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Bangladesh protests to Pakistan over remarks on executions 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh protested to Pakistan on Monday over what it said was interference in its internal affairs in comments about the hanging of...

France strikes IS in Iraq from newly deployed carrier: general 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A French Rafale warplane takes off from the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, on November 23, 2015. AFP France launched air...

Cameron says will make case for Syria strikes to MPs on Thursday 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (C) chats with Royal Navy personnel at RAF Northolt in London, Britain November 23, 2015. Reuters London: Prime...

Traumatised by attacks, Parisians seek comic relief 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representational image Paris: Laughter is the best medicine for many Parisians seeking solace after the November 13 terror attacks that shattered so many...

EU-Turkey summit on migration called for Sunday, Nov. 29 -EU council head 24 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Donald Tusk BRUSSELS: Leaders of the European Union and Turkey will meet in Brussels next Sunday for talks on how to handle the...

Syria opposition chief urges Al-Nusra to break with Al-Qaeda 23 Nov 2015 - 06:57 pm

Khaled Khoja Beirut: The head of the main political Syrian opposition body on Monday urged the extremist Al-Nusra Front armed group to break...

Dubai building catches fire 23 Nov 2015 - 06:11 pm

(Khalil/Gulf News Reader) Dubai: A huge fire broke out in a residential building on Salah Al Deen street near the Dubai Police station...

Mali state TV shows photos of “authors” of hotel attack 23 Nov 2015 - 06:09 pm

BAMAKO: Mali state television showed images on Monday of two men, apparently dead, that it said were the “authors” of an attack by...

Twitter users in Belgium combat terror lockdown with cat pictures 23 Nov 2015 - 05:34 pm

For Twitter users in Brussels, the answer was obvious — you obey the police request, help defuse tensions, and defy the terror threat...

Six soldiers injured in bomb explosion in eastern Turkey 23 Nov 2015 - 05:31 pm

Ankara: Six Turkish soldiers were slightly injured when an improvised remote-control roadside bomb struck an armored vehicle in eastern Mus province Monday, security...

Kenya’s president says will crack down on corrupt banks, officials 23 Nov 2015 - 05:17 pm

By Edith Honan and Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday Kenya would introduce new anti-corruption legislation, blacklist officials accused of...

Kurdish rebel leader says Turkish intransigence harms fight against IS 23 Nov 2015 - 05:10 pm

Cemil Bayik, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Qandil mountains near the...

Cameron pledges to outline strategy against IS this week 23 Nov 2015 - 04:49 pm

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, gestures as he speaks to France's President Francois Hollande after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in...

UK Muslim hate crimes soar post-Paris attacks: Monitoring body 23 Nov 2015 - 04:48 pm

Representational image LONDON: The number of hate crimes against Muslims has soared by almost 275 percent since the Paris attacks\ 10 days ago,...

Belgium detains five more people in raids on Monday 23 Nov 2015 - 04:41 pm

BRUSSELS: Belgium has detained five more people following raids on Monday morning in the Brussels and Liege regions as it searches the country's...

Pro-Ukraine activists block repair of sabotaged power lines to Crimea 23 Nov 2015 - 04:40 pm

By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KIEV: Pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged power lines leading to Crimea on Monday, keeping the Russian-annexed...