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Philippines' turbulent election season kicks off 12 Oct 2015 - 11:01 am

Manila: The Philippines' election season kicked off Monday with politicians registering for thousands of posts, launching a typically raucous and deadly seven months...

Saudi Arabia plans tripling of umrah visas 12 Oct 2015 - 10:57 am

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is planning to triple the number of visas it issues for umrah, the lesser pilgrimage, reports said on Monday, less...

Syria Kurds, Arabs form joint military force 12 Oct 2015 - 10:52 am

Beirut: Syria's leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalised their alliance in a new group...

India's Modi seeks to cement power as key state votes 12 Oct 2015 - 10:44 am

Samastipur, India: India's poorest state, Bihar, began voting Monday in a high-stakes election that premier Narendra Modi hopes will help his government push...

France's strikes in Syria probably killed French jihadists 12 Oct 2015 - 09:46 am

Amman: French air strikes in Syria have probably killed French jihadists, a source in the delegation of Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on...

Russia plans supplies of rocket engines to China 12 Oct 2015 - 09:26 am

Moscow: Russia will prepare documents on rocket engines supplies to China by the visit of Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, due in December,...

Israel detained 650 Palestinians in October 12 Oct 2015 - 09:23 am

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have detained at least 650 Palestinians since the beginning of this month, amid ongoing clashes between Palestinian youths and...

Iraqi official confirms Baghdadi injured in Iraqi airstrike 12 Oct 2015 - 09:20 am

Baghdad: Iraq’s Air Force struck the convoy of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to attend a meeting with the...

Britain dismisses reports about air force orders in Iraq 12 Oct 2015 - 09:16 am

London: Russia called in the British defence attache in Moscow on Sunday after a British newspaper published what London said was an inaccurate...

British troops among five killed in Kabul chopper crash 12 Oct 2015 - 09:11 am

Kabul: Two Britons were among five NATO troops killed in a helicopter crash in Kabul, a second blow for British forces Sunday after...

Australia wheat board Iraq 'kickback' chairman in court 12 Oct 2015 - 08:56 am

Melbourne: The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm that allegedly paid sanctions-busting bribes to secure UN oil-for-food programme contracts in Saddam Hussein's...

Fury towards Erdogan intensifies after Ankara attack 12 Oct 2015 - 08:53 am

Ankara: Anger towards President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over Turkey's worst-ever terrorist attack intensified Sunday as authorities raced to identify the two male suicide...

Russian police foil 'terror attack' planned on Moscow 12 Oct 2015 - 08:43 am

Moscow: Russian police have arrested a group of people they said were planning a terror attack on Moscow, the country's anti-terrorism committee said...

21 Islamic State suspects arrested in Turkey 12 Oct 2015 - 08:28 am

Ankara: 21 of suspected IS supporters were arrested in Turkey's states of Sanliurfa and Izmir on Sunday, local officials said. In Sanliurfa, a...

Teen activists, future MPs swept away in Ankara attack 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Mayrem Bulut (L) Courtesy: Peter Kenyon/NPR Istanbul: They came from different backgrounds but died together -- the victims of the bombings in Ankara...

Syria opposition to boycott UN talks, cites Russia strikes 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Syria's key opposition National Coalition said Sunday it would boycott talks proposed by UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura over concerns about...

Syrian army advances with help of Russian strikes; Putin reaches out to Saudis 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi SOCHI, Russia/AMMAN, Jordan: Russian warplanes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping...