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From Malaysian backrooms, Rohingya send what little they can to fleeing relatives 16 Nov 2017 - 07:56 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: In a dimly lit shop in Kuala Lumpur, where dried fish, herbs and pickled tea leaves imported from Myanmar are on...

Mugabe under house arrest resists army pressure to quit 16 Nov 2017 - 06:30 pm

HARARE: President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and is refusing to quit after a military coup, but pressure...

Zimbabwe opposition leader calls for Mugabe to resign 16 Nov 2017 - 06:14 pm

Harare: Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called on Thursday for President Robert Mugabe to step down after the military took control of the...

Iran factions use earthquake relief effort to pursue power struggle 16 Nov 2017 - 05:46 pm

ANKARA: Political infighting among Iran’s ruling elite has moved on to a new battleground - the relief effort after an earthquake that killed...

Malta activists mark month since journalist's murder 16 Nov 2017 - 05:37 pm

Valletta: Activists in Malta marked on Thursday the assassination a month ago of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, stepping up their calls for the...

Fall from Grace: Mugabe's wife was his weakness 16 Nov 2017 - 05:27 pm

Harare: President Robert Mugabe's downfall was caused by the ambitions of his combative wife Grace, whose emergence as his likely successor proved a...

Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq: Turkish military 16 Nov 2017 - 04:44 pm

ISTANBUL: Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Thursday in northern Iraq's Avasin Basyan region by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

Merkel warns of tough talks as clock ticks on coalition deal 16 Nov 2017 - 04:35 pm

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that "serious differences" remain between the parties hoping to form Germany's next government but voiced hope a deal...

Stunned Zimbabweans contemplate uncertain future without Mugabe 16 Nov 2017 - 04:03 pm

Harare: Zimbabweans on Thursday weighed a future without their leader of nearly four decades after the army placed 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, a...

Greece in mourning, several still missing in deadly flood 16 Nov 2017 - 03:48 pm

Athens: Greece was in mourning Thursday as rescue crews tried to locate several people missing in a flood that killed 15 people near...

Syria army renews assault on last IS-held town: monitor 16 Nov 2017 - 03:05 pm

Beirut: The Syrian army on Thursday entered Albu Kamal, the last town in the country held by the Islamic State group, several days...

Panama opens embassy in China after cutting Taiwan ties 16 Nov 2017 - 02:59 pm

Beijing: Panama opened its first embassy in China on Thursday five months after cutting ties with Taiwan, which has seen its allies dwindle...

Indonesia unveils plan to roll out 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020 16 Nov 2017 - 02:10 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: W orshippers in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to...

Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani to hold Syria summit next week in Sochi: Turkish state media 16 Nov 2017 - 02:02 pm

Ankara: Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week host Turkish and Iranian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani for summit talks on...

Britain preparing to transfer 400 million pounds to Iran: Telegraph newspaper 16 Nov 2017 - 12:26 pm

LONDON: Britain is preparing to transfer over 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran as it seeks the release of a jailed Iranian-British...

China denounces US call to register Chinese journalists as agents 16 Nov 2017 - 12:13 pm

BEIJING: China denounced on Thursday a US congressional commission that accused its state media of involvement in spying and propaganda and called for...

"We're praying" - Officials say India will not act on smog this year 16 Nov 2017 - 12:07 pm

NEW DELHI, As pollution level climbed to 12 times above the recommended limit this week in India’s capital, government officials said they knew...

Egypt says three militants killed, 74 arrested in Sinai raids 16 Nov 2017 - 12:01 pm

CAIRO, Egyptian security forces killed three suspected militants and arrested 74 others in raids targetting militant groups in North Sinai in recent days,...