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16 arrested over Kardashian Paris robbery 09 Jan 2017 - 01:12 pm

Paris: French police arrested 16 people in raids Monday over the armed robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last...

SKorea warns Pyongyang against ICBM test 09 Jan 2017 - 12:55 pm

SEOUL: South Korea warned its northern neighbor Monday it will only face more sanctions if it tests an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as...

Truck bomb kills 8 police in Egypt's Sinai 09 Jan 2017 - 12:54 pm

Cairo: A truck bomb attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eight policemen on Monday, officials and...

Wild elephants kill 5 villagers in Myanmar’s northeast 09 Jan 2017 - 12:29 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Five villagers have been killed by rampaging elephants in a village in Myanmar’s mountainous Shan State, authorities said Monday. A herd...

Snake on a plane grounds Emirates flight 09 Jan 2017 - 12:16 pm

Dubai: An Emirates flight from Muscat to Dubai was cancelled after baggage handlers discovered a snake in the aircraft's cargo hold. The animal...

Death toll from Thailand floods rises to 21 09 Jan 2017 - 12:14 pm

BANGKOK: The death toll from massive flooding in Thailand has risen to 21 with authorities expecting the situation to worsen in southern provinces. ...

48 IS terrorists killed in northern Syria 09 Jan 2017 - 12:09 pm

ANKARA: At least 48 Islamic State terrorists were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation...

Myanmar army: 7 rebels dead, outposts seized in Kachin 09 Jan 2017 - 12:07 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Seven rebels were killed as soldiers took over four more outposts from a powerful ethnic Kachin rebel group in an area...

Kuwait re-routes 14 flights due to bad weather: KUNA 09 Jan 2017 - 12:05 pm

DUBAI: Kuwait has re-routed fourteen incoming flights on Monday due to bad weather conditions, state news agency KUNA said, quoting the country's civil...

Japanese envoys withdraw from South Korea 09 Jan 2017 - 11:59 am

SEOUL: Japan’s most senior South Korea-based envoys returned home Monday, fulfilling Tokyo’s protest against the recent erection in Busan of a “comfort women”...

4,500 Iraqis flee Mosul amid offensive 09 Jan 2017 - 11:56 am

MOSUL: A total of 4,500 civilians have fled northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the past three days as government forces launched the...

Turkish Cypriot head hopes for breakthrough in Geneva 09 Jan 2017 - 11:52 am

LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Mustafa Akinci has urged all parties to work with...

4 police personnel die in northeast Afghanistan blast 09 Jan 2017 - 11:48 am

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: At least four police personnel were killed and five others wounded in an explosion near a mosque in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan...

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dies 09 Jan 2017 - 11:43 am

ANKARA: Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away at the age of 82 at a hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to...

Militia recovers 115 human trafficking victims in Sudan 09 Jan 2017 - 11:39 am

KHARTOUM, Sudan: A pro-government militia has claimed it saved 115 hostages from the clutches of human traffickers in a desert along Sudan's border...

South Africa president tells people to not visit Israel 09 Jan 2017 - 11:36 am

JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans to not visit Israel unless it is related to "fostering peace" in the region. Addressing...

Refugees in Greece's Moria camp suffer in harsh winter 09 Jan 2017 - 11:34 am

ATHENS: Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since Saturday are making things even harder for the thousands of refugees and migrants staying at the...