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Kuwait tells citizens to check phones before travelling to U.S.-agency 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

DUBAI: Kuwait has advised citizens to make sure their phones contain no material that might be seen as being linked to Islamist militants...

More Turkish tanks enter Syria in new front 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian civilians, with Turkish Army tanks in the background, walk through the Turkish border as they are pictured from a village in Kilis...

Free Syrian Army liberates new regions, airport 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish military tanks are seen during clashes between Turkish soldiers and Islamic State group fighters, 20 km west of the Turkish-Syrian border town...

Lithuania sends ammunition to Ukraine to fight rebels 03 Sep 2016 - 05:35 pm

Vilnius: Lithuania has supplied 150 tonnes of ammunition to Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, the Baltic NATO member said...

Al-Sadr urges Iraq civil servants to strike 03 Sep 2016 - 05:34 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on civil servants to go on strike in a new escalation against the Iraqi...

Zambian court allows more time for poll challenge 03 Sep 2016 - 04:43 pm

Lusaka: Zambia's constitutional court gave the country's main opposition leader two more days Saturday to present a petition challenging last month's disputed re-election...

Trudeau warns against dangerous protectionist mood 03 Sep 2016 - 04:05 pm

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a lobster during a meeting with Jack Ma, Chairman and chief executive of Alibaba Group, at the...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits U.S. State of Oklahoma 03 Sep 2016 - 03:52 pm

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit the U.S. state of Oklahoma on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey reported. It said the quake...

Uzbekistan bidding farewell to President Islam Karimov 03 Sep 2016 - 03:41 pm

People carry a coffin during a mourning ceremony following the death of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, in Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, September...

Iraq parliament unable to play legislative role 03 Sep 2016 - 03:39 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi believes that the Iraqi parliament is incapable of playing its regulatory and legislative roles. In an...

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in US election 03 Sep 2016 - 03:36 pm

WASHINGTON: — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: CLIMATE CHANGE It's as...

Turkish Army enters Syrian town of Kobani 03 Sep 2016 - 03:32 pm

By Sarp Ozer and Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, Syria: Armored vehicles of Turkish Armed Forces entered the Syrian town of Kobani in the northwestern...

Malaysia confirms first locally-transmitted Zika case 03 Sep 2016 - 03:29 pm

TOPSHOT - A pest control worker fumigates the grounds of a residential estate in the Bedok North area of Singapore on September 1,...

Libya pro-govt forces say attacking last IS bastion in Sirte 03 Sep 2016 - 03:03 pm

A member of Libyan forces shows a weapon that the forces said they captured from Islamic State militants during a battle in Sirte,...

9 ISIS Militants Killed in Air Strike South Mosul 03 Sep 2016 - 02:38 pm

TOPSHOT - An Iraqi man walks near smoke billowing from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State (IS) group militants before fleeing the...

India offers $500 million defense credit as Vietnam seeks arms boost 03 Sep 2016 - 01:56 pm

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) reviews the guard of honour with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a welcoming ceremony at...

Uzbekistan's autocratic president to be buried 03 Sep 2016 - 01:31 pm

People throw flowers on limousines as they gather along a road to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,...

China ratifies Paris climate pact, US tipped to follow 03 Sep 2016 - 01:23 pm

Smoke belches from a coal-fired power station near Datong, in China's northern Shanxi province (AFP Photo/Greg Baker) Beijing: China ratified the Paris climate...