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New Islamabad airport to open by year-end 17 Jan 2016 - 01:12 pm

The plan to construct a new airport for Islamabad was conceived in late 1980s to deal with the problem of increased passenger load. ...

Naming of Libyan unity government delayed by 48 hours 17 Jan 2016 - 12:59 pm

UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler (C, top) looks on as representatives of Libyan municipalities...

Somalia received Saudi aid the day it cut ties with Iran: Document 17 Jan 2016 - 12:58 pm

This file photo taken on April 12, 2015 shows African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officers patroling around the Gashandhiga academy compound during...

Raj Kapoor's birthplace in Pakistan partially demolished 17 Jan 2016 - 12:35 pm

File picture of Kapoor Haveli in Pakistan that has been partially demolished Peshawar: The birthplace of Bollywood legend Raj Kapoor has been partially...

Spaniards oppose new election, want coalition government-poll 17 Jan 2016 - 12:18 pm

File photo of Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister and leader of the People's Party (PP) after winning most seats in the election last...

IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria: Monitor 17 Jan 2016 - 12:13 pm

IS captured a new territory in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor. (File picture for representation) Beirut: The Islamic State group abducted at...

Somali Islamist rebels say they captured Kenyan troops on Friday 17 Jan 2016 - 11:53 am

The Islamist group claimed over 100 Kenyan soldiers were killed. (File picture for representation) MOGADISHU: Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group said on Sunday...

Indonesia quake injures eight, damages houses: Govt 17 Jan 2016 - 11:43 am

Jakarta: Eight people were hurt and about 120 houses damaged when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday, a government official...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi bemoans youth 'wasting time' online 17 Jan 2016 - 11:31 am

File picture of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Yangon: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, who was forced to spend years of solitude under...

Australians kidnapped in Burkina Faso dedicated lives to medical aid 17 Jan 2016 - 11:24 am

Dr Ken Elliott and his wife Jocelyn have been providing medical services to people in the town of Dijbo. Facebook By Morag MacKinnon...

Britain's opposition Labour gears up for new battle - on nuclear arms 17 Jan 2016 - 11:04 am

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves after making his inaugural speech at the Queen Elizabeth Centre in central London, September 12,...

History repeats itself as UK's Cameron risks party schism over EU vote 17 Jan 2016 - 10:48 am

Conservative British prime minister David Cameron By Kylie MacLellan LONDON: Hoping to hold together a party with a small majority in parliament and...

Marine Corps lists identities of 12 missing in Hawaii chopper collision 17 Jan 2016 - 10:32 am

File picture of a CH-53E helicopter Hawaii: The US Marines Corps released the identities of 12 Marines missing at sea after two helicopters...

Burkina Faso attack survivors recall night of horror 17 Jan 2016 - 10:28 am

A military investigator from Burkina Faso carries evidence out of the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso 16 January 2016. EPA Ouagadougou: "We didn't...

Suicide bomb attack kills 11 in eastern Afghanistan: Officials 17 Jan 2016 - 10:19 am

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: At least 11 people have been killed and 13 injured after a suicide bomber struck the home of a local politican...

After vote, China tells Taiwan to abandon independence "hallucination" 17 Jan 2016 - 10:12 am

An emotional Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen thanks her supporters after election victory at party headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan...