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Jerusalem mayor threatens to demolish Palestinian homes 07 Nov 2016 - 02:43 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli mayor of Jerusalem has warned that the eviction of Israeli settlers from an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank...

Nearly 700 migrants rescued at sea arrive in Italian port town 07 Nov 2016 - 02:42 pm

AUGUSTA, Italy: Almost 700 migrants arrived at the Italian port town of Augusta on Monday after being rescued from their perilous boat journey...

Russia says still holding off on Aleppo strikes 07 Nov 2016 - 02:39 pm

Moscow: Russia on Monday said its air force was continuing to hold off on strikes against war-ravaged Aleppo, after rebels snubbed Moscow's offer...

Addicts clash with police at Vietnam rehab centre 07 Nov 2016 - 02:39 pm

Hanoi: Police fired tear gas at dozens of drug addicts trying to escape from a compulsory rehab centre in Vietnam Monday, just weeks...

Turkey warns US against demographic change in Raqqa 07 Nov 2016 - 02:34 pm

Ankara: Turkey on Monday warned the United States not to allow demographic changes in the Syrian city of Raqqa after Kurdish-Arab forces launched...

Cambodian senator gets 7 years jail over Facebook post 07 Nov 2016 - 02:18 pm

Phnom Penh: A Cambodian opposition senator was sentenced to seven years in jail on Monday for posting a doctored document on social media...

Iraq Kurds hand over Japan national suspected of IS ties 07 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm

Arbil, Iraq: The authorities of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Monday handed over a Japanese national detained last month on suspicion of ties...

Yemen war death toll surpasses 7,000: WHO 07 Nov 2016 - 02:07 pm

Sanaa: Yemen's 20-month-old war has left more than 7,000 people dead and nearly 37,000 wounded, the World Health Organisation announced in its latest...

Japanese tourist, Indonesians die in latest Bali boat accident 07 Nov 2016 - 01:58 pm

Denpasar, Indonesia: A elderly Japanese tourist and two Indonesians drowned Monday after being thrown off a glass-bottomed boat battered by big waves near...

Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front 07 Nov 2016 - 01:56 pm

Hamam al-Alil, Iraq: Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of...

Islamic State deploys car bombs in new Syria battle 07 Nov 2016 - 01:48 pm

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants have set off five car bombs targeting U.S.-backed Syrian armed groups attacking Raqqa, a Kurdish source said on Monday,...

Southern Mali town attacked, prisoners freed 07 Nov 2016 - 01:45 pm

BAMAKO: The Mali town of Banamba, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the capital Bamako, was attacked late on Sunday and 21...

Hong Kong backs China bid to bar rebel lawmakers 07 Nov 2016 - 01:45 pm

Hong Kong: Beijing effectively barred two pro-independence lawmakers from Hong Kong's legislature Monday, prompting one legislator to pronounce that the city's rule of...

Iraqi Kurds assault IS-held town: commander 07 Nov 2016 - 01:41 pm

Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday launched an assault on a jihadist-held town near the northern city of Mosul, close to the...

Delhi under cloud of smog, considers traffic measures to ease pollution 07 Nov 2016 - 01:34 pm

NEW DELHI: A million school children were forced to stay at home, some businesses urged employees not to come to work and long...

Eight football fans killed in South Sudan bar shooting 07 Nov 2016 - 01:24 pm

Juba: At least eight people were killed when an unknown gunmen fired on football fans in a bar in the South Sudan capital...

Obama is back in Florida rallying support for Clinton 07 Nov 2016 - 01:16 pm

Washington: US President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail again on Sunday, asking Florida voters to go to the polls on Nov. 8...

IS 'disguising themselves as civilians' in Mosul 07 Nov 2016 - 01:09 pm

BARTIN, Turkey: Islamic State terrorists are disguising themselves as civilians in Iraq’s Mosul city making the operation to dislodge them from their stronghold...