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Drone halts traffic at Dubai airport 30 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

Dubai: A drone forced Dubai international airport, one of the world's busiest, to halt air traffic for an hour and a half Saturday...

Dubai detains Iraqi lawmaker over cheque 30 Oct 2016 - 11:07 am

Dubai: Authorities in Dubai have detained Iraqi lawmaker Mohamed al-Tai after a complaint was issued against him over a cheque, the public prosecutor...

New strong earthquake hits Italy, buildings collapse 30 Oct 2016 - 11:02 am

ROME: A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude struck central Italy on Sunday, causing the collapse of more buildings and historic churches in small...

Gunmen kill four people at a religious gathering in Karachi 29 Oct 2016 - 08:09 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: Gunmen on motorcycles killed at least four people at a religious gathering of Shi’ites in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, on Saturday,...

Pakistan sacks minister accused of sparking rift with army 29 Oct 2016 - 06:26 pm

Islamabad:Pakistan's prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday removed a key minister from his cabinet over a media leak that sparked a rift between...

Three soldiers killed in PKK attack in the southeastern Turkey 29 Oct 2016 - 03:59 pm

DIYARBAKIR: Three Turkish soldiers were killed and five others were wounded by mortar fire from Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants near the southeastern...

Fresh attack kills 2 policemen in Egypt’s Sinai 29 Oct 2016 - 03:00 pm

CAIRO: Two policemen were killed and four others injured in a bomb explosion Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a local...

Rains, floods kill 18 in Egypt 29 Oct 2016 - 02:48 pm

Cairo: At least 18 people were killed over three days of heavy rains and flooding in parts of Egypt, the health ministry said...

Malaysian police detains democracy group chief, releases on bail 29 Oct 2016 - 02:33 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police released the chairman of democracy group Bersih on bail on Saturday, after detaining her for more than two hours...

Coalition strikes kill at least 10 Yemen civilians 29 Oct 2016 - 02:20 pm

Sanaa: Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed at least 10 civilians in a battleground town southeast of Yemen's third city Taez on Saturday, the...

Swiss woman held in Spain for holding her kids captive 29 Oct 2016 - 02:17 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said Saturday they had detained a Swiss woman who allegedly kept her children captive for seven years, threatening to kill...

Two suicide bombers kill nine in NE Nigeria 29 Oct 2016 - 12:57 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two suicide bombings rocked Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others,...

Iraq says foiled IS attack on Ramadi 29 Oct 2016 - 12:55 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi officials said Saturday that the security forces foiled an attack by jihadists of the Islamic State group on the city of...

Iraq forces launch operation to cut Mosul off from Syria 29 Oct 2016 - 12:20 pm

Al Qayyarah, Iraq: Iraqi paramilitary forces launched an operation Saturday to retake Tal Afar from the Islamic State group, opening a new front...

A guide to presidential elections in Lebanon 29 Oct 2016 - 12:15 pm

Beirut: Lebanon's parliament is set to end more than two years of stalemate on Monday by electing a new president for a non-renewable...

Syria rebels battle to break Aleppo siege 29 Oct 2016 - 12:02 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Fresh fighting shook Aleppo Saturday as rebels battled to break a siege of the city by the Syrian regime, accused by...

5 Rohingya trafficking victims jailed in Myanmar 29 Oct 2016 - 11:47 am

YANGON, Myanmar: A Myanmar court has handed two-year jail terms to five Rohingya Muslims who were smuggled from troubled western Rakhine State to...

3 Palestinians injured in clashes with IOF along Gaza border 29 Oct 2016 - 11:32 am

Occupied Jerusalem: Three Palestinians were injured in Gaza on Friday during clashes with Israeli forces stationed along the border with the Gaza Strip....