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Turkey suspends 291 navy personnel over links to failed coup 13 Nov 2016 - 04:15 pm

ANKARA: Turkey suspended from duty 168 officers and 123 non-commissioned officers from its navy over alleged links to a coup attempt in July,...

Tsunami hits New Zealand after series of strong quakes 13 Nov 2016 - 04:05 pm

WELLINGTON: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight (1102 GMT Sunday), the U.S. Geological Survey said,...

Nordstrom pulls hoodie depicting Nanjing massacre 13 Nov 2016 - 04:00 pm

Washington: US fashion retailer Nordstrom was in hot water Sunday after placing a hoodie depicting a scene from the massacre in the Chinese...

Britain stops to mark Armistice Day 13 Nov 2016 - 03:52 pm

LONDON: Thousands of people across Britain observed two minutes of silence on Friday to mark the 98th anniversary of Armistice Day, when fighting...

Car bomb kills two Iraqi 13 Nov 2016 - 03:40 pm

Baghdad: Two Iraqis were killed and 12 others wounded in a car bomb blast in four different areas of Baghdad. Baghdad Operations Command...

Families ripped apart in Pakistan shrine attack 13 Nov 2016 - 03:34 pm

Khuzdar District, Pakistan: Survivors of a massive bomb attack on a shrine in southwest Pakistan that killed dozens spoke of their horror Sunday...

Photos: Climbing competition - Remembering the civil war in Lebanon 13 Nov 2016 - 03:24 pm

People taking part in the competition, held in the Bishara El Khouri region of the capital Beirut, try to climb the entire wall...

Going it alone is not an option for U.S. or Europe, says NATO head 13 Nov 2016 - 03:19 pm

LONDON: Going it alone on defence and security is not an option for either the United States or Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg...

Satellite images show Myanmar Rohingya villages torched 13 Nov 2016 - 03:13 pm

Yangon: Hundreds of buildings in Rohingya villages in western Myanmar have been torched, according to new satellite images released on Sunday as fresh...

Somber ceremonies mark anniversary of Paris attacks 13 Nov 2016 - 03:07 pm

PARIS: A year after deadly terrorist attacks rocked Paris, France on Sunday commemorated the victims with somber ceremonies held amid tight security. President...

France demands release of French journalist arrested in Turkey 13 Nov 2016 - 03:07 pm

PARIS: France has demanded that Turkey release a French journalist arrested there on Friday, as a crackdown on the media after an attempted...

Powerful 7.4 magnitude quake rattles New Zealand: USGS 13 Nov 2016 - 02:53 pm

Wellington: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The shallow tremor hit just after 11:00 pm...

UN food agency appeals for $152 mln in aid for Afghan refugees 13 Nov 2016 - 02:48 pm

KABUL: The United Nations on Sunday appealed for $152 million to provide shelter, sanitation and food for a huge influx of refugees returning...

'Unlike Bush, Trump no idiot', says Depardieu 13 Nov 2016 - 02:45 pm

Paris: Donald Trump is no "idiot" according to French actor Gerard Depardieu, who compared him favourably to the previous Republican US president George...

In Iraq village, children reclaim their school after IS 13 Nov 2016 - 02:38 pm

Jaraf, Iraq: "One bullet plus one bullet equals? Two bullets!" This is how the children of the small Iraqi village of Jaraf were...

Photojournalist arrested for 'snapping' Gambia president supporters 13 Nov 2016 - 02:26 pm

Banjul, Gambia: A photojournalist arrested on Thursday for snapping a crowd of ruling party supporters in Gambia was still being held at the...

Bulgarian government at stake in presidential poll 13 Nov 2016 - 02:21 pm

Sofia: Bulgarians voted Sunday in a high-stakes presidential run-off that could see centre-right Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government fall if his handpicked candidate...