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Draft Arab UNESCO resolution on Al-Aqsa compound draws Israel ire 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: A group of Arab states has angered Israel by submitting a draft resolution to the UN cultural body stating that Jerusalem's Western...

EU, battling migrant crisis, urges Eritrea to respect human rights 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants from Eritrea sit near tents as they live in a make-shift camp under a metro bridge in Paris, France, May 28, 2015 ...

Greece's top tax collector refuses to quit in TV advert revenue row 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

ATHENS: Greece's top tax collection official on Tuesday rejected calls from the prime minister to quit over alleged delays in enforcing a law...

Apple tells U.S. judge 'impossible' to unlock new iPhones 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK: Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be "impossible" with...

CNN aims for cool factor with new online video service 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: A new CNN-funded video startup launched Tuesday, aiming for the cool, young and connected audiences the cable news channel is missing. "Great...

New York court dismisses appeal, allows Yale to keep van Gogh painting 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

The 1888 oil painting entitled "Night Cafe" by impressionist Vincent Van Gogh is at the center of a lawsuit between Yale University and...

Kerry to visit Europe, Middle East from Wednesday to Sunday 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Europe and the Middle East from Wednesday to Sunday for talks on a recent...

US deploys ground-attack A-10 planes to Turkey 20 Oct 2015 - 06:43 pm

Washington: The US military has deployed a dozen A-10 ground-attack planes to the air base at Incirlik in southern Turkey, a US official...

Iraq cholera cases grow, spread to Kurdish region 20 Oct 2015 - 06:25 pm

BAGHDAD: The number of cholera cases in Iraq has risen to more than 1,800 as the epidemic spread to the northern autonomous Kurdish...

UN chief urges Israelis, Palestinians to act quickly to calm tensions 20 Oct 2015 - 06:14 pm

Jerusalem: UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned of a "dangerous escalation" and urged Israelis and Palestinians to move quickly to calm nearly three weeks...

Insight: Cameron set for high-stakes game of bluff with Brussels 20 Oct 2015 - 06:13 pm

By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS: When David Cameron writes to fellow European Union leaders in a couple of weeks, asking for new terms of...

Kurdish lawyer faces trial for saying PKK not terrorist group 20 Oct 2015 - 06:06 pm

By Daren Butler and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR: A top Kurdish lawyer in conflict-riven southeast Turkey faces trial after saying the Kurdistan Workers Party...

Drug-resistant malaria could spread to Africa: study 20 Oct 2015 - 06:03 pm

PARIS: A drug-resistant malaria parasite from southeast Asia can infect African mosquitoes, said a study Tuesday, boosting fears that a hard-to-cure variant of...

Angola's opposition calls for transparency in public spending 20 Oct 2015 - 05:58 pm

By Herculano Coroado LUANDA: Angola's main opposition political party has asked President José Eduardo dos Santos to explain why the state was not...

Turkmenistan president makes poetic debut 20 Oct 2015 - 05:57 pm

ASHGABAT: The leader of isolated Turkmenistan has grabbed the headlines in the ex-Soviet state by publishing his first poem, a brief ode singing...

Women worldwide face rampant violence: UN 20 Oct 2015 - 05:49 pm

United Nations, United States: Women worldwide live longer lives and are more educated than at any time in the past 20 years, but...

Soldier kills four in shooting in north India 20 Oct 2015 - 05:23 pm

New Delhi: Police gunned down an Indian army soldier Tuesday after he opened fire indiscriminately, killing four people and injuring four others following...

Taliban threatens southern Afghan city, civilians flee 20 Oct 2015 - 05:20 pm

By Mohammad Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: Taliban forces advanced on the capital of the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand on Tuesday amid...