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Dozens of rebels quit Syria's Homs under deal with govt 22 Sep 2016 - 05:01 pm

Homs, Syria: More than 120 rebels and dozens of their relatives on Thursday left the last rebel-held district of Syria's Homs city under...

Indian ministers approve Rafale fighter jet deal 21 Sep 2016 - 07:37 pm

New Delhi: An Indian cabinet commitee gave its approval Wednesday to a long-delayed deal for the purchase of 36 fighter jets from France's...

Paris climate accord closer after UN meeting 21 Sep 2016 - 06:59 pm

United Nations, United States: The landmark Paris agreement on climate change moved closer to reality Wednesday after 31 countries joined during the United...

Some 60 Canada schools, universities evacuated over threat 21 Sep 2016 - 06:16 pm

Montreal: Some 60 schools and universities in eastern Canada were evacuated Wednesday over a series of threats, including an anonymous bomb threat received...

Iraqi forces ready by 'early October' for Mosul assault: top US officer 21 Sep 2016 - 04:54 pm

Washington: Iraqi security forces will be ready by next month for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, the top general...

Kinshasa picks up the pieces after two days of clashes 21 Sep 2016 - 03:50 pm

Kinshasa: Shops and petrol stations reopened for business in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo Wednesday but residents kept children from school...

Emotions run high for opposition in Gabon vote crisis 21 Sep 2016 - 03:43 pm

Mourners pay their respect by an improvised altar for those who perished during the post electoral violence in Libreville on September 6, 2016...

Army kills '20 rebels' in northeastern Congo 21 Sep 2016 - 03:41 pm

By Godfrey Olukya ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Congolese army has said it killed 20 insurgents, six of whom were Rwandans since the...

Iraq MPs vote to sack finance minister after graft allegations 21 Sep 2016 - 03:38 pm

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament voted on Wednesday to remove the country's finance minister, who was questioned over corruption allegations last month, lawmakers said. Of...

UK planning 'near-total' ivory sale ban 21 Sep 2016 - 03:31 pm

LONDON: Britain is proposing a near-total ban on the sale of ivory products as part of efforts to stop endangered African elephants being...

China court hears case over Tesla fatal crash 21 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am

File photo of Tesla logo. Reuters Beijing: The father of a Chinese man killed while driving a Tesla sedan has sued the US...

Red Cross seeks $15.5 mn to help flood-hit N. Korea 21 Sep 2016 - 09:53 am

In this handout photo by UNICEF DPRK shows heavily damaged homes due to heavy flooding of the Tumen river in late August 2016...

12 officers hurt in N. Carolina protests after fatal police shooting 21 Sep 2016 - 09:47 am

Police officers wearing riot gear block a road during protests after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott in the parking lot of an...

Air raid kills several medical workers, insurgents near Aleppo - monitors 21 Sep 2016 - 09:38 am

File photo of an aid truck destroyed by an air strike recently. BEIRUT: An air raid carried out overnight by Syrian or Russian...

Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots 21 Sep 2016 - 08:45 am

London rabbi Julia Neuberger poses for a photograph with the old German passport of her grandmother, Hermine Sara Rosenthal, at the West London...

US bombers fly over S.Korea for second time since North nuclear test 21 Sep 2016 - 08:40 am

A US B-1B Lancer makes a landing at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on September 21, 2016. SouthKorea OUT / AFP /...

"L.A. Confidential" director Curtis Hanson found dead at California home 21 Sep 2016 - 08:37 am

Director Curtis Hanson participates in the HBO panel for the film "Too Big to Fail" during the Television Critics Association winter press tour...

Lebanese man sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Iran 21 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Iran sentenced Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen with permanent U.S. residency, to 10 years in prison and a $4.2 million fine after...