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Truck "terrorist" kills 80 in Nice Bastille Day crowd 15 Jul 2016 - 07:31 am

French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck July 15, 2016 that ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day...

Yemen govt threatens to boycott talks 15 Jul 2016 - 01:13 am

Riyadh: Yemen’s government threatened yesterday to boycott UN-brokered peace talks, on the eve of their expected resumption in Kuwait, unless Iran-backed rebels commit...

Kuwait sets minimum wage for maids in first for Gulf 14 Jul 2016 - 06:11 pm

(Photo: Reuters) Kuwait City: Kuwait has set a minimum wage for its hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian domestic workers, in a first...

Malaysia's Mahathir to launch party to challenge PM Najib 14 Jul 2016 - 06:00 pm

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is pictured during an interview at his office in Kuala Lumpur, October 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Samsul Said/File photo) ...

Europe stunned as Britain's 'jester' Boris becomes FM 14 Jul 2016 - 05:34 pm

Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in central London on July 14, 2016, as...

India firm gifts Trump 6,000 tea bags to cleanse his soul 14 Jul 2016 - 04:46 pm

New Delhi: An Indian company Thursday said it had sent 6,000 green tea bags to White House hopeful Donald Trump, believing they would...

Minister in South Sudan to evacuate Indians 14 Jul 2016 - 03:56 pm

Indian citizens getting into the aircraft. (Photo: MEAindia / twitter) New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday reached...

Air strikes kill 12 in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo: monitor 14 Jul 2016 - 03:55 pm

Civil defence members and men inspect damage inside al-Aqsa mosque after an airstrike on the rebel held Al-Hilwaniyeh neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria July...

New UK finance minister: We will do whatever is necessary after Brexit 14 Jul 2016 - 01:05 pm

New Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond walks to 10 Downing Street in central London on July 13, 2016 after New British Prime...

Assad must go before Syria can change, Turkish PM says 14 Jul 2016 - 12:46 pm

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (AFP) By Hale Turkes and Sinan Polat ANKARA: Prime Minister Binali Yildirim reiterated that Turkey’s Syrian policy will not...

France informed of planned terror attack on Rio team: Report 14 Jul 2016 - 12:30 pm

Paris: France was informed of a planned terror attack on its team at the Rio Olympics, according to the head of military intelligence...

Britain’s new PM May gives big role to Johnson in Brexit cabinet 14 Jul 2016 - 12:24 am

Political painter and artist Kaya Mar displays a painting depicting new British Prime Minister Theresa May outside Downing street in central London on...

Cameron leaves Downing St to tender resignation 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Outgoing British prime minister David Cameron (L) leaves 10 Downing Street with his family (L-R) his daughter Nancy Gwen, daughter Florence Rose Endellion,...

German police launch mass raids over online hate speech 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Berlin: German police on Wednesday launched nationwide raids targeting social media users who posted racial hatred on Facebook and other online networks. Police...

Auschwitz museum says no to Pokemon Go 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman points her smart phone at the Brandenburg Gate as she plays the Pokemon Go mobile game in Berlin on July 13,...

UN warns of new S.Sudan fighting as humanitarian crisis grows 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP / Tristan McConnell Juba: The United Nations warned Wednesday...

Pokemon politics as Israelis, Palestinians get in on the app 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman plays the Pokemon Go mobile game on her smart phone in a car in Berlin on July 13, 2016. The Pokemon...

Theresa May becomes Britain’s new prime minister 14 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: Theresa May became British prime minister on Wednesday after being appointed by Queen Elizabeth shortly after the monarch accepted David Cameron’s resignation....