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Turkish minimum wage hike to boost growth, inflation: minister 30 Dec 2015 - 04:49 pm

ANKARA: A 20 billion lira ($6.9 bln) rise in Turkey’s minimum wage from January will have a positive impact on economic growth but...

Syria arrests opposition figures on way to Riyadh meeting: party 30 Dec 2015 - 04:35 pm

Ahmad al-Asrawi, member of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. Damascus: Syrian authorities on Wednesday arrested two prominent members of the country's...

Warsaw's Modlin airport reopens after hoax bomb threat 30 Dec 2015 - 04:27 pm

WARSAW: The airport in Modlin on the outskirts of Poland's capital Warsaw reopened after it was evacuated earlier on Wednesday due to a...

Pakistan jails Saudi mission attacker for 14 years 30 Dec 2015 - 04:14 pm

A file photo showing shattered window of a car by bullets in which a Saudi diplomat was travelling in, in Karachi, May 16,...

Residents of Turkish town inspect damage after 19-day curfew lifted 30 Dec 2015 - 04:06 pm

People return to their homes, some damaged during fighting, after a curfew imposed by the Turkish government was lifted on December 30, 2015,...

Saudi budget marks end of era for lavish welfare handouts 30 Dec 2015 - 03:34 pm

By Katie Paul DUBAI: An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era...

Putin's son-in-law boosted by $1.75bn Russian state loan 30 Dec 2015 - 03:30 pm

File photo of Kirill Shamalov, deputy chairman of the management board of SIBUR company. By Andrey Kuzmin, Kira Zavyalova and Stephen Grey MOSCOW:...

China blames weather for ship disaster, captain may be prosecuted 30 Dec 2015 - 02:06 pm

The Easter Star cruise ship being held in place by cranes as it was turned over in Yangtze River BEIJING: A formal inquiry...

Three months of Russia raids on Syria kill more than 2,300: Monitor 30 Dec 2015 - 01:57 pm

Boys warm themselves around a fire at a damaged building in Syria. Reuters/Khalil Ashawi Beirut: Three months of Russian air strikes in Syria...

US spying on Netanyahu communications: Report 30 Dec 2015 - 01:33 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on December 27, 2015. AFP Photo/Dan Balilty ...

Turkey detains two IS suspects over New Year suicide attack plot: Official 30 Dec 2015 - 01:24 pm

File photo for representation only. Ankara: Turkish police have arrested in Ankara two suspected suicide bombers linked to Islamic State (IS) jihadists who...

Navy test-fires long range surface-to-air missile developed with Israel 30 Dec 2015 - 01:05 pm

An undated handout photograph released by the Indian Ministry of Defence on 30 December 2015, shows a Barak-8 Long-Range Surface-to-Air missile (LR-SAM), taking...

Britain's floods: Causes, costs and consequences 30 Dec 2015 - 12:47 pm

A section of bridge over the River Wharfe in the market town of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, Britain collapsed on December 29, 2015, as...

Emergency measures as Tehran records 18th day of bad air 30 Dec 2015 - 12:26 pm

More than twice the acceptable level of air pollution persists in Tehran Tehran: More than two weeks of heavy pollution led Iranian officials...

Warsaw's Modlin airport evacuated after suspicious luggage found: Media 30 Dec 2015 - 12:04 pm

Modlin airport in Warsaw WARSAW: The airport in Modlin on the outskirts of Poland's capital Warsaw was evacuated on Wednesday after it received...

Magnitude 4.4 quake hits east of Los Angeles: USGS 30 Dec 2015 - 11:57 am

California: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no reports of major...

Bahraini warplane taking part in Yemen war crashes in Saudi Arabia: Coalition 30 Dec 2015 - 11:46 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a military campaign in Yemen crashed in southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a...

Central African Republic votes in election to restore democracy 30 Dec 2015 - 11:44 am

Martin Ziguele, former Central African Republic's (CAR) prime minister, during an interview at his residence in Bangui January 1, 2013. Reuters By Crispin...