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UAE to appoint an under-25 minister to represent youth 07 Feb 2016 - 06:21 pm

A screenshot of the tweet by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Doha: UAE government has decided to appoint a person under the...

Irish finance minister sets out income tax plan, would raise minimum wage 07 Feb 2016 - 06:01 pm

DUBLIN: Ireland’s senior coalition party will ensure high earners do not make “extravagant gains” from planned income tax cuts and also raise the...

Zika virus discourages many Americans from Latin America travel: poll 07 Feb 2016 - 05:55 pm

By Jeffrey Dastin The rapidly spreading Zika virus is discouraging many Americans from traveling to Latin America and the Caribbean, with 41 percent...

Turkey will not 'abandon Syrian refugees to death': deputy PM 07 Feb 2016 - 05:51 pm

Oncupinar, Turkey: Turkey will continue to let in Syrian refugees instead of "abandoning them to their deaths", the country's deputy premier said Sunday,...

Facing NH loss, Clinton looks ahead to counter Sanders 07 Feb 2016 - 05:27 pm

CONCORD: With victory seemingly out of reach in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton is looking ahead to the next round of voting as she...

Burundi grenade attacks kill four, including a child 07 Feb 2016 - 05:26 pm

NAIROBI: Four people were killed in Burundi on Saturday night, including a child selling boiled eggs at a bar, when three grenades hit...

China school sees monkey business in New Year 07 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

Instructors and monkeys pictured during a mock mathematics class at a monkey training school in Dongying, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP, Wang Zhao ...

Professor who said Christians, Muslims worship same God to leave school 07 Feb 2016 - 04:51 pm

Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins talks about the school's decision to fire her. Credit: Rich Hein, Sun-Times By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: A...

Fire kills 10 in southern Pakistan: police 07 Feb 2016 - 04:34 pm

Representative image Karachi: A fire started by a falling oil lamp engulfed several huts in a Pakistan fishing village and killed 10 people...

Air strike kills mother and child in Libya's Derna: witness 07 Feb 2016 - 03:50 pm

BENGHAZI: Unidentified aircraft attacked the Libyan city of Derna early on Sunday, killing at least four people including a woman and her child,...

NATO condemns North Korea's rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 03:37 pm

BRUSSELS: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) condemned North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday, saying it was in direct violation of United Nations...

Several dual citizens in Iran face espionage charges: Official 07 Feb 2016 - 03:27 pm

DUBAI: There are several detained dual citizens in Iran, most of whom face espionage charges, the judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying on...

Erdogan calls on US to choose between Turkey or Syrian Kurds 07 Feb 2016 - 03:11 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) expressed anger over a US official's visit to a Kurdish militia group controlling the Syrian town...

Sudanese migrant stabs Israeli soldier, is shot dead: Police 07 Feb 2016 - 02:59 pm

JERUSALEM: A Sudanese migrant stabbed and wounded a soldier in Israel on Sunday and was shot dead, police said, adding the suspect appeared...

Seven arrested in Spain over suspected jihad links 07 Feb 2016 - 02:18 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said they arrested seven people on Sunday with suspected links to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State jihadist groups. The arrests...