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Civilians pay price of IS's 'smoke war' around Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 04:27 pm

Qayyarah, Iraq: The smoke from fires lit by Islamic State jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky...

Migrants stream out of Calais Jungle before demolition 24 Oct 2016 - 03:14 pm

Calais, France: Migrants lugging their meagre belongings boarded buses Monday taking them from the Calais "Jungle" under a French plan to raze the...

Gunfire, protests erupt in Central African Republic capital 24 Oct 2016 - 03:14 pm

BANGUI: U.N. peacekeepers and armed men exchanged fire on Monday in Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the United Nations said, while hundreds of...

Five dead as French reconnaissance plane crashes in Malta 24 Oct 2016 - 02:46 pm

Valletta: A reconnaissance plane working for France's defence ministry crashed in a ball of flames at Malta's international airport on Monday, killing all...

On Syria border, Mosul refugees trapped under IS fire 24 Oct 2016 - 02:28 pm

Rajm Al-Salibeh, Syria: They have escaped the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul but hundreds of Iraqis seeking refuge in neighbouring war-torn Syria...

Shark bites leg of Australian surfer 24 Oct 2016 - 01:09 pm

SYDNEY: An Australian surfer was bitten in the leg by a shark on Monday, the third attack off the beaches of New South...

Anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden dies at 76 24 Oct 2016 - 01:04 pm

Washington: Peace activist Tom Hayden, whose radical views were at the forefront of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, has died. He...

Four killed in India-Pakistan cross border firing 24 Oct 2016 - 12:52 pm

Islamabad: Two children and another civilian were killed along with a soldier in firing across the border between India and Pakistan, officials from...

Death toll in Cameroon train crash hits 79 24 Oct 2016 - 12:38 pm

Yaoundé: The death toll in last week's train crash in Cameroon has climbed to 79 after rescuers finished combing through the wreckage, authorities...

Yazidis say Islamic State offensive blocked in Sinjar, west of Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 12:26 pm

BAGHDAD: U.S.- backed Kurdish fighters blocked an offensive launched by Islamic State on Monday in Sinjar, a Yazidi territory west of Mosul, a...

US warns Philippines' Duterte over rhetoric, crime war 24 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's fiery rhetoric and deadly crime war are becoming a growing concern around the world, the top US envoy...

Zimbabweans fear cholera outbreak amid drought 24 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The water crisis facing Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has sparked fears of an outbreak of diseases such as cholera, which led to...

Israeli air force targets Palestinian resistance site 24 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

Gaza: The Israeli Force targeted on Monday morning a site of the Palestinian resistance, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of...

Historic Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women 24 Oct 2016 - 11:15 am

New Delhi: An historic mosque in India agreed Monday to scrap a ban on women entering its inner sanctum, after a bitter legal...

Gunmen kill Pakistani intelligence officer, IS claim attack 24 Oct 2016 - 10:56 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said, in an attack claimed...

Hong Kong judge warns of "torture" images as British banker's trial begins 24 Oct 2016 - 10:47 am

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of...

Haiti storm victims, in makeshift camps, bemoan aid chaos 24 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am

Jérémie, Haiti: Rickety structures made of sheet metal and scrap wood are clustered along the road to the Haitian city of Jeremie, which...

Plane thought to be carrying EU border officials crashes in Malta, five dead 24 Oct 2016 - 10:16 am

VALLETTA: A light aircraft believed to be carrying officials from EU border agency Frontex crashed shortly after take-off from Malta on Monday, killing...