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Conservative Bangladesh gets first lesbian comic strip 06 Sep 2015 - 11:41 am

The comic aims to raise awareness on the plight of gays in the Muslim-majority nation. Photo from Boys of Bangladesh page DHAKA: Bangladesh's...

Two Turkish police killed in suspected PKK attack 06 Sep 2015 - 11:39 am

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Two Turkish police were killed on Sunday in an attack in the country's southeast blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party...

New wave of air strikes shake Yemen capital: witnesses 06 Sep 2015 - 11:34 am

SANAA: Powerful explosions shook the Yemeni capital on Sunday, witnesses said, after the Saudi-led coalition vowed to press its air war following a...

Saudi studying cutting petrol subsidies: Newspaper 06 Sep 2015 - 11:23 am

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's government is studying whether to cut state subsidies that keep domestic petrol prices at some of the lowest...

UAE pounds Yemen; 10 Saudi troops killed 06 Sep 2015 - 01:56 am

A Yemeni man walks amid debris following air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Sana’a yesterday. SANA’A: Saudi Arabia’s military said yesterday that...

Austria, Germany open borders 06 Sep 2015 - 01:55 am

A migrant carries his children at the railway station in Vienna yesterday. MUNICH: Austria and Germany threw open their borders yesterday to thousands...

UAE pounds Yemen rebels after coalition's deadliest day 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Emiratis on September 5, 2015 carrying the body of an Emirati armed forces' soldier who was killed the previous day in Yemen's eastern...

Gunmen kill 13 civilians on a minibus in north Afghanistan 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Afghans clash with members of the national security forces during an anti-Government protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): At least 13 people were...

Ghani urges support at donor summit 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (centre) attends the Senior Officials Meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Kabul: Afghanistan’s president implored international donors for their continued...

Bangladesh’s secular bloggers in hiding 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Dhaka: Nervous, pale and sleep deprived, Bangladesh blogger Shammi Haque describes living in constant fear after four of her colleagues were hacked to...

Four get life for grenade attack 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Bangkok: A Thai court last Friday sentenced four men to life imprisonment over the death of three people, including two children, in a...

Snowden attacks curbs on human rights in Russia 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Oslo: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden yesterday criticised Russia — the country that has granted him asylum — calling its crackdown on...

Iran photographer to share prize money with Syrian, Iraqi refugees 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Tehran: Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian (pictured) has said she will donate part of a ¤100,000 ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and...

Islamists win key cities in Morocco polls 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

RABAT: Morocco’s ruling Islamist party won most of the country’s key cities during Friday’s local elections, further expanding its reach after four years...

Israel must welcome Syrian refugees: Herzog 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Opposition Labour party leader Isaac Herzog called yesterday for Israel to take in Syrian refugees, recalling the plight of Jews who sought...

Spain arrests woman suspected of IS links 06 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

A Spanish Civil Guard officer guards a Moroccan girl after she was arrested at her residence for alleged connection with jihadist terror activities,...