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Yemen: Children’s hospital faces closure due to shortages 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

A Yemeni man walks past a destroyed truck following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the capital Sana’a yesterday. Sana’a: A major...

Bangkok bomb 'suspect' living in Turkey, denies involvement 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BANGKOK: The hunt for a group behind the Bangkok shrine blast narrowed Monday as police revealed they had two new suspects -- one...

Anti-charter protestor shot dead by Nepal police 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal police fired into a crowd of demonstrators on Monday, killing one person as fresh protests erupted in the country's southern plains...

Climate change brings cyclone risk to Arabian Gulf - study 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BY ALISTER DOYLE BONN (Germany): Climate change is bringing small risks that tropical cyclones will form in the Persian Gulf for the first...

Taliban hid Omar’s death until Nato left 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Kabul: The Taliban yesterday admitted covering up the death of longtime leader Mullah Omar for two years, saying they had wanted to keep...

Malaysia PM parades clout, won’t step down 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

(FROM LEFT) Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Prime Minister Najib Razak and King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah wave national flags during...

Philippine Christian group ends protests after Manila blockade 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

MANILA: An influential Christian group in the Philippines ended a protest yesterday over the prosecution of its leaders, calling off a blockade by...

Austria orders migrants from trains 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants wait for a train to Austria at a train station in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. Vienna: Austrian security forces stopped two trains with...

Scholars condemn Kalburgi's murder 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Mourners follow the funeral procession of scholar M M Kalburgi at the Karnataka University in Dharwad yesterday. Bangalore: Indian scholars yesterday condemned the...

Palmyra temple appears intact 01 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

A view of the colonnade in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria. Damascus: A blast rocked the ancient ruins in Syria’s Palmyra on...

Car bomb damages office of Eni firm in Libya 31 Aug 2015 - 09:20 pm

Pro-government Libyan forces aim their weapons during clashes in the streets with the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries Dec. 28, 2014. (Reuters) TRIPOLI:...

At least 5 dead in explosion at Spain fireworks factory 31 Aug 2015 - 08:25 pm

MADRID: At least five people died and another six were injured on Monday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in northeastern Spain,...

France to build new camp for 1,500 migrants 31 Aug 2015 - 06:57 pm

Calais camp for 1,500 migrants CALAIS: France plans to build a camp this winter for as many as 1,500 migrants in the northern...

Indrani, others' police custody extended till September 5 31 Aug 2015 - 06:56 pm

MUMBAI: A court here on Monday extended till September 5 the police custody of Indrani Mukherjea and two others accused of killing her...

Indonesian workers to stage mass protest against layoffs 31 Aug 2015 - 05:50 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian trade unions expect tens of thousands of workers to call for higher wages at a mass protest against job cuts on...

3 Canadians, Pakistani, Nigerian among dead in Saudi fire 31 Aug 2015 - 05:45 pm

RIYADH: Saudi authorities said Monday that three Canadians, one Pakistani and a Nigerian woman were among 10 people killed in a fire at...

Atlas jewellery owner defaults $136m loans, arrested by Dubai cops 31 Aug 2015 - 05:42 pm

M M Ramachandran By Stanley Carvalho and Tom Arnold ABU DHABI/DUBAI: A Dubai-based gold and jewellery retailer has defaulted on loans worth about...

Pakistan insists Haqqani network almost wiped out 31 Aug 2015 - 05:38 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top diplomat said Monday that military offensives in its northwestern tribal areas had almost wiped out the Haqqani militant network known...