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Russia cyber attacks are ‘major threat,’ Congress probe hears 05 Jan 2017 - 07:00 pm

WASHINGTON: Russian cyber attacks pose a “major threat” to the United States, top U.S. intelligence officials told a congressional hearing on Thursday despite...

Police break up protest in northern Morocco 05 Jan 2017 - 06:37 pm

Rabat: Police have dispersed a protest in Morocco's northern city of Al-Hoceima, a rights group said Thursday, months after a local fishmonger's death...

Netanyahu questioned for second time in graft probe: reports 05 Jan 2017 - 06:32 pm

Jerusalem: Police questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday for a second time as part of a probe into whether he illegally accepted...

Two killed in new Turkey attack as Istanbul gunman hunted 05 Jan 2017 - 06:09 pm

Ankara: A car bombing rocked the Turkish city of Izmir on Thursday, killing at least two people and triggering a shootout that left...

Egypt frees 2011 revolution figure Ahmed Maher 05 Jan 2017 - 05:56 pm

Cairo: Egypt has released political activist Ahmed Maher, a leading figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled the government, after he completed his...

Indian who hid French wife's body in fridge jailed for life 05 Jan 2017 - 05:24 pm

Mumbai: An Indian man who murdered his French wife before chopping up her body and hiding it in a fridge three years ago...

Trump presses Democrats on Obamacare, urges bipartisan fix 05 Jan 2017 - 05:19 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump kept up his attacks on Democrats and Obamacare on Thursday while calling for a bipartisan congressional effort...

Kenyans at loggerheads over coal plant at world heritage site 05 Jan 2017 - 05:02 pm

LAMU: When Walid Amed Ali stands beside the only window in his tiny office, he looks out on an almost perfect world on...

Many wounded in explosion near court in Turkish city of Izmir 05 Jan 2017 - 04:48 pm

ISTANBUL: The private Dogan news agency says at least 9 people have been wounded in an explosion near a courthouse in the western...

Venezuela's rudderless opposition regroups in crisis 05 Jan 2017 - 04:42 pm

Caracas: Crisis-hit Venezuela's divided opposition relaunches fraught efforts on Thursday to oust Socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Despite presiding over an economic disaster that...

Car bomb in Syria coastal regime bastion kills 14 05 Jan 2017 - 04:38 pm

Beirut: At least 14 people were killed Thursday in a car bombing in Syria's coastal city of Jabla, a bastion of the regime,...

Seeking cash, Zimbabwe sells 35 elephants to China 05 Jan 2017 - 04:23 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's wildlife agency said Thursday it has sold 35 elephants to China to ease overpopulation and raise funds for conservation, amid...

Syria: Damascus water crisis grows as fighting threatens truce 05 Jan 2017 - 04:18 pm

Damascus: A major water crisis in Syria's capital worsened as regime and rebel forces clashed near its main reservoir Thursday despite a fragile...

11 die in road accident in western Kenya 05 Jan 2017 - 03:41 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Eleven people including at least 2 students were killed in a highway accident in western Kenya early Thursday morning. Kisumu County...

Ecuador sends report on Assange questioning to Sweden 05 Jan 2017 - 03:38 pm

Stockholm: Ecuadorian authorities have sent to Sweden the results of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's questioning on rape allegations at their embassy in London,...

All change for London's Changing of the Guard after Berlin attack 05 Jan 2017 - 03:13 pm

London: The historic and colourful Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London that attracts thousands of tourists is to change...

Philippines kills leader of Islamic State-linked militant group 05 Jan 2017 - 02:52 pm

MANILA: Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, the country's police...