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Yemen strikes kill MSF ambulance driver, five others 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Sanaa: Air strikes by Saudi-led warplanes on northern Yemen have killed six people, including an ambulance driver working for Doctors Without...

Spain’s Rajoy says still candidate to be next prime minister 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

MADRID: Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday said he was still candidate to form the country’s next government although he was...

US ‘hopes’ Saudi Arabia may reopen Tehran embassy 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

DAVOS, Switzerland: The United States hopes that Saudi Arabia may restore diplomatic ties with Iran, a senior State Department official said by phone...

Haiti election postponed over security concerns 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo Port-au-Prince: Haiti's electoral authority has postponed Sunday's planned presidential run-off vote, amid mounting opposition street protests and voting fraud allegations. Pierre-Louis...

White House turns to Pentagon in major background checks overhaul 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ayesha Rascoe and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON: The U.S. government will set up a new agency to do background checks on employees and...

Tunisia imposes curfew after worst post-revolt unrest 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Tunis: Tunisia on Friday declared a nighttime curfew across the country after a wave of protests and clashes that constitute the most serious...

Candidate Trump retweets ‘White Genocide’ account, drawing outrage 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Anjali Athavaley NEW YORK: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump retweeted an account called “@WhiteGenocideTM” on Friday, prompting a backlash on social media...

Birth defects in Latin America spark Zika virus panic 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Sao Paulo: Alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on mosquito-borne virus Zika spread Friday, as the United States expanded a travel warning...

VW investigation shows many bosses knew of manipulation: newspaper 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

FRANKFURT: Many of Volkswagen’s managers and staff dealing with emissions problems in the engine-development department knew about “defeat devices” being developed, Germany’s Sueddeutsche...

Tajikistan parliament backs president for life 22 Jan 2016 - 06:57 pm

Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajikistan's parliament on Friday backed changing the constitution to allow the ex-Soviet country's long-serving president Emomali Rakhmon to run for office...

Pakistan's Supreme Court overturns ban on hunting rare bird 22 Jan 2016 - 06:54 pm

Wealthy hunting parties from the Gulf travel to Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province every winter to kill the houbara bustard using hunting falcons. Reuters. ...

Spain's anti-austerity Podemos proposes forming govt with Socialists 22 Jan 2016 - 06:51 pm

Pablo Iglesias Madrid: The leader of Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos on Friday proposed forming a government with the Socialists, making a left-wing governing...

Pope hits out at Internet trolls 22 Jan 2016 - 06:45 pm

Vatican City: Pope Francis spoke out Friday over the increasingly aggressive nature of much political discourse and the use of social media as...

Turkey to keep door open to Syrian refugees while curbing illegal migration 22 Jan 2016 - 06:41 pm

BERLIN:Turkey is doing its best to stem illegal migration to Europe but will keep its “open-door” policy for refugees fleeing the civil war...

Tunisia imposes curfew after worst post-revolt unrest 22 Jan 2016 - 06:35 pm

Tunis: Tunisia on Friday declared a nighttime curfew across the country after a wave of protests and clashes that constitute the most serious...

5 children hurt in school attack in southeast Turkey blamed on PKK 22 Jan 2016 - 06:30 pm

DIYARBAKIR: Five children were hurt on Friday when an explosive ripped through a schoolyard in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, a region gripped by...