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Palestinian cabinet calls for halt of Israeli crimes 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian cabinet today called on the high contracting parties to the Geneva conventions to hold an urgent meeting and move immediately...

Brazilian president fights for political life 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: President Dilma Rousseff claims to detect a glimmer at the end of the tunnel in Brazil's political crisis, but what...

EU gets tough on expelling migrants, talks to neighbours 09 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Alastair Macdonald and Tom Körkemeier LUXEMBOURG: European Union governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating...

Israel asks Facebook, YouTube to remove ‘violence-encouraging’ videos 08 Oct 2015 - 04:42 pm

An image from a video posted to YouTube October 2, 2015 showing the murder of an Israeli Jewish family. YouTube screenshot appeared in...

Alexievich chronicled Soviet life and war 08 Oct 2015 - 04:30 pm

Caption By Anna Ringstrom and Daniel Dickson STOCKHOLM: Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of...

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize 08 Oct 2015 - 04:14 pm

Svetlana Alexievich STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 NobelLiterature Prize on Thursday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war...

Modi breaks silence, calls for peace after violence over beef 08 Oct 2015 - 03:59 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for religious harmony on Thursday, breaking a week-long silence after the mob killing of a...

Syria extends major offensive to retake territory in west 08 Oct 2015 - 03:23 pm

A civil defence member gathers unexploded cluster bomblets that activists say were fired by the Russian air force at Maasran town, in the...

Malaysia to accept professional, semi-skilled Syrian refugees 08 Oct 2015 - 03:11 pm

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi WASHINGTON: Malaysia is to give preference to professional and semi-skilled people in accepting the 3,000 Syrian refugees it has agreed...

Saudi-led coalition denies striking Yemen wedding 08 Oct 2015 - 02:53 pm

RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen denied on Thursday that its warplanes bombed a wedding for the second time in...

Syrian troops, Russian jets launch attack in Ghab Plain 08 Oct 2015 - 01:21 pm

A civil defence member gathers unexploded cluster bomblets that activists say were fired by the Russian air force at Maasran town, in the...

Netanyahu moves to lower tensions over Jerusalem holy site 08 Oct 2015 - 01:18 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting a sensitive Jerusalem holy site where rising tensions have spilled...

At least thirteen Yemenis killed by rocket attack at wedding 08 Oct 2015 - 01:16 pm

A car falls as it is being lifted by a crane at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa,...

NATO may need to stay longer in Afghanistan, Germany says 08 Oct 2015 - 01:15 pm

NATO troops may need to stay in Afghanistan for a longer period and any decision should be based on the situation on the...

Nepal's empowered mountain women go green 08 Oct 2015 - 10:58 am

Women community leaders Nanu Ghatane (wearing specs) and Nima Lama of Dach Pokhari village in Kavrepalanchok district of Nepal. By Vishal Gulati KATHMANDU:...

Minister invites Ghulam Ali to perform in Delhi 08 Oct 2015 - 10:52 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Thursday invited renowned ghazal singer Ghulam Ali to perform in Delhi after he cancelled his...

Women to be inducted as fighter pilots: IAF chief 08 Oct 2015 - 10:35 am

NEW DELHI: Women would soon be inducted as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said here on...

Amnesty urges Myanmar to release nearly 100 activists before polls 08 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

Yangon: Amnesty International on Thursday urged Myanmar to release nearly 100 "prisoners of conscience" ahead of landmark November polls, accusing the former junta-run...