one of the...

Korean Air pledges clampdown on unruly passengers 28 Dec 2016 - 11:50 am

Seoul: Korean Air said Wednesday it would let its crew use stun guns more aggressively and put more male staff aboard flights to...

Japan minister prays at Yasukuni after Abe's Pearl Harbor visit 28 Dec 2016 - 11:40 am

Tokyo: A Japanese cabinet minister offered prayers at a controversial Tokyo war shrine on Wednesday, shortly after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a...

Bangladeshi fishermen claim Myanmar navy attacked trawler 28 Dec 2016 - 11:36 am

Dhaka: Four Bangladeshi fishermen were injured when Myanmar's navy allegedly opened fire on them while they were fishing along the countries' troubled border...

Turkey, Russia agree on nationwide Syria cease-fire bid 28 Dec 2016 - 11:28 am

ANKARA: Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan for the warring parties in Syria to declare a nationwide cease-fire, a confidential Turkish...

Turkey, Russia agree on Syria ceasefire plan 28 Dec 2016 - 11:16 am

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on a plan for a cease-fire comprising the whole...

Tensions flare on anniversary of SKorea-Japan deal 28 Dec 2016 - 11:14 am

SEOUL: South Korean police surrounded dozens of protesters holding a sit-in demonstration in Busan Wednesday, on the first anniversary of an agreement to...

US urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Sinjar region 28 Dec 2016 - 11:09 am

WASHINGTON: The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a “major obstacle to reconciliation” and the return of displaced...

Elephant herd attacks Nepal village, killing 1, injuring 2 28 Dec 2016 - 11:07 am

KATHMANDU, Nepal: A herd of elephants attacked a village in southwest Nepal on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said....

Iraq to link railway network with Iranian counterpart 28 Dec 2016 - 11:04 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to link its railway network to that of neighboring Iran, the state-run Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR) company announced Tuesday, noting...

Hamas declines to take part in planned PNC meeting 28 Dec 2016 - 11:01 am

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has no plan to take part in a preparatory meeting to be held in advance of...

Three months needed to rid country from Islamic State: Iraqi PM 28 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday that they needed three months to completely eliminate Islamic State from Iraq. “Iraqi forces...