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Fire put out at 87-story residential skyscraper in Dubai 04 Aug 2017 - 08:32 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a...

Al Qaeda releases South African kidnapped in Mali in 2011 04 Aug 2017 - 01:46 am

PRETORIA: A South African tourist who was kidnapped in 2011 by al Qaeda while travelling in Mali has been released and is back...

Truce back in Homs after safe zone agreed 04 Aug 2017 - 01:43 am

Moscow: Syrian regime forces and “moderate” rebels will cease fire in northern parts of Homs province after Russia struck a deal with the...

Trafficking gang smuggling Iranians to Britain caught in Europe 03 Aug 2017 - 11:26 pm

LONDON: European authorities have smashed a human trafficking gang smuggling Iranians, some as young as five, into Britain, making more than 100 arrests,...

Former investigator at Guantanamo Bay says Pentagon suppressing book on interrogations 03 Aug 2017 - 11:15 pm

WASHINGTON: A former chief investigator at the Guantanamo Bay detention center is accusing the Pentagon of blocking publication of his book on the...

Trump says ties with Russia at ‘all-time low,’ blames Congress 03 Aug 2017 - 04:14 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Washington’s relationship with Russia is at an “an all-time and very dangerous low,” and blamed...

Firefighters battle blaze at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fishmarket, world’s biggest 03 Aug 2017 - 01:00 pm

TOKYO: Dozens of firefighters battled a major blaze on Thursday at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fishmarket, the world’s largest and one of the capital’s most...

Iran's Rouhani vows to end isolation as he starts second term 03 Aug 2017 - 10:48 am

Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani vowed to continue his efforts to end the country's isolation as he was sworn in for a second...

Philippines' Duterte backs police in 'drug' mayor killings 02 Aug 2017 - 10:44 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday defended a police raid that killed a mayor whom he had linked to narcotics trafficking along...

Trump's tweets blindsiding advisers searching for clarity 02 Aug 2017 - 10:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the...

Sara Netanyahu grilled in fraud probe 02 Aug 2017 - 10:15 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli police grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife for two hours on Wednesday on suspicion that she diverted public money for private...

Trump signs Russia sanctions law, but slams it as ‘flawed’ 02 Aug 2017 - 07:26 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law on Wednesday new sanctions against Russia that Congress had approved overwhelmingly last week, criticizing...

Turkey replaces land, air, naval forces commanders: reports 02 Aug 2017 - 04:57 pm

Ankara: Turkey's top military body on Wednesday replaced the land, air and naval commanders of the military at a critical meeting just over...

Russia takes over US compound in Moscow in retaliation over sanctions 02 Aug 2017 - 04:22 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities on Wednesday took over a summer-house compound in Moscow leased by the US embassy, five days after the Kremlin ordered...

Prince Philip, 96, to bid adieu to solo charity appearances 02 Aug 2017 - 12:44 pm

LONDON: For over 65 years, he has been the unwavering presence alongside Britain's longest-serving monarch, the consummate consort and royal representative. On Wednesday...

BJP says OBCs cheated for minority politics, Congress hits back 01 Aug 2017 - 10:39 pm

New Delhi: A day after the government faced embarrassment in Parliament over a bill on the Backward Classes Commission, the BJP on Tuesday...

Brazil faces lost generation of young workers after recession 01 Aug 2017 - 10:25 pm

SAO PAULO: When Ana Carolina Gomes da Silva became the first in her family to earn a college diploma and followed up with...

Top scientist PM Bhargava dead 01 Aug 2017 - 09:57 pm

Hyderabad: One of India's top scientists and founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Pushpa Mitra Bhargava died on Tuesday...