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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...

California wildfire burns over 1,000 acres, forces evacuations 26 Dec 2015 - 06:30 pm

Representative image A wildfire in Southern California burned over 1,000 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of two major highways and...

Kurds, Arabs seize key Syria dam from IS: group 26 Dec 2015 - 06:14 pm

Qamishli, Syria: An alliance of Kurdish and Arab rebels seized a key dam on the Euphrates River from Islamic State group jihadists in...

Turkish civilians stuck in urban war zone in southeast 26 Dec 2015 - 06:13 pm

A man wheels a sick person in a wheelbarrow through the barricades set up by the militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or...

Yemen fighting persists outside rebel-held capital 26 Dec 2015 - 05:40 pm

Aden: Yemeni loyalists killed at least 20 Iran-backed rebels Saturday in a pushback against insurgents seeking to retake positions to the northeast of...

Russian firms tone down holiday cheer as crisis bites 26 Dec 2015 - 05:26 pm

Representative image Moscow: Forget corporate holiday bashes where glitterati are treated to fine champagne and French delicacies: Russia's economic crisis has taken the...

Afghanistan records 12 injured in late-night earthquake 26 Dec 2015 - 05:16 pm

An Afghan villager removes bricks after his home was damaged from an earthquake in Surkhroad district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday,...

What is Boxing Day and how did it get its name? 26 Dec 2015 - 05:10 pm

Shoppers queue to enter a store in Leicester, England, at the start of the Boxing Day sales on Saturday Dec. 26, 2015. AP ...

Christmas letdown: woman is not Argentine activist's lost granddaughter 26 Dec 2015 - 05:09 pm

María Mariani and the young woman who thought to be the grand daughter Buenos Aires: In a Christmas gift gone awry, a woman...

Nigerian gas plant explosion leaves at least eight people dead 26 Dec 2015 - 04:54 pm

An explosion at a gas plant in the southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra killed at least eight people on Thursday and left several...

Turkish PM cancels meeting with pro-Kurdish HDP 26 Dec 2015 - 04:45 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's prime minister on Saturday cancelled a planned meeting with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, saying its politics was rooted in violence,...

Severe flood warnings in parts of UK as Army helps 26 Dec 2015 - 04:44 pm

A person wades through flood water at Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Saturday Dec. 26, 2015. LONDON: Parts of northwest England already hit...

Delhi government suspends three officials for corruption 26 Dec 2015 - 04:03 pm

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday suspended three transport department officials over alleged corruption in issuing fresh...

Iraqi forces kill 20 militants 26 Dec 2015 - 03:58 pm

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces park their vehicles ahead of a blocked road south of the Anbar province's capital Ramadi on December 24, 2015. AFP...

Scores dead in rebel assault in north Syria: monitor 26 Dec 2015 - 03:53 pm

Syrian Rebels in Near of Bashkoy Village. Beirut: Fierce clashes in northern Syria between regime loyalists and rebels including Al-Qaeda fighters have left...

Deal to evacuate Syrian Islamist fighters is halted: TV 26 Dec 2015 - 02:16 pm

BEIRUT: A UN-sponsored deal to give safe passage to more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters and other hardline insurgents holed up in rebel-held...

Record 12,000 candidates register for Iran's February election 26 Dec 2015 - 02:04 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...