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Chibok girls freed by Nigeria's Boko Haram risk rejection back home - experts 18 Oct 2016 - 08:21 pm

ABUJA/DAKAR: The 21 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last week after two-and-a-half years' captivity urgently need support to reintegrate into their...

At 83, US Supreme Court judge Ginsburg is pop culture icon 18 Oct 2016 - 08:03 pm

Washington: Known for her lacy white collars and fastidious vocabulary, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems like a figure from a bygone era in...

Iraq 'defending world' against IS in Mosul: minister 18 Oct 2016 - 07:43 pm

Brussels: Iraq is helping defend the world against the Islamic State group through its campaign to retake the city of Mosul, Foreign Minister...

Obama confident Islamic State will be defeated in Mosul 18 Oct 2016 - 07:05 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday said although it would be "a difficult fight," he was confident that Iraqi forces leading the...

UNESCO condemns Israel for blocking Al Aqsa mosque access 18 Oct 2016 - 06:55 pm

Paris: The UN cultural agency on Tuesday adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution condemning Israel's actions at a flashpoint holy site in east Jerusalem that...

Russia halts Aleppo strikes ahead of brief truce 18 Oct 2016 - 06:24 pm

Moscow: Moscow announced Tuesday that Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo ahead of a brief truce, a move the Kremlin...

German police deployed in western town of Dueren after shooting 18 Oct 2016 - 05:32 pm

BERLIN: German police deployed on Tuesday in the centre of the western town of Dueren after a shooting incident was reported at a...

Nigeria, Mali, Somalia listed 'epicenters' of terrorism 18 Oct 2016 - 05:30 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria, Mali and Somalia were Tuesday listed as “epicenters” of violent extremism in Africa by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the...

Bahrain court overturns jail term for opposition leader 18 Oct 2016 - 05:22 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court has overturned a 9-year prison term imposed on the country’s most prominent opposition leader, in a ruling that could...

10,000 refugees stuck in Greece 'ready to be relocated' 18 Oct 2016 - 05:17 pm

ATHENS, Greece: Ten thousand refugees stranded in Greece are ready to be relocated, European Parliament Vice President Dimitris Papadimoulis, who is also a...

Two U.S. citizens sentenced to 10 years in jail in Iran 18 Oct 2016 - 04:44 pm

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with...

Syria says U.S. plans safe passage for militants from Mosul into Syria 18 Oct 2016 - 04:36 pm

AMMAN: The Syrian army on Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition of planning to allow Islamic State militants to flee Iraq's city of Mosul...

Iraqi forces make gains in push to retake IS-held Mosul 18 Oct 2016 - 04:23 pm

Qayyarah, Iraq: Iraqi forces were making gains as tens of thousands of fighters advanced on Mosul Tuesday in an unprecedented offensive to retake...

Airstrikes push hospital in war-weary Syria underground 18 Oct 2016 - 03:51 pm

BAYIRBUCAK, Syria: A hospital in Syria's northwestern Latakia province, known for its large Turkmen population, has been forced to operate underground owing to...

Iraqi President calls for protecting Mosul civilians 18 Oct 2016 - 03:40 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Fuad Masum has called for protecting civilians amid a major offensive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from the...

One still missing after fire at BASF plant put out 18 Oct 2016 - 03:09 pm

Frankfurt: Firefighters on Monday evening extinguished a blaze at a BASF chemical plant in western Germany where two colleagues were killed in a...

Inside Mosul, tense wait under the clouds of war 18 Oct 2016 - 03:03 pm

Baghdad: As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, trapped civilians report thick smoke enveloping the city's empty streets as their jihadist rulers attempt...