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Syria's Assad blames France as Arab world condemns Paris attacks 15 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reacted Saturday to the deadly attacks in Paris, taking France to task and calling on it to change...

Terror casts shadow over City of Light 14 Nov 2015 - 06:15 pm

Police officers patrols near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, 14 November 2015.The French government declared a state of emergency, tightened border controls...

Iraq Kurds clearing Sinjar of bombs, mass grave found 14 Nov 2015 - 06:12 pm

Iraqi autonomous Kurdish region's peshmerga forces and fighters from the Yazidi minority, a local Kurdish-speaking community which the Islamic State (IS) group had...

Burundi opposition asks U.N. to send peacekeepers quickly 14 Nov 2015 - 04:53 pm

United Nations peacekeeper helemt in a file photo. REUTERS NAIROBI: A prominent Burundi opposition politician urged the United Nations on Friday to send...

Poland won't accept refugees after Paris attacks: incoming minister 14 Nov 2015 - 04:47 pm

Warsaw: Poland will not take in refugees under a hotly contested EU programme to distribute them among member states because of the Paris...

London Gatwick terminal evacuated over suspect package 14 Nov 2015 - 04:29 pm

London: London's Gatwick Airport evacuated its North Terminal and a man was arrested Saturday after the discovery of a suspect package, hours after...

Cameron says Britain to review security after attacks 14 Nov 2015 - 04:24 pm

London: Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday said Britain would review security plans after attacks in Paris in which at least 128 people...

Death toll rises to 128 in Paris attacks 14 Nov 2015 - 04:23 pm

French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris. REUTERS Paris: France was in...

Islamic State says France remains top target 14 Nov 2015 - 03:34 pm

By Eric Knecht CAIRO: (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent...

Five soldiers killed in renewed east Ukraine violence 14 Nov 2015 - 03:28 pm

Kiev: Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes in the country's separatist east over the past 24 hours, in the deadliest violence since...

'Reason to believe' man arrested in Germany linked to Paris attackers: official 14 Nov 2015 - 03:23 pm

People gather outside the French Embassy in Berlin on November 14, 2015, a day after deadly attacks in Paris. AFP Berlin: Bavaria's state...

Syria talks begin in Vienna under pall of Paris attacks 14 Nov 2015 - 02:18 pm

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C,R), US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Foreign Ministers attend a conference on the Syria conflict...

Belgium urges citizens to avoid Paris 14 Nov 2015 - 02:11 pm

Brussels: Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Saturday urged his fellow citizens to avoid travel to Paris following the attacks that left at...

Obama leads chorus of world outrage over Paris attacks 14 Nov 2015 - 01:46 pm

US President Barack Obama makes a statement about multiple acts of violence in Paris in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White...

Paris attacks give 'new meaning' to Syria talks: EU's Mogherini 14 Nov 2015 - 01:45 pm

Vienna: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Saturday a spate of bloody attacks in Paris had given new meaning to global...

Refugee boy drowns near Greek island after boat engine explodes: coastguard 14 Nov 2015 - 01:31 pm

A Syrian family arrive with other migrants and refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on...

GCC secretary general condemns Beirut , Paris bombings 14 Nov 2015 - 01:23 pm

Riyadh: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani has strongly condemned the two bombings, which...

Three Israeli Warplanes Violate Lebanese Airspace 14 Nov 2015 - 01:17 pm

Beirut: Three Israeli reconnaissance warplanes violated Lebanon's airspace and executed circular maneuvers over the south, West Bekaa, Riyak, Baalbek and Hermel, then left...