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ICC gives SA more time to explain Bashir arrest failure 15 Oct 2015 - 06:32 pm

THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court said Thursday it will give South Africa more time to explain why it defied an order to...

Taliban vow to force foreign troops out of Afghanistan after US extension 15 Oct 2015 - 06:22 pm

KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials...

Outrage as Danish zoo dissects lion in front of children 15 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

COPENHAGEN: A Danish zoo on Thursday dissected a lion in front of a group of children, in an educational event condemned as a...

Pistorius to be released on parole next Tuesday 15 Oct 2015 - 06:14 pm

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole next week after serving one year of a five-year term for killing his girlfriend, officials...

Two new Libyan suspects identified in Lockerbie bombing 15 Oct 2015 - 06:08 pm

LONDON: Scottish prosecutors on Thursday said they had identified two new Libyan suspects in the bombing of a Pan Am jet over the...

Seven dead after Greek coastguard vessel hits migrant boat 15 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

ATHENS: Seven migrants, four of them children, drowned Thursday near the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat collided with a Greek rescue...

Greece recovers bodies of migrant children and baby off Lesbos 15 Oct 2015 - 05:28 pm

Representative image ATHENS: A baby, two children and a woman drowned on Thursday after their wooden boat and a coast guard vessel crashed...

Turkey, Saudi warn over Russia's 'Syria mistake' 15 Oct 2015 - 05:17 pm

ANKARA: Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned Russia over the consequences of its intervention in Syria, with Ankara telling Moscow its bombing...

Syrian army and Russian jets target rebel towns north of Homs 15 Oct 2015 - 05:06 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter of the 101 Division takes a position behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside...

Turk's denial of any Armenian genocide not a crime-European Court 15 Oct 2015 - 04:55 pm

STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that...

Water a "weapon of war" in Syria's divided Aleppo 15 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

By Naline Malla and John Davis BEIRUT: Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck...

Putin blasts US for 'unconstructive position' on Syria 15 Oct 2015 - 04:11 pm

ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blasted Washington for being "unconstructive" on Syria after the Kremlin said the United States had...

Germany's secret services spied on France, US: report 15 Oct 2015 - 03:50 pm

BERLIN: Germany's secret service, already under fire for having allegedly spied for Washington, had also spied for its own account on allies including...

Iran would consider sending fighters to Syria: senior official 15 Oct 2015 - 03:46 pm

DAMASCUS: Iran would consider sending fighters to key ally Syria if Damascus requests them, a senior Iranian official said Thursday on a visit...

Iraqi forces in major push against IS 15 Oct 2015 - 03:41 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State jihadist group on separate fronts Thursday, ramping up operations to retake Baiji and Ramadi, two of...

Myanmar signs ceasefire with eight armed groups 15 Oct 2015 - 03:36 pm

By Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW: Myanmar's government and eight armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire agreement on Thursday, the culmination of more than two...

Beijing warns against US South China Sea move 15 Oct 2015 - 03:29 pm

BEIJING:Beijing warned Thursday that it would "firmly oppose" infringement of its sovereignty after indications Washington will soon send warships close to its artificial...

Death row inmates denied rights in Indonesia: Amnesty 15 Oct 2015 - 03:26 pm

JAKARTA: Foreigners on death row in Indonesia have been denied basic rights and beaten for confessions, Amnesty International said Thursday, in a damning...