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Saudi Arabia approves emergency general plan in Hajj 21 Aug 2016 - 06:37 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior and Chairman of Hajj Supreme Committee,Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, has approved the general...

For at least this week, Trump playing to win 21 Aug 2016 - 05:43 pm

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S., August 20, 2016. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) By JULIE...

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza after rocket fire 21 Aug 2016 - 05:23 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, shortly after a rocket was fired into southern Israel....

Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of recruits 21 Aug 2016 - 03:54 pm

Iraqi security forces stand on a riverbank of the Tigris River in Tikrit, Iraq April 1, 2015, at a location where some of...

Indian army says kills three militants from Pakistan 21 Aug 2016 - 03:31 pm

SRINAGAR, India: India's army said it shot dead three militants from Pakistan on Sunday following an attack by the gunmen two days earlier...

Syrian rebels prepare attack from Turkey on Islamic State town 21 Aug 2016 - 02:27 pm

An Islamic State flag flies over the custom office of Syria's Jarablus border gate as it is pictured from the Turkish town of...

Nigeria oil rebels announce ceasefire 21 Aug 2016 - 01:50 pm

An oil slick clots the bottom of mangroves in Bodo creek in Ogoniland, near Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 4,...

Russian airstrike kills 15 in Syria’s Aleppo 21 Aug 2016 - 01:44 pm

Aleppo, Syria on August 20 2016. ?brahim Ebu Leys - AA ALEPPO, Syria: At least 15 people were killed in a Russian cluster...

Suicide bomber kills 3 in north Cameroon 21 Aug 2016 - 01:39 pm

Yaoundé: Three civilians were killed and around 20 others wounded on Sunday in a suicide attack in northern Cameroon, officials and a vigilante...

French beach burkini ban sparks disdain across the sea 21 Aug 2016 - 12:24 pm

File photo shows Tunisian women wearing a "burkini", a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, walking in the water at Ghar El Melh...

'IS bomber' kills at least 50 at Turkey wedding 21 Aug 2016 - 11:40 am

Women mourn as they wait in front of a hospital morgue in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, after a suspected bomber targeted a...

Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarises locals 21 Aug 2016 - 11:21 am

Tourists from the Middle East walk through Sarajevo Resort in Osenik near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 10, 2016. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) By Daria...

Nespresso inventor says wife, Rome cafe inspired the 'pod' 21 Aug 2016 - 07:58 am

Nespresso inventor Eric Favre poses with a picture of a capsule on July 27, 2016 in Saint-Barthelemy, western Switzerland. Had Eric Favre not...

Benin revives hopes of getting railway back on track 21 Aug 2016 - 07:49 am

This file photo taken on July 6, 2016 shows a Benin's railway worker walking by a locomotive at the central railway station in...

Zambia’s Lungu faces battle to restore economic growth 21 Aug 2016 - 07:43 am

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu attends a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Lusaka: Zambia’s newly...

Work until 69? Bundesbank's call riles Germans 21 Aug 2016 - 07:26 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel have taken their seat at the beginning of...

Turkey's Erdogan says IS 'likely perpetrator' of Gaziantep attack 21 Aug 2016 - 07:15 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. REUTERS / Umit Bektas Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group...