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Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback 11 Mar 2017 - 08:53 am

A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the...

Turkey seeks to build Syrian military cooperation with Russia 11 Mar 2017 - 08:45 am

MOSCOW/ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts...

Paris region orders labourers to speak French on public building sites 10 Mar 2017 - 07:47 pm

Paris: The Paris region has passed a new rule obliging labourers on public building sites to use French, copying action taken elsewhere in...

Bonanza for Indian mothers; govt more than doubles maternity leave 10 Mar 2017 - 05:46 pm

NEW DELHI: India will more than double maternity leave, allow work from home and require employers to have crèches to improve maternal and...

Court throws South Korean president out of office 10 Mar 2017 - 05:09 pm

SEOUL: South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country’s conglomerates at a...

Potential Netanyahu heir promotes Gaza island 09 Mar 2017 - 10:00 pm

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel's powerful transportation and intelligence minister says he is pushing forward with a proposal to build an artificial island with...

Gazans protest Israeli law limiting Muslim prayer call 09 Mar 2017 - 09:48 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Palestinians on Thursday protested in the Gaza Strip to condemn this week’s Knesset vote in which Israeli MPs approved a...

Assange says leaks show CIA's 'devastating incompetence' 09 Mar 2017 - 09:28 pm

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for failing to protect its hacking secrets and said he...

Starving Venezuelans root through bins to survive 09 Mar 2017 - 09:17 pm

Caracas: The garbage truck brakes and desperate teen Rebeca Leon runs up to root hungrily through the bin bags. Venezuela is rich in...

Syrian force a “few weeks” from Raqqa, US Marines deploy 09 Mar 2017 - 07:08 pm

BEIRUT: U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in...

Islamic State leader Baghdadi 'flees Mosul' as Iraqi forces advance 09 Mar 2017 - 05:32 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the battle...

U.S. weather forecaster sees increasing chances of El Nino this year 09 Mar 2017 - 05:23 pm

NEW YORK: A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said La Niña conditions have disappeared and projected the possibility of El Niño developing...

Brexit bill to go before MPs from Monday 09 Mar 2017 - 03:00 pm

London: British MPs will meet on Monday to discuss amendments made to a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Brexit, with...

More than 20,000 flee Myanmar conflict, cross border to China 09 Mar 2017 - 02:51 pm

Beijing: More than 20,000 people from Myanmar have flooded into border camps in neighbouring China, seeking refuge from bitter fighting between ethnic groups...

Roadside blast kills police officer in Egypt’s Sinai 09 Mar 2017 - 01:52 pm

CAIRO: A senior police officer was killed late Wednesday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry....

Suicide bombers hit wedding in Iraq’s Saladin, kill 23 09 Mar 2017 - 01:49 pm

SALADIN, Iraq: At least 23 people were killed and another 20 injured when two blasts tore through a wedding in Iraq’s Saladin province...

Tunisia FM visits Baghdad for talks with Iraq officials 09 Mar 2017 - 01:07 pm

BAGHDAD: Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui on Wednesday visited Baghdad to discuss regional developments -- especially the fight against terrorism -- with Iraqi...

Ankara takes 156 military students, 8 officers to court 09 Mar 2017 - 12:35 pm

ANKARA: The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Ankara opened a case against 156 Turkish military academy students and eight high-ranking officials Wednesday, a...