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Kenya court suspends election ballot purchase tender 20 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

NAIROBI: Next year’s general elections are in jeopardy after the High Court on Monday suspended a $24.5 million tender for paper ballots. Opposition...

US Electoral College confirms Trump’s presidential win 20 Dec 2016 - 10:48 am

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump on Monday received the necessary support from the Electoral College to make his Election Day victory official. Electors convened...

US does not rule out terrorism in murder of ambassador 20 Dec 2016 - 10:40 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. is not ruling out terrorist involvement in the murder of Russia’s ambassador to Ankara, the State Department said Monday. Agency...

3 victims hurt in shooting at Swiss Islamic center 20 Dec 2016 - 10:36 am

GENEVA: Three people were shot and injured by an attacker Monday at a mosque in Zurich, according to police. Authorities are searching for...

Turkish police detain six after Russian ambassador shot dead 20 Dec 2016 - 10:17 am

ANKARA: Turkish police have detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said, who was shot in the back...

Thousands of Fijians shelter in evacuation centres from floods, landslides 20 Dec 2016 - 10:10 am

SYDNEY: Thousands of Fijians sheltered in evacuation centres and tents on Tuesday as heavy rain and floods cut roads, covered sugarcane fields and...

Smog engulfs north China for fourth day; flights diverted 20 Dec 2016 - 10:03 am

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: A plane carrying the head of the world's biggest oil exporter was prevented from landing in the Chinese capital of Beijing on...

Congo opposition leader urges peaceful resistance against Kabila 20 Dec 2016 - 09:57 am

KINSHASA: Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi called on the Congolese people to peacefully resist President Joseph Kabila after the latter stayed in power on...

Taliban video shows sons born to kidnapped U.S., Canadian couple 20 Dec 2016 - 09:50 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Senior Taliban figures confirmed on Tuesday they had released a new video showing a kidnapped American-Canadian family, including two young boys...

Russia's Lavrov says Syria Moscow meeting to adopt tangible measures 20 Dec 2016 - 09:36 am

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement that a meeting in Moscow later on Tuesday between the foreign ministers of...

US missions in Turkey to be closed on Tuesday after firearm incident - embassy 20 Dec 2016 - 09:24 am

ISTANBUL: The United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Tuesday after...

China says it has handed over US drone taken in South China Sea 20 Dec 2016 - 09:11 am

BEIJING: China has returned a U.S. underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week after...

Berlin police assume truck was deliberately driven into Christmas market 20 Dec 2016 - 09:02 am

BERLIN: Berlin police said on Tuesday that investigators assume the driver of a truck that ploughed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas...

Assassination in Turkey: what we know so far 20 Dec 2016 - 01:41 am

Istanbul: The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in a brazen attack by a Turkish policeman at an art exhibition on Monday...

Government puts fresh curbs on deposits of banned notes 20 Dec 2016 - 12:09 am

New Delhi: India's central bank yesterday imposed fresh restrictions on deposits of banned currency notes into bank accounts, days before the December 30...

Magh Mela preparation on in Allahabad 20 Dec 2016 - 12:09 am

March against Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar 20 Dec 2016 - 12:07 am

Cashlessness sting still painful on day 41 20 Dec 2016 - 12:06 am

New Delhi: There was no respite in sight for cash-strapped people yesterday as queues outside banks and ATMs for withdrawing money continued across...