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18 killed, 41 injured in blasts near Nigerian capital 03 Oct 2015 - 03:36 pm

A Nigerian policeman stands beside a damaged car in Nyanya, near Abuja, on October 3, 2015, after two bomb blasts ripped through the...

Filipina held in Saudi over suicide vests 03 Oct 2015 - 03:25 pm

Riyadh: A Filipina has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of helping a Syrian to make explosive belts for suicide attacks in...

10 Palestinians Wounded in Nablus 03 Oct 2015 - 03:05 pm

Nablus: Ten Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Saturday during a raid by troops hunting the murderers of...

Israeli settler shoots, injures 6-year-old Palestinian 03 Oct 2015 - 03:02 pm

Qalqilya: An Israeli settler shot and critically injured a 6-year-old Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, witnesses said. Yousef Bayan...

More than 500 children dead since start of Yemen conflict 03 Oct 2015 - 02:06 pm

New York: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored the devastating toll six months of violence has taken on the children of Yemen,...

Nine killed in Afghan hospital bombing 03 Oct 2015 - 01:56 pm

Kabul: A suspected US air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz Saturday left nine MSF staff dead, in a...

Russian strikes destroy IS command post, other targets in Syria 03 Oct 2015 - 01:54 pm

Moscow: Russian air strikes destroyed an Islamic State command post near Raqa among other targets, the defence ministry said on Saturday, as Moscow...

Russia hits IS Syria stronghold after West slams raids 03 Oct 2015 - 01:38 pm

Beirut: Russian bombing raids on Syria entered their fourth day on Saturday, striking the Islamic State group's main stronghold after the Kremlin came...

Japanese man shot dead in Bangladesh days after 'IS attack' 03 Oct 2015 - 01:32 pm

Dhaka: A Japanese citizen was shot dead by gunmen in a northern Bangladesh town on Saturday, police said, days after an Italian aid...

Oregon shooter had 13 guns and was student at Umpqua 03 Oct 2015 - 12:20 pm

Mourners hold candles during a vigil for victims of a mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon. OREGON: The gunman behind the latest mass shooting...

Three dead at Afghan hospital after U.S. air strike 03 Oct 2015 - 12:06 pm

Fires burn in part of the MSF hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz after it was hit by an air strike. By...

Channel Tunnel traffic resumes after migrant intrusion: Eurotunnel 03 Oct 2015 - 10:44 am

LILLE, France: Traffic resumed through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France early Saturday several hours after being suspended when 113 migrants entered...

Kejriwal stopped from entering village of lynched man 03 Oct 2015 - 09:51 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was on his way to meet the family of a man lynched for allegedly eating...

30 dead, hundreds missing in Guatemala landslide 03 Oct 2015 - 08:50 am

Aereal view of the affected area after a landslide in the village Cambray II, in the municipality of Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala, 02...

Russian action in Syria a recipe for disaster: Obama 03 Oct 2015 - 01:30 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama warned yesterday that Russia’s military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar Al Assad is a “recipe...

Merkel ‘favourite’ to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize 03 Oct 2015 - 01:23 am

Stockholm: Speculation mounted yesterday that Angela Merkel could scoop this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership during Europe’s migrant crisis after she...