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Egypt mourns slain churchgoers as blast toll rises 12 Dec 2016 - 02:35 pm

Cairo: Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church,...

Syrian general says Aleppo operation in final stages 12 Dec 2016 - 02:22 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: The Syrian military operation to recapture rebel-held east Aleppo is in its final stages after the army took Sheikh Saeed and...

Taiwan calls on youths to join army as China threat looms 12 Dec 2016 - 02:19 pm

Taipei: Taiwan's defence minister called on youths to join the army Monday after Chinese military aircraft came near the island over the weekend...

Azerbaijan downs Armenian drone 12 Dec 2016 - 02:02 pm

BAKU: Azerbaijani troops have shot down an Armenian drone, the Defense Ministry in the capital Baku said on Monday. The ministry said in...

Greek police destroy suspected bomb outside Athens ministry 12 Dec 2016 - 02:01 pm

ATHENS, Greece: Greek authorities have destroyed a time bomb placed overnight outside the Labor Ministry on a major thoroughfare in central Athens, after...

Greece's Tsipras to meet Germany's Merkel in Berlin Friday 12 Dec 2016 - 01:59 pm

BERLIN: The German government says Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to Berlin this week to discuss the migrant situation, Cyprus and...

Philippine Abu Sayyaf militants free 2 Indonesians 12 Dec 2016 - 01:55 pm

MANILA, Philippines: Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Indonesian tugboat crewmen kidnapped by the ransom-seeking militants six months ago and held in the...

Airbus in Iran to finalise plane deal 12 Dec 2016 - 01:52 pm

Tehran: Airbus delegates have arrived in Tehran for talks aimed at finalising a deal to sell around 100 planes, an Iranian official said...

Police raids across Turkey after deadly bombing attack 12 Dec 2016 - 01:52 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's police rounded up more than 100 members of a Kurdish political party on Monday as the country mourned the dozens killed...

Syria says 98 percent of east Aleppo retaken 12 Dec 2016 - 01:50 pm

Syria's military says it has gained control of 98 percent of eastern Aleppo, leaving only a tiny enclave packed with rebels and civilians....

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:49 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Sudan's Bashir vows to crush opposition protests 12 Dec 2016 - 01:42 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed Monday to brutally crush anti-regime protests, warning the authorities will crack down on demonstrators as they did...

Six arrested for suspected terror offences in Britain 12 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

London: Six people were arrested Monday in London and other parts of Britain suspected of planning "an act of terrorism", counter-terrorism police said....

New Thai king pardons prisoners in 'first show of mercy' 12 Dec 2016 - 01:33 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn has pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners, a first act of "mercy" as monarch as he reaches...

School bomb kills nine-year-old in Pakistan: officials 12 Dec 2016 - 01:28 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: A nine-year-old girl was killed and three other children were wounded Monday when a bomb exploded near their school gate in...

British-Algerian journalist dies after hunger strike in Algiers 12 Dec 2016 - 01:17 pm

ALGIERS: A British-Algerian journalist had died six months after staging a hunger strike in Algiers over his detention for publishing articles seen as...