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PM Modi to fill cabinet vacancies Tuesday 04 Jul 2016 - 08:01 am

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "expand" his cabinet on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, largely filling up vacancies caused by...

Jail looms as Pistorius to be sentenced for murder 04 Jul 2016 - 07:58 am

File photo of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Johannesburg: Disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius could return to jail on Wednesday, when a judge is set to...

Bomber killed, two police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah 04 Jul 2016 - 07:53 am

RIYADH: A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's second city...

Kerry offers Bangladesh FBI help as police probe attackers' links 04 Jul 2016 - 07:48 am

File photo of US Secretary of State John Kerry. Reuters DHAKA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh...

UAE tells citizens to avoid national dress while abroad after man held in US 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Two men in UAE national dress. (File photo / UAE) Dubai: The United Arab Emirates has urged men to avoid wearing the white...

Trudeau says Canada exploring gender-neutral identity cards 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images AFP TORONTO: Canada is exploring the use of gender-neutral options on identity...

Israel bars Hebron mayor over condolence visit 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 4, 2016 shows Palestinian governor of Hebron Kamal Humeid (C) speaking following the autopsy of 21-year-old Palestinian...

Iraq PM orders security changes after blast kills 119 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on December 18, 2014. AFP / Hadi Mizban Baghdad: Iraqi Prime...

13 charged over deadly Istanbul aiport bombings: report 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Thirteen suspects, including 10 Turks, were charged Sunday over the Istanbul airport suicide bombings, the deadliest of several attacks to strike Turkey's...

Bangladesh denies IS link after hostage bloodbath 03 Jul 2016 - 06:58 pm

A Bangladeshi child leaves a floral arrangement on a road block leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of a fatal attack...

Cuba's small Muslim community to mark end of Ramadan 03 Jul 2016 - 06:46 pm

Cuban Muslims remain at the Abdallah mosque during Ramadan in Havana, on July 1, 2016. The small Muslim community of Cuba celebrates discreetly...

Uganda motorway pile up kills 20 03 Jul 2016 - 03:51 pm

Kampala: A pile-up on a busy highway outside the Ugandan capital Kampala left at least 20 people dead Sunday and injured several more,...

Obama campaign machine revving up to elect Clinton 03 Jul 2016 - 03:11 pm

By JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON: The vaunted data-driven machine that twice got President Barack Obama elected is revving up to help elect Hillary Clinton,...

UK: Former Remain, Leave campaigners vie for Tory helm 03 Jul 2016 - 02:55 pm

LONDON: The frontrunners in Britain’s Tory leadership contest, top figures from the opposing Remain and Leave campaigns, appeared on TV on Sunday to...

Thousands protest Myanmar govt's new term for Rohingya 03 Jul 2016 - 02:50 pm

In this photograph taken on July 2, 2016, a Muslim Rohingya children are seen at one of the displacement camp in Sittwe located...

At least 40 feared dead in rains, landslides in northern India 03 Jul 2016 - 02:29 pm

This handout photograph released on July 2, 2016 by the Indian Army shows Indian soldiers searching for survivors of a landslide following torrential...

Immigration control vital for EU deal: UK leadership frontrunner 03 Jul 2016 - 02:12 pm

Children play in the courtyard of an abandoned school used by volunteers for hosting Syrian and Afghan refugees in Athens on July 1,...

China eyes hunt for alien life with giant telescope 03 Jul 2016 - 01:51 pm

The last panel of China's world largest radio telescope named "FAST", is installed in Pingtang county, Guizhou Province, China, July 3, 2016. China...