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Blast kills 5 near main cathedral in Cairo 11 Dec 2016 - 12:26 pm

CAIRO: At least five people were killed in an explosion near the main Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday. The...

Kuwait emir tells MPs spending cuts 'inevitable' 11 Dec 2016 - 12:18 pm

Kuwait City: Kuwait's Emir HH Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the new parliament Sunday by declaring that a reduction in public spending is...

Oil truck fireball kills at least 42 in central Kenya - aid worker 11 Dec 2016 - 12:14 pm

NAIVASHA, Kenya: A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on...

Italy president taps Gentiloni, favourite to be PM 11 Dec 2016 - 11:54 am

Rome: Italian President Sergio Mattarella summoned Paolo Gentiloni to see him Sunday in what was seen as a signal the current foreign minister...

Russia stages over 60 strikes on Syria's Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 11:21 am

Moscow: Russian war planes carried out over 60 strikes overnight on Syria's Palmyra after Islamic State jihadists re-entered the famed ancient city, halting...

More than 10,000 flee rebel-held Aleppo since midnight: monitor 11 Dec 2016 - 10:55 am

Beirut: Fierce fighting and heavy bombardment saw more than 10,000 people flee rebel-held areas of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo since midnight,...

Turkey declares day of mourning after soccer bombing kills 29, wounds 166 11 Dec 2016 - 10:13 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey declared a day of national mourning on Sunday, after two bombs killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in a coordinated...

IS withdraws from Syria's Palmyra after heavy Russian raids: monitor 11 Dec 2016 - 09:58 am

Beirut: A Russian aerial onslaught forced Islamic State group fighters to withdraw from Syria's Palmyra at dawn on Sunday, only hours after the...

Turkey declares day's mourning after Istanbul bombings: state news agency 11 Dec 2016 - 09:56 am

Istanbul: Turkey declared a one-day morning Sunday after twin blasts ripped through the heart of Istanbul following a football match killing 29 people,...

Suicide bombing 'kills 16' in Somali capital: ambulance service 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 am

Mogadishu: At least 16 people died early Sunday in a suicide truck bombing outside the port of the Somali capital Mogadishu, the director...

Romanian left seeks election comeback 11 Dec 2016 - 08:39 am

Bucharest: Romanians started voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that are forecast to see the corruption-tainted left stage a remarkable comeback, a year after...

Car bomb explodes outside Somalia capital Mogadishu's port, 3 killed - police 11 Dec 2016 - 08:30 am

MOGADISHU: A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least...

Syrian army tightens grip on Aleppo but IS back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 08:27 am

Aleppo, Syria: The Syrian army tightened its grip on rebels besieged in Aleppo with thousands of civilians but suffered a setback as jihadists...

For US veterans, pipeline protest promises to galvanize activism 10 Dec 2016 - 08:30 pm

CANNON BALL/FORT YATES, ND: US veterans, thousands of whom last week helped stop a contested oil pipeline running through North Dakota, could become...

Italy politicians thrash out plans for post-crisis leader 10 Dec 2016 - 08:15 pm

ROME: Political parties made their cases to Italy’s president on Saturday for ways out of a government crisis prompted by Matteo Renzi’s resignation...

Dylan notably absent as Nobel laureates accept prizes 10 Dec 2016 - 08:10 pm

Stockholm: Dressed in tails and white ties, this year's Nobel laureates in medicine, economics, physics and chemistry accepted their prizes at a gala...

Russia to build $30 mln centre for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading dancer 10 Dec 2016 - 07:20 pm

MOSCOW: Russia is building a $30 million complex for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading...