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Arab Atomic Energy Agency meeting kicks off in Tunisia 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Tunis: The 56th session of the Executive Council of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) began here today with participation of representatives of...

Russia supplies Syria mission with old cargo ships bought from Turkey 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image By Jonathan Saul and Maria Tsvetkova LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Earlier this year, an old refrigerator ship called the Georgiy...

Kerry welcomes IAEA decision to close nuclear arms probe of Iran 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday welcomed the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s decision to close its investigation into whether Iran once...

France’s Hollande overtakes Sarkozy in popularity poll 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande has become more popular than his predecessor, conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy, for the first time since July 2012,...

Liberia arrests suspects in deadly Ivory Coast attacks 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Monrovia: Liberia has arrested three people accused of recruiting fighters for an ambush in neighbouring Ivory Coast earlier this month that left six...

Brazil reports 1,761 microcephaly cases as mosquito virus spreads 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito is shown in this 2006 Center for Disease Control (CDC) photograph released to Reuters on October 30, 2013....

Typhoon kills 4 in Philippines, cuts power ahead of Christmas 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Residents stand next to their damaged houses with blown out roofs after typhoon Melor hit Bulan town, Sorsogon province, south of Manila on...

Brazil speaker Cunha says he will not resign after police raids 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

BRASILIA: The speaker of the lower house of Brazil’s Congresss, Eduardo Cunha, said on Tuesday that he did not intend to step down...

Putin meets Kerry for Syria talks at Kremlin 15 Dec 2015 - 06:58 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed US Secretary of State John Kerry to the Kremlin on Tuesday and began talks on efforts to halt...

Los Angeles orders public schools closed over unspecified threat 15 Dec 2015 - 06:53 pm

Los Angeles: The US city of Los Angeles ordered all public schools closed Tuesday due to an unspecified electronic threat targeting the school...

France uses first cruise missiles against Islamic State: government 15 Dec 2015 - 06:47 pm

Paris: The French air force used its first cruise missiles against Islamic State group targets in Iraq on Tuesday, the defence ministry said....

French foreign minister's son in custody for forgery, fraud: police sources 15 Dec 2015 - 06:40 pm

Thomas Fabius Paris: The son of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was taken into custody on Tuesday as part of a probe into...

IAEA board 'closes' Iran nuclear bomb probe 15 Dec 2015 - 06:37 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the control room of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Gulf port city of Bushehr on January...

Al-Azhar urges Muslim nations to join anti-terror coalition 15 Dec 2015 - 06:27 pm

Cairo: Sunni Islam's leading seat of learning, Al-Azhar, on Tuesday urged all Muslim countries to join a Saudi-led military coalition formed to fight...

Russia, US military chiefs discuss Syria cooperation: agencies 15 Dec 2015 - 06:13 pm

MOSCOW: Russian and United States military chiefs discussed air space cooperation over Syria in a telephone call on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited...

Saudi anti-terror coalition could share info, deploy troops: minister 15 Dec 2015 - 06:08 pm

Adel al-Jubeir Paris: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Tuesday the new "anti-terrorism" military coalition of 34 Muslim countries would share intelligence...

Pakistani man dies while attempting selfie with moving train 15 Dec 2015 - 05:58 pm

Representative image of Ukrainian daredevil Pasha Bumchik, 18, recorded his run atop a moving metro train. YouTube screenshot Islamabad: A young Pakistani man...