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Hannibal Gaddafi handed over to Lebanese security forces 12 Dec 2015 - 10:21 am

File photo of Hannibal Gaddafi. EPA Beirut: The Lebanese Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch received last night Hannibal Gaddafi after his captors left...

Spaniards among six killed in Kabul diplomatic quarter siege 12 Dec 2015 - 10:14 am

British solders from the NATO coalition walk in front of an armoured ambulance after a car bomb attack near the Spanish embassy compound...

GCC countries stress importance of social development 12 Dec 2015 - 09:55 am

File photo of a United Nations General Assembly meeting for representation only New York: The Gulf Cooperation Council underlined the importance of the...

Pentagon OKs next step in competition for Air Force spy planes 12 Dec 2015 - 09:34 am

File photo of US Defense Acquisition Chief Frank Kendall as he speaks at a news conference at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow in...

Voting starts in first Saudi poll open to women 12 Dec 2015 - 09:16 am

Riyadh: Voting began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia's first elections open to female voters and candidates, a tentative step towards easing restrictions on...

Key US Senate panel chairman opens inquiry into California massacre 12 Dec 2015 - 09:02 am

FBI agents pack up diving gear after searching in the water at Seccombe Lake Park, after last week's shooting in San Bernardino, California...

Afghan forces end siege near Spanish embassy in Kabul 12 Dec 2015 - 08:58 am

Afghan security personnel stand guard at a guest house after an attack near the Spanish embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan December 12, 2015. By...

Bullet trains apart, India needs high-speed growth: Modi 12 Dec 2015 - 08:53 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a meeting at a business forum in New...

US ready to help bring Mumbai attackers to justice 12 Dec 2015 - 08:48 am

File photo of the luxury hotel Taj Mahal in Mumbai during the terrorist attack By Arun Kumar Washington: Reiterating that it wants the...

Canada sets example on Syrian refugees, aid agencies say 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses with airport staff as they await Syrian refugees to arrive at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in...

14 killed in Boko Haram raid in Nigeria: resident, vigilante 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kano, Nigeria: Fourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, a resident...

Caesar came, saw and conquered on Dutch soil in 55 BC 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

The Tusculum portrait, perhaps the only surviving statue created during Caesar's lifetime. Photo: Wikipedia The Hague: Archaeologists say they have proven for the...

Diplomatic pressure forces Syria opposition to table 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo of Syrian opposition Riyadh: With international pressure growing for a political solution to Syria's war, opposition groups appear to have resigned...

India, Japan close in on military pacts as Abe visits 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) departs for India at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Japan, December 11, 2015. NEW DELHI: India and Japan are...

Anti-corruption crusader risks wrecking Indian tax reform 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Subramanian Swamy, then an opposition politician who brought the petition to revoke the telecom licences issued in 2008, speaks with the media after...

Arabs, Muslim detainees can sue Bush-era officials over post-September 11 treatment 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

George Bush By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: Arab and Muslim former detainees who say they faced harsh jail conditions due to their faith...

Turkey lifts, then reimposes curfew in battered Kurdish city 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: The Turkish authorities on Friday lifted a nine-day curfew in a key district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir after heavy...