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Russian secret services foiled 30 planned attacks in 2015: Putin 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the country's secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign...

‘Star Wars’ movie’s global sales reach massive $250 mln 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” hauled in an estimated $250 million at global movie box offices through Friday...

Bahraini King meets US Secretary of Defence 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Manama: Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, met today with US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter, currently...

Iraqi PM meets Arab Parliament speaker 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi met here today with the Speaker of the Arab Parliament Ahmed Al Jarwan, who is now...

British Holocaust campaigner Greville Janner dies 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

LONDON: British peer Greville Janner, a prominent campaigner for Holocaust victims who was later accused of child sex abuse, has died aged 87,...

Switzerland opens criminal investigation of leading Islamic organisation member 19 Dec 2015 - 06:59 pm

By John Miller ZURICH, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss attorney general has opened a criminal investigation of a leading member in a...

Armenia, Azeri leaders meet in Switzerland over Karabakh dispute 19 Dec 2015 - 06:23 pm

President Serzh Sarksyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan meet for talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the invitation of Swiss...

Syria opposition reacts coolly to UN-backed peace plan 19 Dec 2015 - 06:14 pm

File photo Beirut: A UN-backed roadmap to end the Syrian war was met with scepticism Saturday by members of the country's fractured opposition...

California shooter's visa request was missing key information: politician 19 Dec 2015 - 05:54 pm

Tashfeen Malik Washington: A member of the US Congress Saturday accused immigration officials of allowing California attacker Tashfeen Malik into the country despite...

Poles protest government moves to neutralize top court 19 Dec 2015 - 05:48 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Thousands of people took part in demonstrations across Poland on Saturday to protest moves by the new right-wing government to neutralize...

Ship with more than 100 passengers sinks in Indonesia 19 Dec 2015 - 05:24 pm

JAKARTA: A ship with more than 100 passengers sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi on Saturday, local media reported. News site Detik.com...

Putin says works 'easily' with both US, Damascus on Syria crisis 19 Dec 2015 - 04:32 pm

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin has said Russia's unwavering position on the crisis in Syria, where it has steadfastly resisted calls for Bashar al-Assad's...

70 killed in major anti-PKK operation in south-east Turkey: army 19 Dec 2015 - 04:17 pm

Diyarbakir, Turkey: Seventy suspected members of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in a vast operation against the group in...

Never spoke to Modi about National Herald case: Swamy 19 Dec 2015 - 04:11 pm

Indian security personnel stand guard outside the Patiala House court. New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, the lone petitioner in the National Herald...

Egyptian court releases young photojournalist Esraa el-Taweel 19 Dec 2015 - 04:05 pm

Esraa El Taweel DOHA: An Egyptian court ordered the release of activist and photojournalist Esraa El Taweel, reported Egyptian Streets. She was detained...

A look at Sunday's close general election race in Spain 19 Dec 2015 - 04:05 pm

MADRID: Spain's political landscape has changed dramatically since 2011, when voters ousted the Socialist Party and gave a landslide victory to the right-of-center...