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Pakistan to conduct 1st population survey in 19 years 12 Mar 2017 - 06:02 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's information minister says the country is set to launch a national census for the first time in 19 years. Maryam Aurangzeb...

No tables free at restaurant in Italy murder row 12 Mar 2017 - 05:55 pm

Rome: An Italian restaurateur facing a murder charge for shooting dead a burglar was back behind the stoves Sunday, cooking for a full...

South Africa’s ANC says must end corruption, infighting to curb decline 12 Mar 2017 - 05:39 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) needs to end corruption and party divisions, and deliver on promises to tackle poverty if...

Ex-Qaeda affiliate in Syria claims Damascus bombings 12 Mar 2017 - 05:39 pm

Beirut: Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front on Sunday said in a statement it was behind twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in...

UK minister urges lawmakers not to delay Brexit 12 Mar 2017 - 05:01 pm

London: British MP David Davis, who has been the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union since 2016, on Sunday said Parliament...

Dutch government says Turkey responsible for safety of diplomats 12 Mar 2017 - 04:45 pm

AMSTERDAM: Turkish authorities are responsible for the safety of Dutch diplomats in Turkey, the Dutch foreign ministry said on Sunday, responding to an ...

Erdogan warns Netherlands will 'pay price' as crisis spirals 12 Mar 2017 - 04:32 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday warned the Netherlands it would pay a price for preventing top ministers from holding rallies...

Bangladesh to fell building deemed "symbol of corruption" 12 Mar 2017 - 04:22 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a move welcomed by activists who...

Merkel meets Trump in clash of style and substance 12 Mar 2017 - 04:02 pm

BERLIN: She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention...

Saudi king arrives in Tokyo for four-day visit 12 Mar 2017 - 03:39 pm

Tokyo: The Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first...

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrate against ban of Adhan in Al-Jalil 12 Mar 2017 - 03:23 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Thousands of Palestinians took part in a demonstration organized by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel in Al-Jalil,...

Iraqi forces retake third of west Mosul 12 Mar 2017 - 02:56 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said Sunday, after a week...

15 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide 12 Mar 2017 - 02:42 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Fifteen people have been killed in a landslide at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital and...

Policeman killed in south Tunisia ambush 12 Mar 2017 - 01:46 pm

Tunis: A police officer was killed and another wounded in a night-time ambush on a checkpoint in southern Tunisia, the interior ministry said...

Two female bombers killed in foiled attack in Nigeria 12 Mar 2017 - 01:37 pm

Lagos: Civilian vigilantes foiled a suicide attack on the outskirts of Nigeria's flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing two teenaged female bombers, police said...