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US says to co-host aid pledging conference for Iraq in July 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

“This will be an effort to help the people of Iraq weather the humanitarian crisis and destruction wrought by Daesh in the country,”...

Airport planned for Israel-Jordan border clouds neighbourly ties 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Image courtesy: Israel Airports Authority Resorts compete for tourist traffic Both countries have airports near Red Sea Peace treaty in 1994 had envisaged...

On the eve of defining British EU referendum, rivals race for final votes 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Liberal Democrats Party leader Tim Farron delivers a speech in a Britain Stronger In Europe rally event campaigning for people to vote...

In US first, New York City making tampons free in schools 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

World Trade Center Center is seen in New York, March 18, 2016. EPA / JASON SZENES By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK: Women will...

Merkel says NATO must be strengthened 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and her Polish counterpart Beata Szydlo address a press conference on June 22, 2016 at the Chancellery in...

Nigerian gunmen kidnap expatriate cement workers in southern city 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army stand by the road in Damboa Borno State northeast Nigeria on March...

UN criticizes repression in Bahrain, urges dialogue 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Bahraini Shiite clerics attend a protest against the revocation of the citizenship of Sheikh Isa Qassim (portrait) on June 20, 2016, near Qassim's...

Seeking to regain ground, Trump accuses Clinton of corruption 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump staged a harsh attack on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, accusing her of corruption and dangerous...

Peru expels British woman jailed for drug trafficking 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Melissa Reid of Britain is escorted by immigration officers before boarding a flight at Lima's airport in Callao, Peru, June 21, 2016. Reid...

Bahrain national reconciliation efforts stalled: US State Dept 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Anti-government protesters shout slogans holding Bahraini flags during a protest outside leading opposition party Al Wefaq headquarters in Manama, May 9,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in coming days in Rome to discuss stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in coming days in Rome to discuss stalled peace...

Syria's Assad names new prime minister 22 Jun 2016 - 04:06 pm

Imad Khamis Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday named electricity minister Imad Khamis as the new prime minister of the war-ravaged country....

Noted Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi 22 Jun 2016 - 03:27 pm

Amjad Sabri (photo: Twitter) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD: Motorcycle-borne gunmen on Wednesday shot dead an acclaimed Pakistani singer in the busy port city...

UK Brexit campaign enters last day 22 Jun 2016 - 03:26 pm

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, delivers an anti-European Union speech in London on June 22, 2016, as he continues to campaign...

Nationalist Myanmar party rejects UN envoy’s meet offer 22 Jun 2016 - 03:13 pm

Yanghee Leeg, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: A powerful ethnic party in Myanmar...

Britons in France divided on Brexit 22 Jun 2016 - 02:47 pm

file photo: reuters By Hajer M’tiri PARIS: As the “leave” or “remain” campaigns fight neck and neck in the polls, Britons in France...

Russian warplanes attack Aleppo areas with chemicals 22 Jun 2016 - 02:40 pm

Syrian rescuers search the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported Syrian government forces attack at the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the...