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Turkey declares day of mourning after soccer bombing kills 29, wounds 166 11 Dec 2016 - 10:13 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey declared a day of national mourning on Sunday, after two bombs killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in a coordinated...

IS withdraws from Syria's Palmyra after heavy Russian raids: monitor 11 Dec 2016 - 09:58 am

Beirut: A Russian aerial onslaught forced Islamic State group fighters to withdraw from Syria's Palmyra at dawn on Sunday, only hours after the...

Turkey declares day's mourning after Istanbul bombings: state news agency 11 Dec 2016 - 09:56 am

Istanbul: Turkey declared a one-day morning Sunday after twin blasts ripped through the heart of Istanbul following a football match killing 29 people,...

Suicide bombing 'kills 16' in Somali capital: ambulance service 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 am

Mogadishu: At least 16 people died early Sunday in a suicide truck bombing outside the port of the Somali capital Mogadishu, the director...

Romanian left seeks election comeback 11 Dec 2016 - 08:39 am

Bucharest: Romanians started voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that are forecast to see the corruption-tainted left stage a remarkable comeback, a year after...

Car bomb explodes outside Somalia capital Mogadishu's port, 3 killed - police 11 Dec 2016 - 08:30 am

MOGADISHU: A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least...

Syrian army tightens grip on Aleppo but IS back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 08:27 am

Aleppo, Syria: The Syrian army tightened its grip on rebels besieged in Aleppo with thousands of civilians but suffered a setback as jihadists...

For US veterans, pipeline protest promises to galvanize activism 10 Dec 2016 - 08:30 pm

CANNON BALL/FORT YATES, ND: US veterans, thousands of whom last week helped stop a contested oil pipeline running through North Dakota, could become...

Italy politicians thrash out plans for post-crisis leader 10 Dec 2016 - 08:15 pm

ROME: Political parties made their cases to Italy’s president on Saturday for ways out of a government crisis prompted by Matteo Renzi’s resignation...

Dylan notably absent as Nobel laureates accept prizes 10 Dec 2016 - 08:10 pm

Stockholm: Dressed in tails and white ties, this year's Nobel laureates in medicine, economics, physics and chemistry accepted their prizes at a gala...

Russia to build $30 mln centre for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading dancer 10 Dec 2016 - 07:20 pm

MOSCOW: Russia is building a $30 million complex for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading...

Special Report: Puerto Rico’s disabled fend for themselves amid US neglect 10 Dec 2016 - 07:10 pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Juanita Gomez Cruz irons clothes and fries pasteles to help support her family. At 77, she is the sole...

Nobel laureates, leaders gather to push child slavery onto the global agenda 10 Dec 2016 - 07:03 pm

NEW DELHI: Seven-year-old Siyam stands speechless when asked what he would like to do when he grows up. He stares blankly as if...

Election brings no hope to Macedonia’s Roma-run “ghetto”, say voters 10 Dec 2016 - 06:57 pm

SUTO ORIZARI, Macedonia: A s Sunday’s election in Macedonia draws close, Amet Yashar jokes that politicians’ newfound concern for his home, one of...

Reports: Tibetan Buddhist monk self-immolates in west China 10 Dec 2016 - 06:38 pm

BEIJING: A Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in western China in what appeared to be the latest such radical protest...

Air raids pound Aleppo as US decries 'war crimes' 10 Dec 2016 - 06:21 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Air strikes pummelled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo on Saturday as US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian...

Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms 10 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

Hong Kong: Around a thousand protesters rallied in Hong Kong Saturday against a crackdown on pro-democracy lawmakers and an electoral system skewed towards...

Gambia’s president-elect says loser Jammeh cannot reject polls 10 Dec 2016 - 06:04 pm

BANJUL: Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of Dec.1....