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Death toll in Baghdad bombing rises to 324: ministry 01 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD: The death toll from a suicide bombing in central Baghdad on July 3 has reached 324 and might climb...

UN deputy Syria envoy in Damascus for talks on proposed new peace round 31 Jul 2016 - 06:56 pm

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Syria, talks to the press in Damascus on July 31, 2016. AFP / LOUAI...

Turkey culls nearly 1,400 from army, overhauls top military council 31 Jul 2016 - 06:22 pm

By Yesim Dikmen and David Dolan ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 more members of its armed forces and stacked the top military...

Hong Kong activist candidates disqualified from election 31 Jul 2016 - 05:46 pm

Pro-independence Hong Kong National Party convenor Chan Ho-tin, speaks during a rally to protest against the disqualification of his application for Legislative Council...

ANC faces losses in vote that could reshape South African politics 31 Jul 2016 - 05:42 pm

South African radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party supporters cheer and dance during the party closing rally campaign ahead of the municipal...

UN formally invites Syria government to new peace talks 31 Jul 2016 - 05:37 pm

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 31, 2016, shows Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Moqdad...

Yemen govt accepts UN peace plan, awaits rebel response 31 Jul 2016 - 03:38 pm

Members of the Southern Resistance militia gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen...

London police chief warns terror attack a case of "when, not if" 31 Jul 2016 - 03:14 pm

A view of London city (Reuters/Luke Macgregor) LONDON: Britain cannot be fully protected against terrorism and an attack similar to those seen recently...

Tokyo elects first woman governor as it prepares for its Olympics 31 Jul 2016 - 03:11 pm

Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike (C) and supporters celebrate her win as Tokyogovernor, in Tokyo on July 31, 2016. (AFP / JIJI...

Gunfire in Austin, Texas, leaves one woman dead, 3 hospitalized - officials 31 Jul 2016 - 12:55 pm

One woman was killed and three people were hospitalized with bullet wounds in overnight shooting incidents in the Texas capital of Austin, emergency...

India feeds thousands of workers facing 'food crisis' in Saudi 31 Jul 2016 - 11:12 am

(Photo: Twitter/CGIjeddah) New Delhi:New Delhi was working Sunday to feed more than 10,000 Indian labourers stranded in the Gulf with no wages after...

Al Shabaab says strikes Somalia's CID headquarters with car bomb 31 Jul 2016 - 11:02 am

MOGADISHU: At least seven people, including two attackers, were killed in a bombing and shooting attack by the Islamist al Shabaab group on...

French Muslims invited to church to mourn priest 31 Jul 2016 - 10:56 am

Imam of Oissel Abdellatif Hmito delivers a speech next to a painting depicting French priest Jaxques Hamel during a vigil at the church...

Turkey jails journalists after coup as Erdogan slams West 31 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks with relatives of martyrs and veterans during the opening ceremony of Bestepe National Congress&Culture Center and...

Protest in Burundi after UN decides to send police 30 Jul 2016 - 06:25 pm

Protestors demonstrate in front of France's embassy against a United Nations (UN) Security Council decision to send a police contingent to the violence-wracked...

Armenia issues ultimatum to resolve lengthy hostage siege 30 Jul 2016 - 05:55 pm

Armenian police detain opposition supporters blocking a street to Erebuni police station seized by gunmen - supporters of fringe jailed opposition leader Zhirair...

Russia announces four more escape routes from Syrian Aleppo 30 Jul 2016 - 05:34 pm

A picture taken on July 29, 2016 shows a close up view of Karaj al-Hajz corridor (C), a passage in rebel-held Aleppo leading...

Air France strike grounds 20% of flights 30 Jul 2016 - 05:32 pm

Passengers walk behing electronic boards displaying flight information which announce the cancellation of flight at the Marseille-Provence airport in Marignane on the first...