World

'Gifts' from Chinese herbal medicine 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked...

Car bomb attacks kill 57 people in Iraq 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: At least 57 people were killed on Monday in car bomb attacks in Baghdad and the north and south of Iraq, police...

Libya peace talks resume in Morocco 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Bernardino Leon SKHIRAT: Libya's rival factions resumed talks in Morocco on Monday to try to move forward with a UN-brokered peace deal and...

Russia-Israel military coordination talks on Syria to open Tuesday 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black...

NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish air space 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, Russian military support crew attach a satellite guided bomb to SU-34 jet fighter at...

Tunisia minister quits over 'lack of will' to fight graft 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

TUNIS: Tunisia's minister in charge of relations with parliament announced Monday he has submitted his resignation in protest at the lack of will...

UNESCO experts call for ban on genetic 'editing' 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: A Unesco panel of scientists, philosophers, lawyers and government ministers called Monday for a halt to genetic "editing" of the human germline,...

Chile declares huge Easter Island marine reserve 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

VIÑA DEL MAR: Chile declared huge new marine reserves in the Pacific in water off Easter Island on Monday as it hosted a...

Iraq car bombs kill 50, rare attack in south 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Three car bombs killed at least 50 people in Iraq Monday, including 35 in a single blast north of Baghdad and 10...

German anti-Islam group vents fury at Merkel over refugee welcome 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

DRESDEN, Germany: Thousands of German anti-Islam protesters on Monday vented their fury at Chancellor Angela Merkel over her welcoming of refugees, accusing her...

Almost a third of cactuses at risk of extinction - study 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

OSLO: Almost a third of cactuses are at risk of extinction because of threats including illegal trade and a spread of farms in...

Google parent Alphabet codifies doing the right thing 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet, Google's new parent company SAN FRANCISCO: Google's new parent company hit the stock market on Monday with an...

Yemeni forces besiege rebel pocket near key strait 05 Oct 2015 - 06:48 pm

Aden: Yemeni forces on Monday besieged Shiite rebels who have retreated to a mountainous area near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait that loyalists...

Indonesian rescuers find plane wreckage 05 Oct 2015 - 06:36 pm

Makassar, Indonesia: Rescuers Monday found the wreckage of a plane carrying 10 people that disappeared during a flight in central Indonesia last week,...

Air France HR manager 'almost lynched' in job cut protests 05 Oct 2015 - 06:31 pm

PARIS: Air France's human resources manager had his shirt stripped from him as he was "almost lynched" on Monday by workers protesting at...

Afghan forces called for hospital air strike, US general says 05 Oct 2015 - 06:15 pm

Kabul: Afghan forces asked for a US air strike on a hospital in Kunduz that killed 22 people, the top NATO commander in...

Custodian of the two holy mosques meets Yemeni president 05 Oct 2015 - 06:12 pm

Jeddah: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met here on Monday with Yemeni President Abed Rabbo...

Embattled Uber faces global crackdown 05 Oct 2015 - 06:10 pm

BRUSSELS: Controversial ride-sharing service Uber faces a crackdown by governments around the world and protests by angry taxi drivers, but the company insists...