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Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for protest against Maliki’s comeback 12 Oct 2016 - 07:48 pm

BAGHDAD: Powerful Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called for a demonstration against a Iraqi court ruling that returns his bitter rival, ex-prime...

Analysis: Ex-PM Maliki making comeback as Iraq’s most powerful man 12 Oct 2016 - 07:38 pm

BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki is once again positioning himself as Iraq’s most powerful man, poised to return as kingmaker in a fight for influence...

French centrists back presidential hopeful Juppe 12 Oct 2016 - 07:33 pm

PARIS: France’s UDI party of centrists threw their backing on Wednesday behind conservative former prime minister Alain Juppe ahead of a primary election...

Merkel, Hollande urge Putin to push for Syria ceasefire: France 12 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm

Paris: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call Wednesday to push for...

French mayor sparks row with anti-migrant posters 12 Oct 2016 - 07:17 pm

Béziers, France: A French mayor sparked outrage among rights groups Wednesday after putting up anti-migrant posters and calling for a local referendum ahead...

Some Calais migrants accept resettlement before bulldozers clear “Jungle” 12 Oct 2016 - 07:07 pm

CALAIS, France: In thick fog, Nasir helped load his young family’s scant possessions into a van and turned his back on the beaten-up...

Cholera outbreak spreading in Yemen: WHO 12 Oct 2016 - 07:02 pm

SANAA: More cases of cholera have been registered in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a World Health Organisation Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday....

1,000 Ethiopians escape Yemen detention: security official 12 Oct 2016 - 07:00 pm

Aden: Around 1,000 Ethiopian migrants escaped a detention centre in south Yemen on Wednesday with the help of their guards, a security official...

Ex-UN news service vows to expose foreign aid waste 12 Oct 2016 - 06:58 pm

Geneva: A former United Nations-controlled news service relaunched as an independent organisation Wednesday, vowing tough coverage of the $20-billion global aid industry. "There...

Air strikes hit eastern Aleppo, including market, kill 25 people 12 Oct 2016 - 05:43 pm

BEIRUT: Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a...

Thai king's health 'unstable' as crowd holds vigil 12 Oct 2016 - 05:07 pm

Bangkok: The health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is "still unstable", the palace said late Wednesday, with the 88-year-old on a ventilator and...

6 PKK terrorists killed in eastern Turkey 12 Oct 2016 - 04:53 pm

BITLIS, AGRI, Turkey: At least six PKK terrorists were killed in two separate incidents in Turkey's eastern provinces on Wednesday, according to local...

Blast kills 14 Shiites in northern Afghanistan 12 Oct 2016 - 04:34 pm

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: At least 14 Shiites were killed Wednesday in a bombing at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, the second deadly attack on...

Eight face charges over Austria migrant truck deaths 12 Oct 2016 - 04:12 pm

Budapest: Hungarian police said Wednesday they will seek charges against eight suspects after wrapping up a probe into the deaths of 71 migrants...

8 killed, 15 injured as bomb hits Nigeria's Maiduguri 12 Oct 2016 - 04:06 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a Wednesday morning bomb blast in Maiduguri, the birthplace of...

Germany records 213,000 new asylum seekers this year 12 Oct 2016 - 04:04 pm

Berlin: Germany registered 213,000 asylum seeker arrivals in the year's first nine months, a sharp slowdown from the record influx of 2015, Interior...