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Hamas 'won't remain silent' about Israeli violation of Al-Aqsa 18 Sep 2015 - 05:39 pm

GAZA: Hamas senior official Ismail Radwan has warned the Israeli occupation of the consequences of its violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying that the...

British bid to genetically modify human embryos 18 Sep 2015 - 05:35 pm

LONDON: Britain's embryology regulator has received an application to genetically modify an embryo, which would be the first such attempt since a Chinese...

US further eases trade, travel restrictions on Cuba 18 Sep 2015 - 05:31 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States further eased restrictions on business and travel with Cuba Friday, as it presses forward in rebuilding long-frozen relations with...

When love turns to gang-rape: Africa experts seek ways to end sex crimes 18 Sep 2015 - 05:22 pm

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI: South African teenage boys have an unusual way of punishing their girlfriends: gang-raping them with their friends. It's a...

Saudi Arabia warns against haj unrest as pilgrims pray for peace 18 Sep 2015 - 05:17 pm

Cranes are seen as Muslim pilgrims perform Haj tasks in the Grand Mosque, on September 12, 2015. (Reuters) MECCA: Saudi Arabia has warned...

Kenya raids ship suspected of carrying drugs, arms 18 Sep 2015 - 05:10 pm

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA: Kenyan police raided a ship docked in the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa on Friday, on suspicion that it...

Burkina Faso military junta frees interim president 18 Sep 2015 - 05:03 pm

By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU: The military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup has freed interim President...

Tourists fume as unions shut down Rome Colosseum 18 Sep 2015 - 04:58 pm

ROME: Thousands of tourists were left fuming in sweltering Rome on Friday after the Colosseum was closed for hours without warning for a...

South Africa broadband blitz unlocks video-on-demand 18 Sep 2015 - 04:53 pm

By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG: A rapid roll-out of fibre optic broadband in upmarket South African neighbourhoods has caught the attention of Internet video...

Israel police deploy as Hamas calls 'day of rage' 18 Sep 2015 - 04:47 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police beefed up their numbers in Jerusalem Friday, barring young men from prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque site on what Islamist...

Kenya orders all schools to close over teacher strike 18 Sep 2015 - 04:44 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya's education ministry ordered all schools to shut Friday because of a three-week teachers' strike over pay in the east African country....

Indian army kills five near Pakistan border in Kashmir 18 Sep 2015 - 04:39 pm

SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers shot dead five suspected rebels Friday near the heavily militarised border in Kashmir as they tried to sneak in from...

Yemeni tribesmen's loyalty crucial as Saudi-led forces push for Sanaa 18 Sep 2015 - 04:27 pm

By Noah Browning MARIB, Yemen: As Gulf Arab troops push through Yemen's central desert into the mountains that lead to the capital held...

India central bank chief warns against growing too fast 18 Sep 2015 - 04:12 pm

MUMBAI: The head of India's central bank on Friday warned Asia's third-largest economy against trying to grow too fast, pointing to the plight...

1,000 evacuated as fire hits Makkah hotel 18 Sep 2015 - 03:36 pm

MAKKAH: About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early on Thursday from their hotel in the holy city of Makkah, hit by a fire...

Modi's security again hems in common man, now in Varanasi 18 Sep 2015 - 02:56 pm

Mohit Dubey VARANASI: If you thought a public expression of regret by none other than the prime minister and a probe ordered by...

Files reveal Netaji was alive after 1945, family spied upon 18 Sep 2015 - 02:51 pm

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose declassified by the state government on Friday contain...