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Thailand bans old edition of Marie Claire for insulting monarchy 08 Apr 2016 - 06:10 pm

November 2015 edition of Marie Claire. Photo coutesy: MarieClaire.co.uk BANGKOK: Thailand banned imports and sales of a six-month-old edition of women’s magazine Marie...

Civil unrest, El Nino hit Burundians hard, thousands in need of aid: Red Cross 08 Apr 2016 - 06:00 pm

Sick Burundian refugees sleep as they wait for treatment at a makeshift clinic on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in...

Clashes kill at least 12 ahead of Yemen ceasefire 08 Apr 2016 - 05:56 pm

Yemeni pro-government forces, loyal to fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, gather at the military base of Nehm, in the Sanaa province east of...

Several arrests made in Brussels attacks probe: official 08 Apr 2016 - 05:55 pm

Police stand next to a bomb squad robot during an demining operation at a tramway station on March 25, 2016 in Schaerbeek suburb,...

Djibouti’s Guelleh seeks 4th term, opposition candidates doubt integrity of vote 08 Apr 2016 - 05:48 pm

Current President of Djibouti since 1999 and presidential candidate Ismail Omar Guelleh casts his ballot during the Djiboutian presidential elections in a polling...

Lebanon ex-minister jailed for 13 years on 'terror' charges 08 Apr 2016 - 05:45 pm

Former Lebanese Information Minister Michel Samaha smiles at his house after being released in Beirut, Lebanon, in this January 14, 2016 file photo....

Bangladesh vows to capture atheist activist's killers 08 Apr 2016 - 04:52 pm

Activist and members of the Gonojagoron Mancha movement shout slogans as they attend a protest rally over the murder of activist Nazimuddin Samad...

Spain's Socialists accuse far-left of blocking govt formation 08 Apr 2016 - 04:45 pm

Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) parliament spokesman Antonio Hernando speaks during the press conference about the government formation negotiations between Spanish Socialist Workers Party...

Two dead in Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes despite ceasefire 08 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Volunteers of the defense army of Nagorny Karabakh ride on trucks in Karabakh's capital Stepanakert on April 7, 2016. / AFP / KAREN...

Third Ecuadorian Food Festival opens 08 Apr 2016 - 01:44 am

Officials and visitors at the third edition of the Ecuadorian Food Festival at the Diplomatic Club. Pic: Baher / The Peninsula Doha: The...

Kerry with GCC foreign ministers in Manama 08 Apr 2016 - 01:32 am

GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani with GCC foreign ministers and US Secretary of State John Kerry before GCC ministerial meetings...

FBI director says unlocking method won’t work on newer iPhones 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“We have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones,” FBI Director James Comey said at a conference on encryption and...

Turkey passes long-awaited data protection law 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Istanbul: A...

Nicaragua turns to Russia to help start national airline: report 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Managua: Nicaragua is to start a new national airline and expand its international airport under a deal with Russia involving Russian aircraft and...

Iceland's new PM sworn in 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Iceland's former Fisheries and Agriculture Minister and current designated-Prime Minister, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, speaks to reporters at the Althingi, Iceland's parliament, in Reykjavik,...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe seeks to calm angry war veterans 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associatioin on April 7, 2016 in Harare. / AFP...

Paris climate talks cut back on hot air: report 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Activists form a message near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Dec. 6, 2015, at the World Climate Change Conference 2015. Benoit Tessier...

As Peru’s Fujimori splits voters, race is on for runner-up 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Keiko Fujimori (C), the Peruvian presidential candidate for the Popular Force Party, greets supporters during a rally in Iquitos, Peru, 06 April 2016....