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Afghan relief camp kids perish in gas plant fire 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A man passes by the scene of a gas tanker explosion in Herat, yesterday. Herat: 11 people, mostly children, were killed in a...

Six lakh told to evacuate as Goni hits Japan 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

High waves batter the seashore at Aoshima beach in Miyazaki, Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, yesterday. Tokyo: Typhoon Goni slammed into the Japanese...

Nepal protesters burn homes over new law book 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Nepalese mourners pay respects to Senior Superintendent of Police Laxman Neupane at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, yesterday. Kathmandu: Protesters torched homes and...

Migrants found working illegally in UK face jail 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A Syrian Kurdish migrant climbs over the fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Asotthalom, Hungary, yesterday. Hungary’s government has started to construct a...

Cabinet fails on trash crisis in Lebanon 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Lebanese protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis, in front of the seat of the government in central Beirut...

Iranian film aims to correct distorted image of Islam 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Iranian director Majid Majidi Tehran: The award-winning director of Iran’s most expensive ever film, Muhammad, says he hopes it will improve Islam’s “violent...

New ‘IS chemical attack’ in Syria 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Rebel forces hold a position near the frontline in the Al Zahra area on the northwestern outskirts of Aleppo, where opposition fighters have...

Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected IS recruiters 25 Aug 2015 - 07:10 pm

The picture shows a person suspected of forming part of a network that recruited Islamic State fighters is led away by Spanish police...

Thousands of flood-hit Bangladeshis sheltering on river banks: Red Cross 25 Aug 2015 - 06:59 pm

LONDON: Floods, landslides and a cyclone have made at least 180,000 people in Bangladesh homeless, with thousands living in makeshift shelters on river...

Libya government calls for international air strikes against IS 25 Aug 2015 - 06:54 pm

PARIS: Libya's foreign minister on Tuesday renewed a call for the lifting of an arms embargo and for international air strikes to help...

Child bomber kills 6 in northeast Nigeria 25 Aug 2015 - 06:35 pm

Six killed in northeast Nigeria (AFP: photo) KANO: A child bomber killed six people and wounded dozens on Tuesday outside a bus station...

75,000 apply for jobs fetching tea in India 25 Aug 2015 - 06:16 pm

NEW DELHI: Overwhelmed Indian officials have cancelled plans to fill a handful of menial government jobs after being flooded with 75,000 applications --...

India floods threaten rare one-horned rhinos 25 Aug 2015 - 06:02 pm

Guwahati: Hundreds of rare rhinos and other animals are fleeing flooding in India's northeast, raising fears of a rise in poaching during the...

Sudanese migrant who walked Channel Tunnel to UK will fight charge 25 Aug 2015 - 05:58 pm

An Eurotunnel freight shuttle enters the Channel tunnel in Coquelles, near Calais, northern France, July 21, 2015. BY ESTELLE SHIRBON CANTERBURY: A Sudanese...

Blasts at Afghan gas storage facility kill 11, mostly children 25 Aug 2015 - 05:42 pm

An Afghan mother, right, weeps for her son who was killed in a series of explosions at a gas storage facility on the...

Pakistan militants strike checkpoints in tribal area, at least 11 dead 25 Aug 2015 - 05:25 pm

Pakistan Army troops (File Photo) DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least five soldiers and six Taliban militants have been killed after raids on Pakistan...

Pakistan court halts military tribunal death sentence 25 Aug 2015 - 05:16 pm

Peshawar High Court Peshawar: A court in Pakistan on Tuesday suspended a death sentence passed by one of the country's controversial new military...

Turkish PM urges opposition to join interim government 25 Aug 2015 - 04:39 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference at his ruling AK Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, August 13, 2015. ...