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Caption GAZA: Hamas movement has welcomed raising the Palestinian flag on the United Nations headquarters. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Hamas...

RAMALLAH:  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday condemned what he called an "attack" by Israeli authorities at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in...

      MOSCOW:  Russians voted in local elections on Sunday expected to confirm the ruling party's dominance despite a dogged campaign by the opposition led...

COLOMBO:  Sri Lanka announced Sunday 16 Indian fishermen would be released to coincide with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi, his...

  AL-ABER:  Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, launched a major offensive against Iran-backed rebels east of Sanaa on...

  MEXICO CITY: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck offshore in northwestern Mexico early Sunday between the Baja California tourist resort region and Sinaloa state,...

  LOS ANGELES:  Wildfires have spread rapidly through Northern California, destroying hundreds of homes, forcing thousands of people to flee and injuring four firefighters....

Representational image PARIS:  Mohammed, Fayiq, Zyad, Bilal -- an engineer, a high-school student, a cardiologist and an accountant... Or at least they were...

THOHOYANDOU, South Africa:  Some 30,000 people gathered in a small village in northern South Africa Sunday for a ceremony for the beatification of...

  BERLIN:  Germany's transport minister on Sunday hit out at the "complete failure" of the European Union to protect its external borders, as he...

The Director General of BSF, Devendra Kumar Pathak (second left) and Pakistani Rangers DG (Punjab) Major General Umar Farooq Burki (second right) sign...

Activists of opposition party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) shout slogans during the funeral of activists killed by paramilitary forces in Karachi yesterday. A...

RUSSIA: A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world’s most experienced space flier and two rookie crewmates pulled away from the International Space Station...

Afghan police show suspects and packs of heroine which were confiscated during an operation, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, yesterday. Afghan police seized the drugs...

Turkish special police forces position themselves during clashes in the centre of Diyarbakir, on June 9, 2015 (AFP)   DIYARBAKIR: Three policemen were killed...

      ATHENS: Three people, including a child, drowned when a boat carrying some 100 migrants capsized off Greece early on Sunday, the Athens News...

A Palestinian youth is evacuated after being injured during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque today, just hours...

    A general view of the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque .   JERUSALEM: An Israeli settler attacked an 8-year-old Palestinian boy...