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Iran has begun dismantling nuclear facilities: UN watchdog 19 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Vienna: Iran has begun dismantling parts of its nuclear programme, as agreed under July's landmark deal with major powers, a UN atomic watchdog...

CIA chief blasts Snowden in wake of Paris attacks 19 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday blasted former analyst Edward Snowden, saying his intelligence leaks had undermined US security. The comments from...

Russian jets 'hunting' IS oil tanker trucks: defence ministry 19 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said its planes will attack any tanker trucks travelling through territory belonging to the Islamic State group in Syria,...

Radical's transformation may have begun in prison 19 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

BRUSSELS: Much about Abdelhamid Abaaoud's path to armed Islamic radicalism remains mysterious. In the words of Koen Geens, the Belgian justice minister, he...

Isis Pharmaceuticals ponders name change after attacks 19 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Isis Pharmaceuticals is considering a name change after last week's deadly attacks in Paris, a company official said Wednesday. Wade Walke, a vice...

Blast hits mobile phone market in Kano, NE Nigeria: traders 18 Nov 2015 - 06:50 pm

Kano, Nigeria: A large blast ripped through a busy mobile phone market in Nigeria's biggest northern city, Kano, on Wednesday, two traders told...

Islamic State group says bomb downed Russian plane 18 Nov 2015 - 06:36 pm

Image of the IED used to bring down the Russian Airplane. (Dabiq magazine) Cairo: The Islamic State group has said it smuggled a...

Man held in Paris raid lent apartment to two 'from Belgium' 18 Nov 2015 - 06:21 pm

Forensics of the French police search for evidences outside a building in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on November 18, 2015 AFP ...

Thousands protest in Nigeria for pro-Biafra detainee, independence 18 Nov 2015 - 05:56 pm

Hundreds of pro-Biafra supporters march through the streets of Aba, southeastern Nigeria, to call for the release of a key activist on November...

Putin, Sisi agree 'close' security service cooperation after jet bombing: Kremlin 18 Nov 2015 - 05:05 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday agreed "close cooperation" between their security services after Moscow...

Copenhagen airport terminal evacuated over suspect bag 18 Nov 2015 - 05:01 pm

Police and bomb squad are pictured at Kastrup airport in Copenhagen on November 18, 2015. AFP Copenhagen: Danish police evacuated one of two...

President Kiir seeks support for peace in S.Sudan 18 Nov 2015 - 04:57 pm

Juba: President Salva Kiir on Wednesday asked South Sudan's lawmakers to back a peace deal aimed at ending two years of civil war...

UN experts demand action over suspected secret Sri Lankan prisons 18 Nov 2015 - 04:51 pm

Colombo: UN experts Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to speed up probes into suspected secret detention centres after they inspected a former illegal prison...

Turkey kills 'IS militant' on Syria border, detains 21 18 Nov 2015 - 04:40 pm

Ankara: Turkish security forces killed one suspected Islamic State (IS) militant seeking to cross into Turkey from Syria and arrested 21 others, the...

Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians in hebron 18 Nov 2015 - 04:34 pm

Hebron: Israeli occupation forces apprehended Wednesday nine Palestinians, including three boys, in West Bank's province of Hebron, storming and searching a number of...