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Israel intercepts Egyptian passenger plane 23 Apr 2016 - 03:52 pm

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM: Two Israeli fighter jets intercepted an Egyptian passenger plane on Saturday, Israeli media reported. According to Israel Radio, the...

4 Turkish academics charged with terror propaganda released 23 Apr 2016 - 03:50 pm

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of four academics accused of spreading "terrorist" propaganda at the opening hearing of one...

Catalonia in transition to independence from Spain 23 Apr 2016 - 03:45 pm

Catalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont evaluates his first 100 days on duty during a meeting with foreign journalists at Palau de la Generalitat...

Pakistani Taliban claim killing of Sikh lawmaker 23 Apr 2016 - 03:39 pm

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban have claimed the killing of a Sikh lawmaker in the country's northwest. Militant spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said Saturday that...

Regime bombardment kills 27 civilians across Syria: monitor 23 Apr 2016 - 03:20 pm

Fire fighters extinguish a fire which broken out after Russian forces staged air-strike over residential areas in Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria...

Turkey arrests IS suspects ahead of Merkel visit 23 Apr 2016 - 03:19 pm

People walk in front of billboards with the picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the words; 'Solidarity with the refugees', in Gaziantep,...

Philippines: 7 marines injured in new Abu Sayyaf cla 23 Apr 2016 - 03:13 pm

ZAMBOANGA: At least seven soldiers have suffered wounds in a fresh clash with a Daesh-linked group in a troubled Philippines southern province where...

Cambodian passenger bus crash kills eight: police 23 Apr 2016 - 03:09 pm

Phnom Penh: At least eight Cambodians were killed and 33 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus collided into an oncoming crane truck...

N. Korea tests submarine-launched missile: South 23 Apr 2016 - 02:59 pm

Sung Kim, US special representative for North Korea policy, makes brief remarks to media at the Westin Chaoyang Hotel in Beijing city, China,...

At London youth event, Barack Obama pushes diplomacy over force 23 Apr 2016 - 02:48 pm

US President Barack Obama takes part in a town hall meeting at the Lindley Hall in London, Britain, 23 April 2016. US President...

Obama hails Turkey-bound Merkel's "courage" on migrants 23 Apr 2016 - 02:45 pm

People walk next to a billboard with the picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the words; 'Solidarity with the refugees', in Gaziantep,...

Oil spill fears in Italian Riviera port 23 Apr 2016 - 02:42 pm

Port of Genoa Rome: Authorities in the Italian port of Genoa declared a state of emergency Saturday as they battled to prevent tonnes...

Leaders expect record turnout at Turkey's first EXPO 23 Apr 2016 - 02:36 pm

ANTALYA: Turkish leaders have attended Friday the opening ceremony of EXPO 2016 gardening show in the country's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya. The...

Refugee hit by police car in Greek camp dies 23 Apr 2016 - 02:34 pm

Refugees queue for firewood at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on April...

Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack 23 Apr 2016 - 02:29 pm

Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique taught at Rajshahi University. Photograph: Mohammad Abdullah Iqbal/AFP Dhaka: Unidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor in...

Obama takes in Hamlet at the Globe on Shakespeare's 400th anniversary 23 Apr 2016 - 01:04 pm

US President Barack Obama watches a selection of songs and excerpts from Hamlet as he tours the Globe Theatre in London to mark...

Turkish soldier killed in operations in south east: military 23 Apr 2016 - 12:44 pm

ANKARA: A Turkish soldier was killed in an armed attack in Nusaybin in Turkey's south east, the armed forces said in a statement...

Let's not overreact to Panama Papers, some EU finmins warn 23 Apr 2016 - 12:39 pm

Malta's Finance Minister Edward Scicluna presents the 2016 Budget speech in parliament in Valletta, Malta, October 12, 2015. REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI By Francesco...