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Vietnam punishes editors over fish sauce story scandal 05 Dec 2016 - 07:00 pm

Hanoi: Vietnam on Monday punished two editors of a major newspaper which had earlier been fined for publishing what authorities said were false...

Indian state Tamil Nadu tense as popular leader critically ill 05 Dec 2016 - 06:51 pm

Chennai, India: Scuffles broke out Monday outside the hospital where one of India's most popular political leaders Jayalalithaa Jayaram is on life support...

Account of Syrian girl who tweeted about Aleppo disappears online 05 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

LONDON: The Twitter account of a seven-year-old Syrian girl, who garnered followers worldwide with her updates from Aleppo, has become inactive on the ...

Two Iraqi officers killed in clashes with IS 05 Dec 2016 - 04:55 pm

Baghdad: Two senior Iraqi army officers have been killed in clashes with the Islamic State group south of the embattled jihadist bastion of...

Clashes in central DR Congo leave 23 dead: Kasai official 05 Dec 2016 - 04:47 pm

Kinshasa: Twenty-three people died in weekend clashes triggered by tribal rivalry in Congo's central Tshikapa region, the deputy governor of Kasai province said...

Russia says army medic killed in rebel shelling of Aleppo field hospital 05 Dec 2016 - 04:43 pm

Moscow: A Russian army medic was killed Monday and two others seriously injured in rebel shelling of a field hospital in Syria's Aleppo,...

Kenya health workers strike despite court order 05 Dec 2016 - 04:38 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Thousands of health workers went on strike across Kenya on Monday in a bid to get the government to implement a...

35 Killed and Injured in Mosul 05 Dec 2016 - 04:29 pm

Baghdad: 13 civilians were killed and 22 others critically injured in a car bomb carried out by a suicidal ISIS militant on Monday...

Pakistani forces kill five militants: officials 05 Dec 2016 - 04:24 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistani paramilitary forces Monday killed five members of a Sunni militant outfit notorious for sectarian attacks and linked to the Islamic...

Jordanian F-16 fighter jet crashes, pilot dies 05 Dec 2016 - 04:11 pm

Amman: A Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 went down today shortly after take-off during a training mission, an official military source stated. According...

In Italy referendum, pollsters finally got it right - sort of 05 Dec 2016 - 03:46 pm

ROME: After getting egg on their faces over Britain's vote to leave the EU and the U.S. presidential election, pollsters finally called it...

Libyan forces take control of Islamic State holdouts in Sirte 05 Dec 2016 - 03:32 pm

MISRATA, Libya: Libyan forces took control on Monday of the final cluster of buildings where Islamic State militants were holding out in their...

Syria rebels rule out withdrawal from Aleppo 05 Dec 2016 - 03:16 pm

Beirut: Syrian rebels on Monday ruled out leaving east Aleppo, despite sweeping government advances and Moscow's announcement it would hold talks with Washington...

First Israeli envoy to Turkey since 2010 starts work 05 Dec 2016 - 03:06 pm

Ankara: Israel's first ambassador to Turkey since 2010 presented his credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, completing a critical step in...

Uzbek interim leader wins presidency with 88.6% of vote: official results 05 Dec 2016 - 02:49 pm

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan's interim leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a landslide victory to become the country's second-ever president following the death of long-reigning...

Spain smashes fake police ring that robbed tourists 05 Dec 2016 - 02:49 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said Monday they had smashed a criminal gang who preyed on tourists in Madrid by posing as police officers. Eight...

Trump names Carson as housing secretary 05 Dec 2016 - 02:44 pm

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday chose Ben Carson, the mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to turn...