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Jordan looks to donors to ease Syria refugee burden 02 Feb 2016 - 01:26 pm

This file photo taken on March 15, 2014 shows shows Syrian refugees walking in a makeshift market area of the the seven-square-kilometre (2.8-square-mile)...

Thai health ministry says don't panic over Zika virus 02 Feb 2016 - 01:22 pm

Health ministry personnel fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on February 1,...

Iraqis running out of food and medicine in besieged Falluja 02 Feb 2016 - 01:01 pm

Iraqi forces take position in Amriyat al-Fallujah, in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP By Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD: A senior Iraqi official has appealed to...

New proposal to keep Britain in EU due, but hardline sceptics unmoved 02 Feb 2016 - 01:00 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) greets European Council President Donald Tusk on the steps of Downing Street in London, Britain. Reuters/Toby Melville ...

At least nine migrants drown off Turkish coast: Report 02 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

Ankara: The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies of nine migrants including two children on Tuesday after their boat sank off western Turkey while...

One dead, several injured in clashes at Karachi airport 02 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

People carry a man who was injured during an anti-government protest in Karachi, Pakistan, 02 February 2016. Karachi: A Pakistan International Airlines employee...

Kenya security kill 4 suspected al Shabaab fighters in Lamu: Official 02 Feb 2016 - 12:50 pm

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya: Kenyan military personnel have killed four suspected al Shabaab fighters after a fierce shootout in a forest on...

Islamist groups in Syria talks on individual basis: Russia 02 Feb 2016 - 12:48 pm

File photo of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. ABU DHABI: Two Syrian opposition Islamist groups will participate in Syria talks in Geneva...

China’s nuclear envoy in North Korea amid sanctions push: KCNA 02 Feb 2016 - 12:42 pm

China's nuclear envoy Wu Dawei (L) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (R) during their meeting at the foreign ministry in...

How likely is international military intervention in Libya? 02 Feb 2016 - 12:15 pm

Tripoli: After Iraq and Syria, will international military intervention against the Islamic State group now take place in conflict-ridden Libya as well? Western...

Tunisia must revise 'draconian' drug law: HRW 02 Feb 2016 - 12:15 pm

This photo dated May 22, 2014, shows Tunisian activists staging a demonstration in front of the Tunis courthouse in Tunisia in support of...

Passengers evacuated after bomb threat on local Portugal flight 02 Feb 2016 - 11:54 am

LISBON: A bomb threat on a plane preparing to leave Faro airport in Portugal’s southern region of Algarve for Lisbon forced the evacuation...

Syrian army, allies gain more ground north of Aleppo 02 Feb 2016 - 11:51 am

Men queue up to fill portable tanks with water in al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria January 31, 2016. REUTERS AMMAN: The Syrian army...

German-Russian ties feel Cold War-style chill over rape case 02 Feb 2016 - 11:38 am

File photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls...

Jaish al Islam rebel group denies Russia hit oil stash 02 Feb 2016 - 11:29 am

Jaish al-Islam leader Zahran Alloush believed to be killed by Russian jets AMMAN: Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam denied on Tuesday a Russian...

US airstrikes kill 29 militants in Afghanistan 02 Feb 2016 - 11:21 am

Afghanistan map with Nangarhar highlighted Kabul: At least 29 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after US-led coalition forces carried out airstrikes in...

Australian PM Turnbull weighs early poll to break political deadlock 02 Feb 2016 - 11:17 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull By Matt Siegel SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday raised the possibility of dissolving both houses...

Britain and EU strike deal on nations blocking unwanted new laws 02 Feb 2016 - 11:02 am

Prime Minister David Cameron (R) speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk at Downing Street in London, Britain, January 31, 2016. Reuters/Toby Melville ...