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Death toll in Yemen suicide bombing rises to at least 45 - MSF 29 Aug 2016 - 10:26 am

ADEN, Yemen: The death toll in a suicide bombing at a local militia compound in the southern Yemeni city of Aden rose to...

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus 29 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This photograph taken on August 28, 2016 and made available by the Straits Times shows workers fogging in the housing estate at Aljunied...

Two minors held for gang-raping minor 29 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: Two minor boys were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl for the last one month, police said. The...

Seeing new market, electronic party expands to India 29 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Performers carry an octopus puppet through the crowd at an annual Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas. (AFP Photo/Ethan Miller) New York: One...

Iraq’s youth orchestra - a musical dream that shattered 29 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Scottish musician conducted Iraqi orchestra for 6 years Helped bridge sectarian divides, but collapsed in 2014 Memoir “Upbeat” tells its unlikely story By...

Opec market share at a good level: UAE Minister 29 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazroui (RIGHT) with former Saudi Oil Minister DUBAI: Opec’s share of...

'Mouse' grounds Air France flight 28 Aug 2016 - 06:48 pm

Paris: A small rodent, probably a mouse, caused the grounding of an Air France flight from Bamako to Paris, the firm said on...

Merkel urges Turks not to bring conflicts to Germany 28 Aug 2016 - 06:46 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) is surrounded by visitors during the German government's open day at the Chancellery in Berlin on August 28,...

Gabon opposition candidate says he has been elected president 28 Aug 2016 - 05:05 pm

A man shows a ballot paper during a counting in a polling station at the Montagne sainte neighborhood in Libreville on August 27,...

Libyan forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte 28 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

Members of the forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) walk toward their position in the coastal city of Sirte,...

Uzbek president Karimov taken to hospital -government 28 Aug 2016 - 04:00 pm

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov makes a statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File Photo) ALMATY: Uzbek President Islam Karimov...

Philippines: 21 Abu Sayyaf killed in past five days 28 Aug 2016 - 02:45 pm

Philippine soldiers carry a body bag containing the body of a member of militant group Abu Sayyaf after their armed encounter at the...

Iraq: 5 soldiers killed in Islamic State attack in Anbar 28 Aug 2016 - 02:35 pm

Iraqis mourn over a coffin during the funeral of members from the Iraqi government forces from the Popular Mobilization units who were killed...

12 killed in Egypt car crash 28 Aug 2016 - 02:25 pm

CAIRO: At least 12 people were killed in a deadly car crash in southern Egypt on Sunday, according to a medical source. A...

Turkish army says 25 Kurdish killed in Syria strikes: state media 28 Aug 2016 - 02:12 pm

Istanbul: The Turkish army on Sunday said it had killed 25 Kurdish in air strikes on Syria as part of its unprecedented operation...

Bangladesh police identify dead militants linked to Dhaka cafe attack 28 Aug 2016 - 01:58 pm

Bangladesh policemen escort the bodies of suspected militants following an operation to storm a militant hideout in Narayanganj, some 25 kms south of...