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Arab world overwhelmingly opposes IS: Poll 22 Dec 2015 - 12:10 pm

File photo shows smoke rising in the distance behind an Islamic State group (IS) flag and banner in Daquq, south of Kirkuk. More...

Bosnian police arrest 11 over Islamic state links 22 Dec 2015 - 12:08 pm

A man walks on a bridge as smog blankets Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 21, 2015. SARAJEVO: Bosnian police said on Tuesday that...

Japanese lawmaker says no early morning meetings if she becomes PM 22 Dec 2015 - 12:07 pm

Seiko Noda, a former cabinet minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief at her office in Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2015. TOKYO:...

Bomb attacks kill three, injure two in NW Pakistan: Officials 22 Dec 2015 - 12:04 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two separate bomb attacks killed three people and wounded two others, including a senior Pakistani army officer, in a restive tribal...

Iraq bans French poultry products after bird flu outbreak 22 Dec 2015 - 11:57 am

File photo of a Mulard duck being fed at a poultry farm in Doazit, Southwestern France BAGHDAD: Iraq has banned all fresh and ...

Iraq begins attack to recapture Ramadi centre from Islamic State 22 Dec 2015 - 11:56 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq's armed forces stormed the centre of Ramadi on Tuesday to try to dislodge Islamic State militants who have held the western...

Disabled Kerala swimmer creates record 22 Dec 2015 - 11:50 am

Alappuzha (Kerala): A 50-year-old disabled Keralite has swum his way into the URF Asian Records. With 40 percent disability, E.D.Baburaj, on August 18,...

Junta leader writes new song, leaving Thais to face the music 22 Dec 2015 - 11:45 am

Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha BANGKOK: Thailand's junta leader released the lyrics to a new patriotic ballad on Tuesday, the second song he...

Opposition says 19 dead in Djibouti violence, govt says only 9 wounded 22 Dec 2015 - 11:43 am

DJIBOUTI: A Djibouti opposition group said at least 19 people were killed in clashes with police that began when people were marking a...

Britain says deploying military personnel to Afghan Helmand province 22 Dec 2015 - 11:37 am

File photos of British soldiers in Afghanistan LONDON: Britain said on Tuesday it had sent military personnel to the southern Afghanistan province of ...

Hello Kitty’ fan site exposed, but no data stolen-web host 22 Dec 2015 - 11:26 am

By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE: More than three million accounts of Hello Kitty fans were left vulnerable to theft by hackers, but there is...

Passing away in 2015: Some notable deaths 22 Dec 2015 - 11:23 am

Paris: From legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif to Germany's ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Nobel-winning author Gunter Grass, here are some of the notable...

Philippine president signs 2016 national budget 22 Dec 2015 - 11:22 am

File photo of Philippine President Benigno Aquino as he inspects troops during the Armed Forces of the Philippines 80th anniversary celebration on December...

China rights lawyer gets suspended jail sentence: Lawyer 22 Dec 2015 - 11:15 am

China's rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (L) speaks at a court session in Beijing in this still image from a December 14, 2015 video....

Assam's border farmers fenced in by changing climate conditions 22 Dec 2015 - 11:05 am

File picture for representation only By Amarjyoti Borah DHUBRI: Golok Das, a farmer in India's northeast Assam state, is happy with the harvest...

Vietnam leadership to be chosen at January meeting 22 Dec 2015 - 10:59 am

File photo of Vietnam president Truong Tan Sang Hanoi: Vietnam's new leadership will be chosen at a Communist Party Congress in January, an...

Russia raids homes of Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky's staff 22 Dec 2015 - 10:42 am

File photo of Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky Moscow: Russian investigators on Tuesday raided the apartments of employees of Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open...

Saudi warns of reprisals after new Yemen missile 22 Dec 2015 - 10:31 am

Cross border shelling from Yemen continue despite a seven-day ceasefire Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen threatened severe reprisals late Monday against...