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Netanyahu grilled again in graft probe: public radio 09 Nov 2017 - 06:26 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police on Thursday evening in connection with two separate investigations into alleged corruption, Israeli...

Police arrest 111 Islamic State suspects in Ankara 09 Nov 2017 - 04:58 pm

ANKARA, Turkey: A total of 111 Islamic State terror suspects were arrested in Ankara on Thursday, according to a police source. The Ankara...

India rolls out the red carpet for 100-year-old voter 09 Nov 2017 - 04:08 pm

Shimla, India: Authorities in a remote Himalayan village in northern India rolled out the red carpet Thursday for a 100-year-old man who has...

29 civilians 'will die' if not evacuated from Syria's Eastern Ghouta: UN 09 Nov 2017 - 03:59 pm

Geneva: Some 400 civilians are in urgent need of medical evacuation from Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, including 29 who will die if they...

Delhi restricts vehicles as smog envelopes India and Pakistan 09 Nov 2017 - 03:56 pm

New Delhi: New Delhi banned all construction, barred lorries from entering the city and announced stringent restrictions on private car use on Thursday,...

Calls for action after Myanmar land rights activist beaten to death 09 Nov 2017 - 03:49 pm

MUMBAI: Activists want a thorough investigation into the killing of a land rights activist in Myanmar, and greater protection of land defenders, amid...

German nurse may have killed over 100 patients: Prosecutors 09 Nov 2017 - 03:30 pm

BERLIN: A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients over several years...

For some Palestinians in love, this slum is the only place to live 09 Nov 2017 - 12:17 pm

JERUSALEM: Kafr Aqab is no one's dream destination: the overcrowded neighbourhood separated from adjacent East Jerusalem by Israel's barrier in the occupied West...

Swiss drop inquiry against director Polanski 09 Nov 2017 - 12:09 pm

ZURICH, Swiss prosecutors have dropped an investigation of film director Roman Polanski after finding the statute of limitations did not allow pursuing allegations...

Minor train disruption rattles Singapore's reputation for glitch-free services 09 Nov 2017 - 12:08 pm

SINGAPORE: Singapore is grappling with a controversy that refuses to go away, a month after rainwater flooded a tunnel of its mass rapid...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals 09 Nov 2017 - 11:57 am

LONDON, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers,...

Bangladeshi academic missing amid spike in disappearances 09 Nov 2017 - 11:43 am

Dhaka, A Bangladeshi professor internationally respected for his work on Islamic extremism has gone missing, police said Thursday, with activists fearing the worst...

Thousands of schools close as smog envelopes India, Pakistan 09 Nov 2017 - 11:42 am

New Delhi: Schools closed across large swathes of north India on Thursday as a hazardous fog of toxic pollution cloaked the region for...

German bond yields edge up for first time in over a week 09 Nov 2017 - 11:31 am

LONDON, Germany’s 10-year bond yield edged up on Thursday for the first time in over a week, pulling back from two-month lows as...

Netanyahu to be grilled again in graft probe: Media 09 Nov 2017 - 11:21 am

Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to be questioned by police on Thursday in connection with two separate investigations into alleged...

Mexico condemns Texas execution of its citizen 09 Nov 2017 - 11:15 am

Washington: The US state of Texas on Wednesday executed a Mexican convicted of murdering his teen cousin, despite opposition from his home country...

Macron warns looming military defeat of IS 'not the end' 09 Nov 2017 - 11:08 am

Abu Dhabi: French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the Islamic State group faced complete military defeat in Iraq and Syria within months...