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‘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...

UN voices deep disappointment at lack of EU consensus on migrants 15 Sep 2015 - 01:37 pm

GENEVA : The United Nations said on Tuesday it was "deeply disappointed" at the failure of European Union ministers to reach a final...

Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem shrine for third day 15 Sep 2015 - 01:29 pm

Muslim women shouts slogans as they protest in front of Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2015. JERUSALEM: Israeli...

Twenty-two migrants drown as boat capsizes in Aegean Sea 15 Sep 2015 - 01:22 pm

ANKARA: Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying...

Afghan educator of uprooted girls wins UN refugee award 15 Sep 2015 - 11:17 am

Geneva: Aqeela Asifi, who has dedicated her life to bringing education to Afghan refugee girls in Pakistan, was on Tuesday awarded the UN...

Iran says wants China’s help to resolve Middle East tensions 15 Sep 2015 - 11:13 am

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing BEIJING: ...