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Israeli fire kills Palestinian in Gaza clashes: health ministry 06 Nov 2015 - 04:44 pm

Representative image Gaza City, Palestinian Territories:Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on Friday during clashes along the border,...

India-born former soldier sworn in as Canada's new defense minister 06 Nov 2015 - 09:30 am

Canada's new National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after being sworn-in at a ceremony in Rideau Hall, Ottawa, November 4, 2015. Reuters By Leah...

Nigeria calls for eyes and ears against Boko Haram 05 Nov 2015 - 05:56 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is calling for civilian "foot soldiers" in the fight against Boko Haram, appealing to traditional hierarchies and...

India raises 2016 wheat support price by 5.2 pct - minister 05 Nov 2015 - 05:48 pm

India has raised the price that the government will pay to buy new-season wheat from local farmers to 1,525 rupees per 100 kg,...

Two more child migrants drown off Greece as UN warns of arrival spike 05 Nov 2015 - 05:35 pm

Athens:The cold Aegean Sea claimed the lives of two more migrant children early Thursday, sparking protests in Greece as the UN warned another...

UN divers search South Sudan plane crash site 05 Nov 2015 - 05:34 pm

Juba: United Nations divers in South Sudan on Thursday searched the Nile for victims and the black box flight recorder from a plane...

Rescuers search for survivors of Pakistan factory collapse 05 Nov 2015 - 05:32 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani rescuers have pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for dozens of...

France to deploy aircraft carrier in anti-IS fight in Syria, Iraq: presidency 05 Nov 2015 - 05:31 pm

Paris: The French presidency on Thursday said it would deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to boost its operations against the Islamic...

Ukraine rebels complete small arms withdrawal 05 Nov 2015 - 05:28 pm

Donetsk, Ukraine: Ukraine's pro-Russian insurgents said Thursday they had completed the withdrawal of their smaller weapons from a buffer zone in the ex-Soviet...

Maldives impeaches VP as pressure to lift emergency mounts 05 Nov 2015 - 05:20 pm

An aerial view of the Maldivian capital Male, where parliament has approved a state of emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen and used...

Rwandan senate debates constitutional change for Kagame 3rd term 05 Nov 2015 - 05:13 pm

Kigali: Rwanda's upper house of parliament debated Thursday a constitutional amendment enabling President Paul Kagame to run for a third consecutive term in...

Sharm el-Sheikh: jewel of Egypt's tourism industry 05 Nov 2015 - 05:09 pm

Cairo: The Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where British tourists were stranded Thursday after flight cancellations over fears a bomb downed a...

Tanzania's Magufuli sworn in as president 05 Nov 2015 - 05:06 pm

anzania's newly elected president John Magufuli (2ndR) shakes hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame (L) eyed by Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe (R) and...

Bomb blast in northeast Lebanon kills 9 -security sources 05 Nov 2015 - 05:02 pm

BEIRUT: A roadside car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded four others in northeast Lebanon on Thursday, in an area close...

International Coalition Airstrike Kills 18 IS affiliates 05 Nov 2015 - 04:47 pm

Baghdad: An airstrike carried out by the international coalition killed 18 Daesh militants and wounded 11 west of Kirkuk, Northern Iraq, a security...

75 palestinians killed, 2372 injured since outbreak of Jerusalem intifada 05 Nov 2015 - 04:46 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 75 Palestinians including 17 children and two women, have been killed by Israeli army fire...

Syria rebels seize key regime town on Hama-Aleppo road: Monitor 05 Nov 2015 - 01:54 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Syrian rebels, including jihadists, seized the last government-held town on the main highway between second city Aleppo and the city of...

Amid Typhoon Haiyan recovery, some feel they are left behind 05 Nov 2015 - 01:46 pm

Richel Quiminales, 35, who lost her home during Super Typhoon Haiyan, stands outside her home in a slum in Tacloban, Philippines. Reuters Tacloban,...