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Rush at Mexican teen's party after invite goes viral 27 Dec 2016 - 11:19 pm

San Luis Potosí: A huge crowd turned out to celebrate the 15th birthday of Rubi Ibarra, a small-town Mexican girl —though fewer than...

Daesh video was fabricated: Turkey deputy premier 27 Dec 2016 - 11:13 pm

Ankara: Turkey's deputy prime minister yesterday described a Daesh video purporting to show Turkish soldiers in Syria being murdered as “fabricated,” and criticized...

40 dead in Yemen anti-rebel offensive: Army 27 Dec 2016 - 11:12 pm

Aden: At least 28 Houthi insurgents and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed yesterday in the southern province of Shabwa as government forces pushed...

South Sudan pins hope on national dialogue for peace 27 Dec 2016 - 11:12 pm

Juba, South Sudan: The announcement earlier this month by South Sudan’s president of the start of a national dialogue in the war-torn country...

Six attacks foiled in Belgium since November 2014 27 Dec 2016 - 10:47 pm

Brussels: Belgium has prevented six attacks over the past two years, a senior police official said, with the country still a prominent target...

Russia wants to boost air force presence in Tajikistan 27 Dec 2016 - 10:47 pm

Russia wants to expand its air force deployment to Tajikistan and is in talks with Dushanbe for joint use of an air base...

North Korea plans nuclear push in 2017: Defector 27 Dec 2016 - 10:47 pm

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning a "prime time" nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in...

Police raid Ugandan mosque; arrest 18 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of 18 people found at Nakasero mosque during an early morning raid in central Kampala yesterday. A...

Cambodia convicts exiled opposition leader 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday over a post on his Facebook page, a conviction that...

Japan culls 90,000 more birds for avian flu 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Tokyo: Japan began killing some 90,000 chickens yesterday to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The...

Idlib overwhelmed by influx of Aleppo’s wounded 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

When surgeon Mounir Hakimi operated on five-month-old Maram in the Syrian province of Idlib last week, the horrific extent of her injuries quickly...

3,000 return to hometown reclaimed from Boko Haram 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Maiduguri: More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to...

Taiwan warns of rising threats from China 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

Taipei: Taiwan warned yesterday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day", as Chinese warships led by the country's sole...

Six found dead after robbery in Indonesia 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

Jakarta: Police in the Indonesian capital found yesterday six people, including a nine-year-old child, dead from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed...

Australian bitten by taipan snake dies 27 Dec 2016 - 10:35 pm

Sydney: A MAN has died a week after being bitten by taipan, one of the world's deadliest snakes in his living room in...

Where students attend classes in graveyard and play among graves 27 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

Islamabad: Students at the government high school in the Thatta Khalil union council in Taxila city attend classes sitting in a graveyard, which...

Pakistan rejects call to scrap Rs5,000 note 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan’s government has dismissed a recommendation from the Upper House of Parliament to scrap the Rs5,000 ($48) bank note to cut the...

Islamabad police told to use Facebook 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Islamabad Police Inspector General (IGP) Tariq Masood Yasin has directed all police stations to create own Facebook pages in order to enhance...