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Sinai bomb kills three Egypt policemen 24 Oct 2015 - 01:40 pm

The bomb detonated on Friday when an armored vehicle passed through al-Arish in the peninsula. Image used for illustrative purposes. AFP Cairo: Three...

Syria army battles to retake Aleppo supply line from IS 24 Oct 2015 - 01:38 pm

Beirut: Syrian troops backed by Russian air strikes battled Islamic State group fighters on Saturday in a bid to restore a key supply...

Security council calls on Yemeni parties to attend UN-Brokered political talks 24 Oct 2015 - 01:35 pm

New York: The members of the Security Council welcomed the announcement by the United Nations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for...

Russia ready to support Free Syrian Army with air strikes 24 Oct 2015 - 12:37 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Vienna, on October 23, 2015. MOSCOW: Russia is ready...

India arms buildup compels Pakistan countermeasures: Sharif 24 Oct 2015 - 12:10 pm

US President Barack Obama (R) holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (L) of Pakistan in the Oval Office of the...

Hundreds of trees cut down for PM Modi's rally in Bihar 24 Oct 2015 - 11:10 am

By Imran Khan Patna: Hundreds of trees have been cut down, chopped off and uprooted to make space for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

Ryan sets ambitious agenda if elected U.S. House speaker 24 Oct 2015 - 10:31 am

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON: Paul Ryan revealed a bold to-do list when he agreed to run for speaker of the U.S. House of...

Vice Media eyes TV channels in latest expansion 24 Oct 2015 - 10:27 am

NEW YORK: Vice Media is readying plans to launch a US TV network, and a dozen in Europe next year, as the fast-growing...

Jittery Haiti to elect new president 24 Oct 2015 - 10:22 am

Michel Martelly PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitians vote Sunday for a new president as the poorest country in the Americas seeks to shed chronic political instability...

Obama appoints new envoy to oversee anti-Daesh Coalition 24 Oct 2015 - 10:07 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama appointed Brett McGurk as the new US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh. McGurk...

Gulf Cooperation Council reaffirm commitment to the United Nations Charter 24 Oct 2015 - 10:02 am

Representational image NEW YORK: The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf reaffirmed their commitment to the spirit and purposes of...

Security Council Calls on Yemeni Parties to Attend UN-Brokered Political Talks 24 Oct 2015 - 09:57 am

French family defiant as airport developers push to evict them 24 Oct 2015 - 09:47 am

Virginie Olmos and Sebastien Martin with an officer VIGNEUX-DE-BRETAGNE, France: A family of four, who have lived through years of sometimes violent protests...

Indonesia readies warships for haze evacuation 24 Oct 2015 - 09:42 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia has put warships on standby to evacuate people affected by acrid haze from forest fires which has killed at least 10...

Balkan leaders huddle on migrants ahead of EU mini-summit 24 Oct 2015 - 09:27 am

SOFIA: The prime ministers of Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania were to hold talks Saturday on how to tackle record numbers of migrants at...

Ukraine's Donetsk rebels ban MSF, UN agencies 24 Oct 2015 - 09:23 am

KIEV: Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine's eastern separatist Donetsk region said Friday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UN agencies, in a...

In dry California, reward for water conservation is higher bills 24 Oct 2015 - 09:17 am

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Their lawns dry and their trees on the verge of dying, Californians have dramatically cut water use during...

Polish power twin looks to coalminer's daughter for poll success 24 Oct 2015 - 09:12 am

WARSAW: What Jaroslaw Kaczynski lacks in size, Poland's diminutive opposition leader more than makes up for in political appetite and acumen. In keeping...