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Closure of BBC recipe website cooks up storm in UK 17 May 2016 - 06:54 pm

London: A BBC plan to shut down its recipe website left Britons simmering Tuesday at the demise of a resource offering free tips...

Fighting among Syrian rebels kills more than 50 17 May 2016 - 06:09 pm

Syrian Civil Defence workers evacuate a body following a regime air strike on May 17, 2016, in the rebel-held al-Sukari neighborhood of the...

Renzi claims victory in fight over EU budget rules 17 May 2016 - 05:23 pm

Polish President Andrzej Duda (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (R) speak to the media during a joint news conference following their...

Mobile phone plays villain: Man divorces bride hours after marriage 17 May 2016 - 04:40 pm

Image for representation purpose only. Doha: A man in Saudi Arabia divorced his bride hours after the marriage ceremony for ignoring him and...

Ukrainian pleads guilty in hack-for-profit scheme 17 May 2016 - 04:30 pm

Washington: A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into databases holding unpublished company press releases to gain insider information that...

U.S., Russia set to probe Syria ceasefire violations 17 May 2016 - 03:41 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) attend the ministerial meeting on Syria in Vienna, Austria,...

Thailand orders halt to Uber, Grab motorbike taxi service 17 May 2016 - 03:40 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand has ordered Uber Technologies and Grab to halt their motorcycle taxi-hailing services, a senior transport official said on Tuesday. The services...

Brazil names Ilan Goldfajn new central bank head 17 May 2016 - 03:08 pm

Brasília: Brazil's interim government on Tuesday named economist Ilan Goldfajn as the new head of the central bank, a key post in the...

Baghdad attacks kill at least 25 people 17 May 2016 - 03:02 pm

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide bombing in the Shaab area in northern Baghdad on May 17, 2016. AFP...

India's Modi to visit Iran, seeking to boost trade 17 May 2016 - 02:32 pm

New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Iran this week, seeking to boost trade with the oil-rich country after international sanctions...

Murder of two journalists prompts uproar in India 17 May 2016 - 02:04 pm

Indian journalists shout slogans during a protest following the killing of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in Siwan on May 14, 2016. AFP By Abdul...

Russia expands whitelisted Turkish companies 17 May 2016 - 02:03 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities late Monday expanded the whitelisted companies exempted from sanctions on Turkish companies imposed last year in the wake of Turkey...

Gunmen attack hospital in NW Saudi Arabia; 8 injured 17 May 2016 - 01:52 pm

By Ahmed al-Masri RIYADH: At least eight people were injured when gunmen stormed a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern Ha’il province and opened...

Assad regime shelling kills 20 civilians across Syria 17 May 2016 - 01:09 pm

Syrian Civil Defence workers evacuate a body following a regime air strike on May 17, 2016, in the rebel-held al-Sukari neighborhood of the...

296 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan 17 May 2016 - 01:06 pm

AFP/ File photo Amman: A total of 296 new Syrian refugees crossed into Jordan during the previous 24 hours, an army official said...

Finland says refugees can return to safe Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia 17 May 2016 - 12:54 pm

File photo of refugees walking in heavy rain from public transport centre to Lappia-building refugee reception centre in Tornio, northwestern Finland, September 18,...