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Push toward Yemen capital 'slow but sure': Arab coalition 18 Sep 2015 - 05:59 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition is making slow but steady progress five days into a major offensive towards the rebel-held capital of Yemen, a...

Switzerland to take 1,500 migrants, boost aid to Syria 18 Sep 2015 - 05:54 pm

GENEVA: Switzerland said Friday that it would take in 1,500 refugees and migrants over the next two years while strengthening support for Syria...

Turkey's former deputy PM Babacan to stand in Nov. 1 vote -AKP official 18 Sep 2015 - 05:51 pm

ANKARA: Former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan will stand as a candidate for the ruling AK Party in Turkey's Nov. 1 election, a...

Man in toilet sparks alarm in Rotterdam train station 18 Sep 2015 - 05:44 pm

THE HAGUE: Dutch police evacuated a Thalys international train and part of Rotterdam station Friday after a man locked himself in the train...

Hamas 'won't remain silent' about Israeli violation of Al-Aqsa 18 Sep 2015 - 05:39 pm

GAZA: Hamas senior official Ismail Radwan has warned the Israeli occupation of the consequences of its violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying that the...

British bid to genetically modify human embryos 18 Sep 2015 - 05:35 pm

LONDON: Britain's embryology regulator has received an application to genetically modify an embryo, which would be the first such attempt since a Chinese...

US further eases trade, travel restrictions on Cuba 18 Sep 2015 - 05:31 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States further eased restrictions on business and travel with Cuba Friday, as it presses forward in rebuilding long-frozen relations with...

When love turns to gang-rape: Africa experts seek ways to end sex crimes 18 Sep 2015 - 05:22 pm

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI: South African teenage boys have an unusual way of punishing their girlfriends: gang-raping them with their friends. It's a...

Saudi Arabia warns against haj unrest as pilgrims pray for peace 18 Sep 2015 - 05:17 pm

Cranes are seen as Muslim pilgrims perform Haj tasks in the Grand Mosque, on September 12, 2015. (Reuters) MECCA: Saudi Arabia has warned...

Kenya raids ship suspected of carrying drugs, arms 18 Sep 2015 - 05:10 pm

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA: Kenyan police raided a ship docked in the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa on Friday, on suspicion that it...

Burkina Faso military junta frees interim president 18 Sep 2015 - 05:03 pm

By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU: The military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup has freed interim President...

Tourists fume as unions shut down Rome Colosseum 18 Sep 2015 - 04:58 pm

ROME: Thousands of tourists were left fuming in sweltering Rome on Friday after the Colosseum was closed for hours without warning for a...

South Africa broadband blitz unlocks video-on-demand 18 Sep 2015 - 04:53 pm

By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG: A rapid roll-out of fibre optic broadband in upmarket South African neighbourhoods has caught the attention of Internet video...

Israel police deploy as Hamas calls 'day of rage' 18 Sep 2015 - 04:47 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police beefed up their numbers in Jerusalem Friday, barring young men from prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque site on what Islamist...

Kenya orders all schools to close over teacher strike 18 Sep 2015 - 04:44 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya's education ministry ordered all schools to shut Friday because of a three-week teachers' strike over pay in the east African country....