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Turkey announces clearing Syrian area of terrorists 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ozcan Yildirim and Sarp Ozer ANKARA: An area of 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) have been cleared of terrorists in northern...

US, India sign military logistics agreement 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar answer reporters' questions during a joint news conference at the Pentagon...

UN sees surge in Israeli settlements after Quartet report 29 Aug 2016 - 06:55 pm

Palestinian bedouin students return from school to their homes near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya,...

Trade dispute, policy divisions hang over Trudeau trip to China 29 Aug 2016 - 06:46 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Getty Images / AFP By David Ljunggren OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Beijing this week seeking...

Human relative 'Lucy' died in fall from tree: study suggests 29 Aug 2016 - 06:40 pm

Lucy's upper-arm bones were shattered by the impact of the fall some 3.2 million years ago (AFP Photo/Zacharias Abubeker) Paris: Lucy, an ancient...

Lebanese editor fined 20,000 euros for Hariri court contempt 29 Aug 2016 - 05:53 pm

Leidschendam, Netherlands: A special court Monday fined the editor of a Beirut-based newspaper 20,000 euros ($22,000) for publishing secret information about witnesses in...

Majority want Japan PM Abe to stay on until Tokyo 2020 Olympics: poll 29 Aug 2016 - 05:37 pm

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. AFP TOKYO: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe edged above 60 percent for the first time in...

UN chief urges Myanmar to respect human rights 29 Aug 2016 - 05:31 pm

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon (R) greets the audience upon arrival with his wife Ban Soon-taek (2nd R) and Ho Kwon...

Foreign experts in Egypt to probe Russian airliner crash 29 Aug 2016 - 05:21 pm

The wreckage of a A321 Russian airliner in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, after it crashed on October 31,...

Spain’s Socialists say no to Rajoy, prolonging political deadlock 29 Aug 2016 - 05:06 pm

pain’s acting Prime Minister and People's Party leader, Mariano Rajoy (L) shakes hands with the Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party...

Berlin to require mums to come clean on 'milkmen's kids' 29 Aug 2016 - 04:25 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A man touches his newborn baby, born three days earlier, at the Israeli hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia...

Uzbek president's daughter says he suffered brain hemorrhage 29 Aug 2016 - 03:58 pm

This file photo taken on April 26, 2016 shows Uzbek President Islam Karimov speaking during a press conference in Moscow on April. Strongman...

Kerry urges improved worker rights in Bangladesh 29 Aug 2016 - 03:53 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hand with Bangladesh counterpart Mahmood Ali (C) as US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat (2R)...

Southeast Asia needs to up its game to combat Zika: experts 29 Aug 2016 - 03:34 pm

A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for...

Brazil's Rousseff arrives in Senate for impeachment showdown 29 Aug 2016 - 03:28 pm

People walk next to an official photo of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, at a camp in support of Rousseff, in Brasilia, Brazil,...

Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa, Jitu conferred Khel Ratna awards 29 Aug 2016 - 03:23 pm

File photo: Silver medallist PV Sindhu of India poses with an Indian national flag. REUTERS / Marcelo del Pozo New Delhi: Rio Olympics...

106 Afghan students detained in Pakistan madrassa raid 29 Aug 2016 - 03:16 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistani police raided a madrassa in the restive southwestern city of Quetta and detained 106 illegal Afghan students, officials said Monday,...

Tunisia 'terrorist attack' kills three soldiers 29 Aug 2016 - 03:11 pm

Kasserine, Tunisia Kasserine, Tunisia: Three Tunisian soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" on Monday near Mount Sammama, a hideout for jihadists at...