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Prince William starts work as air ambulance pilot 14 Jul 2015 - 12:49 am

Britain's Prince William prepares to board an East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) at Cambridge Airport in England, on July 13, 2015. LONDON: Prince...

At least 11 killed in twin suicide bombing in Cameroon 13 Jul 2015 - 10:40 pm

YAOUNDE: At least 11 people were killed when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up near an army camp in troubled northern Cameroon...

Kuwait sets up new anti-'terror' group 13 Jul 2015 - 10:28 pm

KUWAIT: The Gulf state of Kuwait, hit by the worst suicide attack in its history last month, decided on Monday to set up...

US-led coalition target IS with 29 air strikes near Ramadi 13 Jul 2015 - 10:10 pm

BAGHDAD: The US-led international coalition carried out 29 air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist group near Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's western...

Israel re-arrests freed Palestinian hunger-striker 13 Jul 2015 - 09:57 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Monday re-arrested Palestinian Khader Adnan a day after he was freed following a 56-day hunger strike that brought him...

Msheireb to open historic prayer ground to public for Eid 13 Jul 2015 - 04:07 pm

DOHA: Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, today said the Eid Prayer Ground at the Downtown Doha will be open to public...

Car bomb kills 33 in Afghanistan near U.S. base 13 Jul 2015 - 02:46 pm

An Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after sustaining injuries in Sunday's car bomb attack in Khost, southern Afghanistan July 13, 2015. ...

Thief struck by misfortune returns loot 20 years on 13 Jul 2015 - 02:44 pm

Israeli archeologist Eitan Klein of the Antiquities Theft Prevention Unit points at an engraved detail recovered from thieves (AFP Photo). JERUSALEM: A thief...

Police evacuate 18 from Paris suburb store hold-up 13 Jul 2015 - 02:30 pm

French police officers stand outside a shopping center in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, north of Paris, France, July 13, 2015. PARIS: French police evacuated 18 people...

23 conscripts killed in Russian military barracks collapse 13 Jul 2015 - 02:29 pm

MOSCOW: Twenty-three Russian soldiers were crushed to death after their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster to hit a country known...

Cases of some violated petrol stations transferred to court 13 Jul 2015 - 02:19 pm

DOHA: The public prosecution has transferred the cases of some fuel stations to court due to lack of commitment in complying with the...

Heathrow cancels flights after protesters get on runway 13 Jul 2015 - 01:32 pm

An aircraft takes off from Heathrow airport in London, Britain July 1, 2015. LONDON: Heathrow Airport cancelled some flights on Monday after at...

Turkish PM warns against using Erdogan to sabotage coalition talks 13 Jul 2015 - 01:03 pm

A special forces police officer takes security measures as he stands on top of a building where the portraits of Turkey's President Tayyip...

Israeli –Canadian women who helped Kurds fight IS returns to Israel 13 Jul 2015 - 11:47 am

Gill Rosenberg, an Israeli-Canadian who fought with the Kurds in Syria and Iraq JERUSALEM: A Canadian-Israeli who was the first foreign woman to...

Boko Haram kills 17 in Chad 13 Jul 2015 - 11:32 am

N'Djamena: A Boko Haram suicide bombing in a crowded market in Chad’s capital killed 15 people on last Saturday, just days after the...

Strong earthquake shakes Southern Japan 13 Jul 2015 - 11:23 am

TOKYO: An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck Japan's southern main island of Kyushu early Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency...

India, Kyrgyzstan ink defence pact 13 Jul 2015 - 11:18 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev during their meeting in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, yesterday. New Delhi: India and...

France: 10 people being held by gunmen in store 13 Jul 2015 - 11:08 am

PARIS: Gunmen were holed up inside a Primark store near Paris Monday with some ten people inside after what appears to be an...