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UN Yemen envoy in new bid for peace 27 Nov 2016 - 08:05 pm

Muscat: UN envoy for Yemen has announced a new bid for peace talks between the government and rebels, after the latest ceasefire failed...

Renzi faces pressure to stay in office as Italy referendum defeat looms 27 Nov 2016 - 07:51 pm

ROME: When a handful of European leaders met Barack Obama in Berlin this month to say their goodbyes, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi...

Trump and Cuba's future: questions after Castro's death 27 Nov 2016 - 07:44 pm

Havana: Fidel Castro led his country for 48 years and remained influential up to the time of this death at the age of...

Egypt foreign ministry denies troops deployed in Syria 27 Nov 2016 - 07:38 pm

Cairo: Egypt on Sunday denied Arab media reports claiming that it had a military presence in Syria, days after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...

More than 4,000 flee rebel-held east Aleppo: monitor 27 Nov 2016 - 07:35 pm

Beirut: More than 4,000 civilians have fled eastern Aleppo in the past 24 hours as regime forces advance against rebel-held districts of Syria's...

BBC Turkish says reporter freed in southeast Turkey 27 Nov 2016 - 07:29 pm

Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Sunday freed a reporter for the BBC's Turkish language service in the southeast of the country after holding her...

Expert tell how to solve the escalating violence in Myanmar 27 Nov 2016 - 06:44 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The conflict in Myanmar’s northwestern state of Rakhine has sent hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing across the border to Bangladesh, and...

Malaysia in pilot scheme to allow Rohingya refugees to work 27 Nov 2016 - 06:29 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday it was working with Malaysia on a pilot scheme to allow refugees from Myanmar’s...

With Castro's death, US loses last Cold War enemy 27 Nov 2016 - 06:19 pm

Washington: With the death of Fidel Castro, the United States has lost its last great Cold War enemy, a leader who long ago...

Spanish hometown of Castro's father proud of place in history 27 Nov 2016 - 06:11 pm

Lancara, Spain: Historians will debate Fidel Castro's legacy for years, but the remote Spanish village of Lancara is proud to be the birthplace...

Trump Describes Wisconsin Recount as 'Scam' 27 Nov 2016 - 03:36 pm

Washington: US Republican President-elect Donald Trump has described an impending recount of votes in Wisconsin as a "scam". Trump, who narrowly won the...

Israeli forces exchange fire with gunmen in Syria 27 Nov 2016 - 03:31 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces in the occupied Golan Heights exchanged fire with gunmen based in Syria, an Israeli army statement said Sunday. The military...

Shooting kills one in New Orleans French Quarter 27 Nov 2016 - 03:27 pm

Miami: One man was gunned down and nine people wounded in a shootout in the historic French Quarter of the southern US city...

Syrian rebels hand in heavy weapons in besieged Damascus town 'Khan al-Shih' 27 Nov 2016 - 03:19 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels handed in their heavy weapons in a town southwest of Damascus, on Sunday, as part of a deal they have...

Strike over fuel subsidies quietens Khartoum streets 27 Nov 2016 - 03:14 pm

Khartoum: Several public transport buses stayed off the streets in Khartoum and many shops shut Sunday in a mixed response to opposition calls...

Spain arrests man on suspicion of Islamist militant activity 27 Nov 2016 - 03:02 pm

MADRID: Spanish police have arrested a Spanish citizen in Madrid on suspicion of belonging to Islamic State, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. ...

Hundreds flee Syria regime advance into east Aleppo 27 Nov 2016 - 02:59 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Hundreds of civilians have fled rebel-held east Aleppo after government forces, determined to retake all of Syria's second city, seized its...

Philippines: 11 Islamic State-inspired fighters dead in clashes 27 Nov 2016 - 02:37 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY,Philippines: At least eleven Islamic State-inspired militants have been killed in clashes that broke out after the “Maute group” occupied part of...