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Tunisia: Five years after Arab Spring, hopes dashed for change 12 Jan 2016 - 09:08 am

Tunis: On January 14, 2011, Tunisians packed the streets of their capital and shocked the world by overthrowing longtime dictator Zine El Abidine...

Myanmar cartoonists sharpen pencils as satire makes a comeback 12 Jan 2016 - 08:56 am

Yangon: With a flourish of his pencil, cartoonist Maung Maung Aung skewers a pampered politician in a sketch, an image that just a...

Suu Kyi in the spotlight at Myanmar peace meeting 12 Jan 2016 - 08:55 am

Naypyidaw, Myanmar: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will address ethnic armed groups Tuesday, organisers of a fresh round of peace talks said, after...

S. Korea winning shouting match with low-tech North 12 Jan 2016 - 08:50 am

Seoul: North Korea may have nuclear weapons, but in a high-decibel, cross-border propaganda shouting match, South Korea insists its superior technology is winning...

Aid trucks enter starvation-hit Syria town of Madaya 12 Jan 2016 - 08:35 am

Syrian Red Crescent aid convoys carrying food, medicine and blankets, leave the capital Damascus as they head to the besieged town of Madaya...

China ex-deputy police chief jailed for 15 years: state media 12 Jan 2016 - 08:27 am

Li Dongsheng, a vice public security minister, was convicted of bribery by a court in Tianjin according to state media. Photograph: Frederic J....

Multiple IS attacks kill more than 30 in Iraq 12 Jan 2016 - 08:24 am

Iraqis gather at the site of an attack in eastern Baghdad on January 11, 2016. Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack...

Venezuelan opposition in showdown with high court 12 Jan 2016 - 08:14 am

Lilian Tintori (C), wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, walks with supporters inside the Congress in Caracas on January 11, 2016 (AFP...

Hundreds need urgent evacuation from besieged Syria town 12 Jan 2016 - 08:07 am

A Syrian boy waits with his family, who say they have received permission from the Syrian government to leave the besieged town, as...

Killer drug fugitives recaptured in Argentina: police 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Buenos Aires: Argentine police Monday recaptured two killers from a drug gang who escaped from prison, an official said after also arresting their...

Syria opposition: no talks while 'foreign forces' bombing 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Riad Hijab Paris: A top representative of Syrian opposition groups, former prime minister Riad Hijab, said Monday there would be no peace talks...

Turkish teenager stabs Jewish teacher in Marseille 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Paris: A Turkish teenager who stabbed a Jewish teacher with a machete on Monday in the southern French city of Marseille told police...

Libya’s oil company empties storage tanks in Ras Lanuf after Islamic State attacks 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image BENGHAZI: Libya’s National Oil Corporation has emptied oil storage tanks at the Ras Lanuf terminal as a precaution after Islamic State...

US insists aid must go to besieged Syrian towns 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: The United States insisted Monday that aid convoys must have unfettered access to besieged towns in Syria under the terms of the...

Islamic State says it carried out attacks on Baghdad mall 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Islamic State said it was repsonsible for attacks on a shopping complex in eastern Baghdad on Monday that killed at least 18...

Israel arrests Jew suspected of outing Palestinians aiding settlers 12 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Jerusalem: Israeli police on Monday arrested a Jewish man suspected of informing on Palestinians selling property to settlers, laying them open...