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Plane with more than 80 aboard crashes in Colombia 29 Nov 2016 - 12:39 pm

ANKARA: A plane carrying 72 passengers crashed near Medellin in Colombia while en route from Santa Cruz city in Bolivia on Tuesday, according...

Village guard martyred in southeast Turkey PKK attack 29 Nov 2016 - 12:35 pm

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: A member of the “village guard” was martyred and another wounded in an attack by PKK terrorists in southeast Turkey late...

Battle for Mosul: Peshmerga target ISIL-held Bashiqa 29 Nov 2016 - 11:52 am

Tension is high in the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, near Mosul, as Peshmerga soldiers from Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government begin an offensive to...

Plane carrying football players from Brazil crashes in Colombia 29 Nov 2016 - 10:27 am

Bogota: A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, after...

Ohio campus attacker identified as student angry at US interference 29 Nov 2016 - 07:41 am

Columbus: A university student whose family immigrated from Somalia rammed his car Monday into a crowd at Ohio State University and attacked them...

Moise wins Haiti presidential vote in first round: early results 29 Nov 2016 - 07:36 am

Port-au-Prince: Haitian businessman Jovenel Moise, the candidate backed by former president Michel Martelly, won the presidential vote in the first round, official early...

Trump to name Georgia lawmaker Tom Price as health secretary pick 29 Nov 2016 - 07:26 am

NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that he has chosen Republican U.S. Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon...

Experts, officials trash Trump claim of mass fraud 29 Nov 2016 - 07:08 am

New York: Experts and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's claim that "millions" of Americans...

Insight: Fewer North Korean workers come to China as border trade tightens 29 Nov 2016 - 06:58 am

DANDONG, China: A labour agent sat in his bus on a recent frigid morning, waiting to cross the "Friendship Bridge" at China's main...

Rule of 'billion-year' Gambia president under threat 29 Nov 2016 - 06:55 am

Banjul, Gambia: Gambia's president once said he would govern the country for a billion years if God willed it. But voters may deliver...

Thailand's cabinet acknowledges appointment of a new king - defence minister 29 Nov 2016 - 06:49 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday acknowledged the appointment of a new king, Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said, more than one month after the...

Iraqi forces scan those fleeing Mosul for IS men 28 Nov 2016 - 11:00 pm

Bartalla: An Iraqi officer shuffled through identity cards as he sat at a battered desk by the side of the dust-blown highway heading...

Syria rebels lose entire northeast Aleppo 28 Nov 2016 - 10:58 pm

Aleppo: Syria's rebels lost all the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo yesterday, as the army made significant advances in its...

South Sudan accepts more UN peacekeepers with no conditions 28 Nov 2016 - 10:54 pm

JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan's government has accepted with "no conditions" an increase in the peacekeeping force in the country as mandated by...

Turkish foster families being probed for Gulen links 28 Nov 2016 - 10:45 pm

Ankara: Turkish authorities are investigating foster families for suspected ties to a failed coup and may remove children from homes if their guardians...

Somali forces approach port town, ready to attack Islamic State 28 Nov 2016 - 10:41 pm

BOSASSO:Hundreds of pro-government Somali forces began moving toward the port town of Qandala on Monday for an offensive against Islamic State fighters who...

Kuwait cabinet resigns after snap elections 28 Nov 2016 - 10:29 pm

Kuwait City: The Kuwaiti cabinet yesterday submitted its resignation to the Emir of the Gulf state following snap parliamentary polls, an official statement...

Haiti's leader calls for calm before election results released 28 Nov 2016 - 08:45 pm

Port-au-Prince: Haiti's interim leader Jocelerme Privert on Monday called for calm before preliminary results from the first round of the Caribbean country's presidential...