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IS claims attack on Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bangladeshi men carry the body of a man killed in a suicide bomb blast at a Ahmadiyya mosque during Friday prayers in Rajshahi,...

Breakaway Muslim rebels kill nine people in southern Philippines 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo MANILA: A breakaway Muslim rebel group killed nine civilians in the southern Philippines in a series of attacks on Christmas eve,...

Muslim prayer hall attacked in French Corsica island 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Attackers smashed windows and ransacked the Muslim prayer room in Ajaccio. AFP Paris: Demonstrators attacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn...

Floods hit parts of England as government scrambles to respond 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

People being rescued from their homes in a kayak after floods on Warwick Street in Carlisle, England. AP London: Heavy rains triggered floods...

Children of Cuban revolution recall exodus to US 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Javier Llorens shows on his mobile phone a picture of him and his brother in Cuba before they were sent unaccompanied to the...

German navy rescued more than 10,000 refugees in Mediterranean 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: The German Navy has rescued more than 10,000 refugees since May in the Mediterranean Sea. The armed forces said Saturday that more...

Tokyo to propose new fund for former 'comfort women': media 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Protestors sit next to a statue called the Peace Monument for former comfort women. AFP Tokyo: Japan plans to propose a fresh fund...

Central Africa wracked by decades of strife, mismanagement 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Volatile Central African Republic, which votes for a new president and parliament Wednesday, is rich in natural resources but...

Belgian college’s concerns over Paris attacker ignored: newspapers 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bilal Hadfi, 20, named as one of the attackers who detonated a suicide bomb outside the Stade de France in Paris on Nov....

15,000 protest Turkey's military crackdown on Kurdish rebels 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, in a protest against Islamic State. File photo Berlin: Around 15,000 people marched in Dusseldorf on Saturday to protest...

Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian in Nablus 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo Ramallah: Israeli soldiers opened fire on and killed a Palestinian at a military checkpoint near Nablus after he rammed his vehicle...

IS leader urges uprising in Saudi, attacks in Israel: recording 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the secretive leader of the Islamic State group, called for an uprising in Saudi Arabia and pledged to attack...

More than 100,000 flee flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Locals attempt to recover belongings at a flooded neighbourhood in Asuncion on Thursday. Constant and heavy rains in the country have caused the...

Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion' 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Milos Zeman Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his anti-migrant comments, on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an...

UN sets Syria peace talks target date, after death of rebel chief 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Zahran Alloush Damascus: The United Nations hopes to convene peace talks between Syria's government and opposition on January 25, it said Saturday, a...

Egypt jails two policemen for life for torture killing 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Rights groups regularly accuse the regular police and members of the secret police of abusing and torturing detainees. Representative image, Reuters. Cairo: An...