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Libya government calls for international air strikes against IS 25 Aug 2015 - 06:54 pm

PARIS: Libya's foreign minister on Tuesday renewed a call for the lifting of an arms embargo and for international air strikes to help...

Child bomber kills 6 in northeast Nigeria 25 Aug 2015 - 06:35 pm

Six killed in northeast Nigeria (AFP: photo) KANO: A child bomber killed six people and wounded dozens on Tuesday outside a bus station...

75,000 apply for jobs fetching tea in India 25 Aug 2015 - 06:16 pm

NEW DELHI: Overwhelmed Indian officials have cancelled plans to fill a handful of menial government jobs after being flooded with 75,000 applications --...

India floods threaten rare one-horned rhinos 25 Aug 2015 - 06:02 pm

Guwahati: Hundreds of rare rhinos and other animals are fleeing flooding in India's northeast, raising fears of a rise in poaching during the...

Sudanese migrant who walked Channel Tunnel to UK will fight charge 25 Aug 2015 - 05:58 pm

An Eurotunnel freight shuttle enters the Channel tunnel in Coquelles, near Calais, northern France, July 21, 2015. BY ESTELLE SHIRBON CANTERBURY: A Sudanese...

Blasts at Afghan gas storage facility kill 11, mostly children 25 Aug 2015 - 05:42 pm

An Afghan mother, right, weeps for her son who was killed in a series of explosions at a gas storage facility on the...

Pakistan militants strike checkpoints in tribal area, at least 11 dead 25 Aug 2015 - 05:25 pm

Pakistan Army troops (File Photo) DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least five soldiers and six Taliban militants have been killed after raids on Pakistan...

Pakistan court halts military tribunal death sentence 25 Aug 2015 - 05:16 pm

Peshawar High Court Peshawar: A court in Pakistan on Tuesday suspended a death sentence passed by one of the country's controversial new military...

Turkish PM urges opposition to join interim government 25 Aug 2015 - 04:39 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference at his ruling AK Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, August 13, 2015. ...

Turkey to hold snap parliamentary election on November 1 - election board head 25 Aug 2015 - 04:24 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (2nd R) meets opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli (2nd L) as part of the coalition...

Islamic State publishes images of Syrian temple destruction 25 Aug 2015 - 02:58 pm

A general view shows the temple of Baal Shamin in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria October 22, 2009. BEIRUT: Islamic State militants...

As migrants head north, Hungary decries 'humiliating' EU policy 25 Aug 2015 - 02:53 pm

Hungarian soldiers walk along a fence near the town of Morahalom, Hungary August 24, 2015. ROSZKE (Hungary): Hungary called on Tuesday for more...

Under pressure to solve Bangkok bomb attack, police interview driver 25 Aug 2015 - 01:48 pm

Thomson Reuters People light candles for victims during a march to the Erawan shrine, the site of last Monday's deadly blast, in Bangkok. ...

Up to 3,000 refugees, migrants expected a day in Macedonia: UNHCR 25 Aug 2015 - 01:31 pm

Macedonia on Thursday declared a state of emergency and ordered its borders sealed to migrants, many of them refugees from war-torn Syria who...

Russia launches military drills in Arctic 25 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A Russian armored personel carrier takes part in the International army games in Alabino outside Moscow on August 8, 2015. MOSCOW: Russia launched...

India-Pakistan peace talks collapse, deadlock sours relations 25 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Supporters of rulling party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz protest against India in Multan, Pakistan, 23 August 2015. NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: The collapse of planned...

China opens Museum showcasing Islam 25 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) opened today as a first museum focusing on cultural exchange between China and Islamic countries after...