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Turkey lifts state of emergency 20 Jul 2018 - 01:27 am

Ankara: Turkey lifted its state of emergency, two years after the government imposed following the failed coup attempt on July 20, 2016. The...

Zimbabwe defends electoral roll over 'ghost voters' 20 Jul 2018 - 12:14 am

Harare: Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday defended a new electoral roll after allegations that thousands of fake names, duplicates and dead people are registered...

Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law 20 Jul 2018 - 12:13 am

Jerusalem: Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could...

Hamas supports new Egyptian bid for Palestinian unity 19 Jul 2018 - 09:15 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - Anadolu Agency has obtained a copy of an Egyptian proposal for achieving reconciliation between Palestinian factions Fatah and...

Despite summit criticism, Trump looks to next Putin meeting 19 Jul 2018 - 08:57 pm

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called...

Putin warns NATO against closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia 19 Jul 2018 - 07:15 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned NATO against cultivating closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia, saying such a policy was irresponsible...

Belgian airspace closed over technical glitch 19 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

BERLIN: Air travellers are facing disruption on Thursday after flight space over Belgium was closed due to a problem with a flight data...

Ethiopian Airlines says it's in talks for stake in Eritrean Airlines 19 Jul 2018 - 03:27 pm

ASMARA: Ethiopian Airlines is in talks to take a stake in Eritrean Airlines and a study will be conducted to determine the size...

US host spars with French envoy over 'African-ness' of World Cup champs 19 Jul 2018 - 02:43 pm

Washington: The host of America's late-night TV program "The Daily Show" has drawn the ire of France's ambassador to the US after joking...

EU is making retaliation list for possible US car tariffs: Malmstrom 19 Jul 2018 - 12:18 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union is preparing a list of counter-measures to potential U.S. tariffs on European cars, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said...

Pro-Assad villages evacuated in deal with Syrian insurgents 19 Jul 2018 - 10:29 am

BEIRUT: Two pro-government villages in northwestern Syria were evacuated on Thursday, state television reported, in an agreement between the Damascus government and insurgents...

Skripal Novichok poisoning suspects identified: Press Association 19 Jul 2018 - 08:14 am

UK investigators believe they have identified the suspected perpetrators behind the Novichok attack on the Skripals, the Press Association reported on Thursday. Russian...

Elon Musk apologizes for comments about cave rescue diver 18 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

BANGKOK: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying...

Police treating attack on Toronto Muslim man as hate crime 18 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

OTTAWA, Ontario: An attack on a Muslim man in a Toronto suburb is being investigated by police as a hate-motivated crime, Canadian police...

Trump again praises Putin summit as 'success' despite uproar 18 Jul 2018 - 06:33 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted his summit with Vladimir Putin had been a success, despite the uproar over his apparent...