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Indians with US Visa or greencard to get visa on arrival in UAE 29 Mar 2017 - 05:59 pm

Doha: Indian passport holders with valid US visa or green cards will get visa on arrival in UAE. This was approved by the...

Key points from Theresa May's Brexit letter 29 Mar 2017 - 04:29 pm

London: Calling for a "deep and special partnership" with Brussels, Prime Minister Theresa May struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday in her letter...

Article 50: UK officially starts Brexit process 29 Mar 2017 - 04:12 pm

London: Britain and the European Union must "work hard" to avoid a failure in Brexit negotiations, Prime Minister Theresa May said in the...

May urges N.Ireland to form a government and engage in Brexit process 29 Mar 2017 - 03:57 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May called on the rival political parties in Northern Ireland to come together and form a regional government...

'We already miss you,' EU's Tusk tells Britain 29 Mar 2017 - 03:53 pm

Brussels: EU president Donald Tusk said the bloc already misses Britain but would act as one to defend its interests after London triggered...

Over 60,000 S.Sudanese enter Sudan in three months: UN 29 Mar 2017 - 03:33 pm

Khartoum: More than 60,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday,...

Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vows fightback after vote chaos 29 Mar 2017 - 03:18 pm

Colombo: Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vowed Wednesday to keep up the pressure on the government after it deployed troops to remove...

Bus bombing kills five in Syria's Homs 29 Mar 2017 - 02:58 pm

BEIRUT: A bomb blast hit a passenger bus in the government-held city of Homs at noon on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding...

50 shades of controversy: a history of the EU exit clause 29 Mar 2017 - 02:52 pm

London: It is a fitting quirk of history that the 264 words shaping Britain's divorce from the EU were brought to life by...

Islamic State shelling forces engineers to evacuate Tabqa dam 29 Mar 2017 - 02:48 pm

TABQA DAM, Syria: Islamic State shelled positions held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River...

Video: Lebanon's Aoun takes tumble as Arab summit starts 29 Mar 2017 - 02:40 pm

DEAD SEA, Jordan: Lebanese President Michel Aoun tripped and fell face down as Arab heads of state gathered at the start of their...

France's Macron says post-Brexit priority is protecting EU citizens 29 Mar 2017 - 02:29 pm

PARIS: Emmanuel Macron, the centrist who is favourite to win the French presidential election in May, said on Wednesday his priority, as Britain...

Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov slams crackdown on young protesters 29 Mar 2017 - 02:26 pm

Moscow: Renowned arthouse film director Alexander Sokurov has used an award speech to condemn the Russian police's rough treatment of young protesters at...

Paris arrests after clashes over police killing of Chinese man 29 Mar 2017 - 01:29 pm

Paris: Ten people were arrested in a second night of protests in Paris over the killing by police of a Chinese father of...

Trump to welcome Egypt's Sisi in Washington on April 3 29 Mar 2017 - 01:14 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will host Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House on April 3, the White House said Tuesday. ...

Ukraine probing attack on Polish consulate 29 Mar 2017 - 12:35 pm

Kiev: Ukraine on Wednesday said it was investigating an attack that damaged a Polish consulate in the country's west, an incident which both...

Iraqi forces battle toward landmark Mosul mosque 29 Mar 2017 - 12:30 pm

MOSUL: Iraqi special forces and police fought Islamic State militants to edge closer to the al-Nuri mosque in western Mosul on Wednesday, tightening...