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45,000 left homeless after Indonesia quake 10 Dec 2016 - 11:07 am

Jakarta: Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said...

Solomon Islands scrambles to reach areas hit by second major quake 10 Dec 2016 - 11:01 am

SYDNEY: The Solomon Islands plans to dispatch emergency supplies to areas affected by a 6.9 magnitude aftershock on Saturday, a day after a...

Four killed in Bulgarian train blast 10 Dec 2016 - 11:00 am

Sofia: At least four people died Saturday and 23 were injured when a train transporting gas derailed in the northeastern Bulgarian village of...

CIA says Russia favored Trump 10 Dec 2016 - 09:51 am

The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather...

Turkish air strikes kill 19 Kurdish militants in north Iraq - military sources 10 Dec 2016 - 09:35 am

DIYARBAKIR: Turkish jets carried out air strikes against Kurdish militants in the Gara region of northern Iraq on Friday and killed 19 militants,...

US adds 200 military personnel to Syria anti-IS campaign-Carter 10 Dec 2016 - 09:33 am

MANAMA: The United States is sending 200 additional military personnel to Syria to help the campaign to drive the Islamic State militant group...

Ghana opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins presidential poll 09 Dec 2016 - 09:58 pm

Accra: Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the West African country's presidential election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama,...

No respite for Libya after IS driven from coastal city 09 Dec 2016 - 09:55 pm

Tunis: As Islamic State’s last defences crumbled this week in their Libyan bastion Sirte, dozens of women and children used as human shields...

Iraq destroys car bomb factories 09 Dec 2016 - 09:54 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi forces captured a neighbourhood in east Mosul yesterday, pushing deeper to the heart of Islamic State’s Iraq stronghold and destroying three...

Government forces press attack in east Aleppo 09 Dec 2016 - 09:51 pm

Aleppo: The Syrian army pressed an offensive in Aleppo yesterday with ground fighting and air strikes in an operation to retake all of...

Turkey submits Erdogan powers bill today 09 Dec 2016 - 09:42 pm

Ankara: Turkey's ruling party will submit a bill to parliament today expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers just months after the July failed...

Bombing on Cairo road to pyramids kills 6 Egyptian police 09 Dec 2016 - 09:41 pm

CAIRO: A bombing on a main Cairo road leading to the Giza pyramids killed six police and wounded another three on Friday, the...

Insight: Who knew? Modi’s black money move kept a closely guarded secret 09 Dec 2016 - 09:26 pm

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India’s financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish...

State limit of cash account holder can withdraw: SC to government 09 Dec 2016 - 08:31 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to state the threshold limit of cash that each account holder can withdraw...

Spain’s Rajoy says less austerity needed to fight off populism: WSJ 09 Dec 2016 - 06:06 pm

MADRID: Europe’s political mainstream needs to tone down its austerity drive and focus more on growth if it wants to fight off the...

Mladic 'not a monster', defence tells UN judges 09 Dec 2016 - 06:01 pm

The Hague: Former Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was "not a monster" and should be acquitted of genocide and war crimes, his defence...

Nobel prize was 'tremendous push' in Colombia peace: Santos 09 Dec 2016 - 05:57 pm

Oslo: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday said the Nobel Peace Prize was a "gift from heaven" and gave a "tremendous push"...

Malaysia PM opens thorny debate in accusing Myanmar of genocide 09 Dec 2016 - 05:49 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s stern rebuke to Myanmar for a military-led crackdown on Muslim Rohingyas was a rarity among Southeast...