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Four Jordanians given death penalty over drugs killing 26 Dec 2016 - 06:40 pm

Amman: A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death on Monday for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the...

Chile’s government works to re-establish connectivity in quake-affected zone 26 Dec 2016 - 06:40 pm

SANTIAGO: Chile’s government set to work on Monday repairing roads and restoring electricity to southern regions affected by a major earthquake that struck...

DR Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from Burundi: army 26 Dec 2016 - 06:14 pm

Bukavu, DR Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from neighbouring Burundi after they crossed the border last week in pursuit...

Nigerian troops foil suicide attack in restive city 26 Dec 2016 - 06:08 pm

Lagos: Nigerian troops on Monday foiled an attempt by two female suicide bombers to attack a cattle market in the restive city of...

Russia mourns doctor killed in Syria-bound plane crash 26 Dec 2016 - 06:05 pm

Moscow: Russia's shock over the military plane clash that killed 92 people became all the more acute when Yelizaveta Glinka, a renowned doctor...

Balkan countries illegally push back migrants: UNHCR 26 Dec 2016 - 06:05 pm

Belgrade: Illegal deportations of migrants seeking to reach western Europe along the so-called Balkans route have been on the rise, the UN refugee...

India police arrest four over US woman's gang-rape 26 Dec 2016 - 05:52 pm

New Delhi: Indian police on Monday arrested four men accused of drugging and raping an American tourist at a five-star hotel in New...

Portugal's ex-president Mario Soares in deep coma 26 Dec 2016 - 05:32 pm

Lisbon: Former president Mario Soares, seen as the father of Portugal's modern day democracy, was in a deep coma and in "critical" condition,...

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault 26 Dec 2016 - 05:04 pm

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to...

Myanmar says Muslim with links to government murdered in troubled Rakhine 26 Dec 2016 - 04:17 pm

YANGON: A man has been found dead with stab wounds in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, in what the government said on Monday was the...

Fragile new Ukraine truce holds for third day 26 Dec 2016 - 02:30 pm

Kiev: A new indefinite truce in Ukraine held by a thread for a third day Monday as both pro-Russian insurgents and Kiev reported...

India test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile 26 Dec 2016 - 02:07 pm

GUWAHATI, India: India successfully test-fired a long range, intercontinental surface-to-surface, nuclear-capable ballistic missile called the Agni-V on Monday, the state run All India...

Ronaldo’s message to Syrian children goes viral 26 Dec 2016 - 02:00 pm

ISTANBUL: A heart-warming message from a world-famous footballer to devastated children in war-torn Syria went viral through social media. Real Madrid Portuguese star...

Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak 26 Dec 2016 - 01:45 pm

Tehran: Iran has killed hundreds of thousands of birds in recent weeks as avian flu spreads across seven provinces of the country, officials...

Massive search for Russia plane crash bodies 26 Dec 2016 - 12:57 pm

Sochi, Russia: Thousands of rescuers were searching for bodies in the Black Sea as Russia marked a day of mourning Monday following the...

Israel to demolish mosque South of Hebron 26 Dec 2016 - 12:45 pm

Hebron: Israeli forces on Monday informed Palestinians in Masafer Yatta area, a Bedouin congregation south of Hebron in the West Bank, that they...

Turkey accuses IS of killing 30 civilians in Syria 26 Dec 2016 - 12:31 pm

Istanbul: The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian...

Israeli forces shoot and detain Palestinian in Nablus 26 Dec 2016 - 12:15 pm

Nablus: Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in Nablus, north of the West Bank, on Monday when youths confronted soldiers accompanying around...