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Facebook working on long-sought ‘dislike’ button 16 Sep 2015 - 09:55 am

San Francisco: Facebook, pressed for years by users to add a “dislike” button, announced Tuesday it was working on the feature and will...

Air strikes kill 54 Yemenis 16 Sep 2015 - 02:06 am

Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike on a Houthi position in the Yemeni frontline province of Marib yesterday. SANA’A:...

GCC urges world to do more for Syrian refugees 16 Sep 2015 - 01:18 am

Syrian migrants rest under a tree during their walk towards the Greek border on a road near Edirne, Turkey, yesterday. Riyadh: Gulf states...

India, Lanka to boost ties 16 Sep 2015 - 01:17 am

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (left) addresses a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their meeting in New Delhi...

Mumbai local train derails; four injured 16 Sep 2015 - 01:16 am

Mumbai: At least four commuters, including a woman, were injured and Mumbai’s lifeline — the suburban train services — were badly hit when...

Special prayer 16 Sep 2015 - 01:13 am

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Congregation for Evangelisation of People, participates in a special prayer at the tomb of Mother Teresa...

‘Kabul Taxi’ lampoons Afghanistan 16 Sep 2015 - 01:12 am

Afghan woman satirist Masouda Khazan Tokhi, 39, displays cartoons inside her home in Kabul yesterday. Kabul: From ridiculing warlords to poking fun at...

Haze cloaks South East Asia 16 Sep 2015 - 01:11 am

Women wearing masks pray in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, yesterday, as haze from forest fires choked parts of the country. Jakarta: Indonesia yesterday deployed an...

Charlie Hebdo stirs another row with migrant cartoons 16 Sep 2015 - 01:03 am

Syrian refugees wait at the bus station in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. According to local reports thousands of refugees are trying to walk to...

S.Africa's Zuma opens door for anotherBashir visit 15 Sep 2015 - 09:10 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrives in Khartoum from Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 15, 2015 (AFP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Tuesday...

40,000 dead under Chad's Habre an underestimate 15 Sep 2015 - 08:20 pm

Ex-dictator Hissene Habre (Reuters) DAKAR: The number of Chadians killed under the brutal regime of ex-dictator Hissene Habre far exceeded the frequently-quoted estimate...

EU ministers to hold new migration crisis meeting next Tuesday 15 Sep 2015 - 08:15 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union interior ministers will hold an emergency council next Tuesday, September 22, to discuss the migration crisis, the meeting's chairman said...

Saudi king sanctions Binladin Group after deadly crane collapse 15 Sep 2015 - 07:55 pm

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman sanctioned the powerful Saudi Binladin Group Tuesday over the collapse of a...

7 dead in French Alps avalanche 15 Sep 2015 - 07:20 pm

GRENOBLE: Seven people were killed Tuesday when an avalanche swept them away in the French Alps, a local official told AFP, one of...

Germany urges penalties for EU states rejecting refugees 15 Sep 2015 - 03:58 pm

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere BERLIN: Germany urged the European Union to consider imposing financial penalties on states that refuse to take...

Syrian refugee count nears 2 million in Turkey, down in Iraq, Lebanon 15 Sep 2015 - 02:40 pm

BY TOM MILES GENEVA: The numbers of Syrian refugees in Iraq and Lebanon fell in August, while the number in Turkey has risen...

Iran says wants China's help to resolve Middle East tensions 15 Sep 2015 - 02:02 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing,...

A record 156,000 migrants entered EU in August: border agency Frontex 15 Sep 2015 - 01:46 pm

A refugee assists a toddler crossing Hungary's barbed-wire fence in this file photo. BRUSSELS: A record 156,000 migrants entered the European Union in...