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Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian in Nablus 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo Ramallah: Israeli soldiers opened fire on and killed a Palestinian at a military checkpoint near Nablus after he rammed his vehicle...

IS leader urges uprising in Saudi, attacks in Israel: recording 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the secretive leader of the Islamic State group, called for an uprising in Saudi Arabia and pledged to attack...

More than 100,000 flee flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Locals attempt to recover belongings at a flooded neighbourhood in Asuncion on Thursday. Constant and heavy rains in the country have caused the...

Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion' 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Milos Zeman Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his anti-migrant comments, on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an...

UN sets Syria peace talks target date, after death of rebel chief 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Zahran Alloush Damascus: The United Nations hopes to convene peace talks between Syria's government and opposition on January 25, it said Saturday, a...

Egypt jails two policemen for life for torture killing 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Rights groups regularly accuse the regular police and members of the secret police of abusing and torturing detainees. Representative image, Reuters. Cairo: An...

De Klerk attacks plan to remove Rhodes statue from Oxford college 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Former South African president F. W. de Klerk, pictured on February 2, 2015, described the student-led plan, whose British arm is called "Rhodes...

New Corsica protest day after Muslim prayer hall attacked 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Sat 26 Dec 2015 23:16 France/crime/religion/Islam Ajaccio, France, Dec 26, 2015 (AFP) - Dozens of angry Corsicans staged a fresh protest on the...

Armed Kurdish group claims Turkey airport blast 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: An armed Kurdish group on Saturday claimed responsibility for an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's second international airport which killed...

6 killed in Islamist attack on Mali ex-rebel base 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bamako: Six former fighters were killed this week in an attack claimed by an Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda in northeastern Mali, the...

Burst Brazilian dam will not be rebuilt, company says 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Rio de Janeiro: A waste water dam that burst at a Brazilian mine last month, killing 17 people, will not be rebuilt, the...

Turkish President meets Iraqi Kurdistan's Premier 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ankara: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Province Nechirvan Barzani,...

Record 12,000 candidates for Iran elections 26 Dec 2015 - 06:52 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registers for February's election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme leader, at the...

UN says it hopes to launch Syria peace talks on January 25 26 Dec 2015 - 06:50 pm

United Nations, United States: The UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, hopes to convene talks between the government of President Bashar...

Hamas condemns apparent Egyptian killing of mentally ill Palestinian 26 Dec 2015 - 06:33 pm

GAZA: The Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza accused Egyptian forces on Saturday of killing a mentally-ill Palestinian who had waded through the sea...