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Britain gives green light for new $22 billion runway at Heathrow 25 Oct 2016 - 01:38 pm

LONDON: Britain on Tuesday gave Heathrow Airport the green light to build a new $22 billion runway, ending 25 years of indecision with...

At least 8 Afghan boarder police killed in militant attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:01 pm

Kabul: At least eight Afghan border police were killed and two others were injured when Taliban militants attacked an outpost in the Torkham...

Israeli settler runs over two Palestinians in Qalqilya 25 Oct 2016 - 12:29 pm

Ramallah: An Israeli settler rammed into two Palestinians in the West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry said...

Two Saudi Security Officers Shot Dead 25 Oct 2016 - 12:04 pm

Riyadh: Two Saudi police officers were killed after coming under heavy gunfire in Dammam. Sources confirmed that the police officers were shot in...

Turkish-backed rebels advance in northern Syria 25 Oct 2016 - 11:50 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish-backed rebel forces in northern Syria have gained control of three areas in the last 24 hours as they press a two-month-old...

Deadly Blast Kills 14, Injures 147 in Northwestern China 25 Oct 2016 - 11:31 am

Beijing: A powerful blast at a prefabricated house in northwestern China killed at least 14 people and injured 147, state news agency (Xinhua)...

Four dead after Australia theme park disaster 25 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am

Gold Coast, Australia: Two women and two men were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast Tuesday, police said, with...

US general visits Saudi amid Yemen bombing concerns 25 Oct 2016 - 11:19 am

Riyadh: The head of US military operations in the Middle East wrapped up an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia Tuesday, amid mounting friction...

UN aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo, blames all parties 25 Oct 2016 - 10:52 am

BEIRUT: The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to accomplish during a...

Philippines' Duterte tells worried foreign businesses to go 25 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am

Tokyo, Japan: President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged foreign businesses in the Philippines worried about his deadly drug war to "pack up and...

Demolition of France's "Jungle" migrant camp set to begin 25 Oct 2016 - 10:37 am

CALAIS, FRANCE: France will begin dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais on Tuesday as several hundred more inhabitants queued for temporary housing...

Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta 25 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am

QUETTA, PAKISTAN: At least 59 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police training...

Four killed on ride at Australia's biggest theme park 25 Oct 2016 - 10:08 am

Four people were killed on Tuesday on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park, police said. The incident took place at...

Two Saudi security officers shot dead by gunmen: Arabiya TV 25 Oct 2016 - 09:41 am

Gunmen shot dead two Saudi security officers in the eastern city of Dammam on Tuesday, Saudi-owned Arabiya TV reported. "Two security men were...

Explosion hits southern Turkey's Antalya, some casualties: CNN Turk 25 Oct 2016 - 09:38 am

An explosion rocked the car park of a chamber of commerce building in the resort province of Antalya in southern Turkey on Tuesday,...

Time to declare: Ukrainian anti-corruption reform faces threats 25 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am

KIEV: The prime minister urged his cabinet colleagues to be brave enough to do it, saying it was like shutting one's eyes before...

Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town near Jordan-Syria border - sources 25 Oct 2016 - 08:53 am

BAGHDAD: Islamic State fighters expanded the area under their control in a remote western Iraqi town near the borders with Syria and Jordan...

Colombia 'torpedoing' peace talks, say ELN rebels 24 Oct 2016 - 11:11 pm

Bogota: Colombia's ELN rebels accused the government Monday of "torpedoing" peace talks due to open this week by insisting the leftist guerrillas free...