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Somalia swears in new MPs amid vote criticism 27 Dec 2016 - 05:45 pm

Mogadishu: Somalia on Tuesday swore in new lawmakers after weeks of voting in a complex political process seen as its most democratic election...

Russia opens criminal case into official after 77 die of alcohol poisoning 27 Dec 2016 - 03:50 pm

MOSCOW: Russian investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal case into a senior regional official in Siberia after at least 77...

Hong Kong's first bird flu patient this winter dies 27 Dec 2016 - 03:19 pm

HONG KONG: An elderly Hong Kong man died on Christmas Day from bird flu, the government said on Tuesday, the first human infection...

N. Korea plans nuclear push in 2017: top defector 27 Dec 2016 - 02:50 pm

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning a "prime time" nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in...

Turkey puts broadcast ban on Russia envoy's killing 27 Dec 2016 - 02:37 pm

Ankara: A Turkish court has put a broadcast ban on reporting of the investigation into last week's murder of the Russian ambassador to...

Philippines seizes nearly a ton of meth in record haul 27 Dec 2016 - 02:34 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: The Philippines’ justice secretary announced Tuesday that authorities have seized nearly a ton of methamphetamine this month in "the...

Irrawaddy dolphins facing ‘major threats’ in Cambodia 27 Dec 2016 - 02:27 pm

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Officials from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Cambodia have heralded the sightings of 10 Irrawaddy dolphin calves in Cambodian stretches of...

Blast hits Azerbaijani gas pipeline 27 Dec 2016 - 02:24 pm

BAKU, Azerbaijan: An Azerbaijani energy company has confirmed there were no deaths or injuries at a gas pipeline explosion on Tuesday. Azerbaijan's state-owned...

Turkey readies improved camp for Aleppo civilians 27 Dec 2016 - 02:15 pm

OSMANIYE, Turkey: A refugee camp in southern Turkey is finishing last-minute improvements and preparations to house thousands of civilians fleeing war-torn Aleppo. The...

Cambodian opposition leader convicted for Facebook post 27 Dec 2016 - 02:08 pm

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader and two aides were convicted in absentia Tuesday over a video that was posted to his...

US-backed fighters pushing toward IS-held dam in north Syria 27 Dec 2016 - 02:01 pm

BEIRUT: A spokesman for a U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in northern Syria says they are approaching a strategic dam controlled by the Islamic State...

No. of injured Aleppans treated in Turkey climbs to 265 27 Dec 2016 - 01:51 pm

HATAY, Turkey: A total of 265 injured Aleppans have been brought to Turkey for treatment following evacuation from the war-battered Syrian city of...

13 IS killed in Syria's Al-Bab 27 Dec 2016 - 01:40 pm

BAGHDAD: Unidentified gunmen abducted a female journalist from her Baghdad home late Monday, according to local security sources. Afrah Shawki was abducted at...

Iraqi female journalist abducted from Baghdad home 27 Dec 2016 - 01:34 pm

BAGHDAD: Unidentified gunmen abducted a female journalist from her Baghdad home late Monday, according to local security sources. Afrah Shawki was abducted at...

Syrian opposition body not a party to talks that Moscow says are under way 27 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm

BEIRUT: A Syrian opposition body grouping armed and political opponents of President Bashar al-Assad has no knowledge of talks that Moscow says are...

Senior IS commander in Syria likely killed 27 Dec 2016 - 12:13 pm

BEIRUT,: One of Islamic State's top commanders in Syria was probably killed in combat as the jihadists sought to stave off an advance...

South Sudan pins hope on national dialogue for peace 27 Dec 2016 - 11:47 am

JUBA, South Sudan: The announcement earlier this month by South Sudan’s president of the start of a national dialogue in the war-torn country...

Israel’s Lieberman urges Jews to leave France 27 Dec 2016 - 11:39 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday called on French Jews to leave their country to protest a Paris-hosted conference planned for...