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Turkish warplanes kill 51 Islamic State militants in Syria - military statement 02 Feb 2017 - 09:53 am

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes killed 51 Islamic State militants in operations over the last 24 hours, the military said in a statement on Thursday....

Japan court rejects 'right to be forgotten' on Google 02 Feb 2017 - 08:52 am

Tokyo: Japan's Supreme Court has rejected a man's demand that news search results of his arrest on sex charges be deleted from Google,...

Indonesian plane skids off runway in new aviation mishap 02 Feb 2017 - 08:26 am

Jakarta: An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 130 people skidded off the runaway as it landed at a major airport in heavy rain, the...

Hundreds flee Islamic State rocket attacks in Iraq's E. Mosul 01 Feb 2017 - 07:48 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: Hundreds of Iraqi civilians have fled "liberated" areas of eastern Mosul amid ongoing rocket attacks by Islamic State terrorists, according to...

'They keep their promises': French town smitten with far right 01 Feb 2017 - 07:44 pm

Hénin-Beaumont, France: France's National Front (FN) is promoting the depressed former coalmining town of Henin-Beaumont as a showcase for far-right rule ahead of...

Syria ceasefire mechanism now in effect: Russian FM 01 Feb 2017 - 07:42 pm

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: A "tripartite mechanism" established by Russia, Turkey and Iran to monitor the ceasefire in Syria has come into...

At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year 01 Feb 2017 - 07:30 pm

JOHANNESBURG: At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year after they were moved from a licensed home to...

Zimbabwe protest leader Mawarire detained at Harare airport: sister 01 Feb 2017 - 07:23 pm

Harare: The Zimbabwean pastor who led a surge of protests last year against President Robert Mugabe's authoritarian government was arrested at Harare airport...

Air strikes hit Red Crescent offices in Syria 01 Feb 2017 - 07:16 pm

BEIRUT: Air strikes hit Syrian Red Crescent offices in the northwestern city of Idlib after midnight on Wednesday, injuring several staff and causing ...

Failure of malaria drug ‘early warning’ for Africa, researchers say 01 Feb 2017 - 06:50 pm

LONDON: A drug widely used to cure malaria has failed for the first time in patients being treated in Britain, raising questions over...

Concerned about refugees, UN experts add to censure of Trump move 01 Feb 2017 - 06:50 pm

U.N. human rights experts warned that asylum seekers could face torture if not given safe harbor and the Vatican called for openness to...

Trump travel ban unlawful, could lead to torture of refugees: UN 01 Feb 2017 - 05:19 pm

GENEVA: UN human rights experts said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority states contravenes international law...

France’s scandal-hit Fillon decries plot to end presidential bid 01 Feb 2017 - 05:10 pm

PARIS: Conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon denounced a scandal engulfing his campaign as a plot by France’s ruling Socialists on Wednesday, asking backers...

Pakistan tightens screws on bin Laden doctor's family 01 Feb 2017 - 05:01 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan has refused to grant identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor who helped the CIA hunt...

A third of Americans think Trump’s travel ban will make them safer 01 Feb 2017 - 04:56 pm

NEW YORK: Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the...

Russia charges cyber security expert, FSB officers with treason-lawyer 01 Feb 2017 - 04:53 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities have charged two officers in the Federal Security Service and an employee of cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab with committing...

Age no bar: 77-year old German NRI find his lady love through Facebook 01 Feb 2017 - 04:42 pm

Patna: Teenage love stories are common as are the stories of Cupid's arrows being shot across the internet. But rare indeed is the...

India's Kanpur building collapse kills four, more feared trapped 01 Feb 2017 - 04:28 pm

New Delhi: A building under construction collapsed Wednesday in northern India killing at least four labourers, an administrative official said, in the latest...