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Tuscan city forced to live without its honeypot 24 Nov 2016 - 01:06 pm

Siena, Italy: The fates of the world's oldest bank and the Italian medieval city of Siena -- home to the celebrated Palio horse...

Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank 24 Nov 2016 - 01:00 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation soldiers early Thursday arrested 15 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a...

Puggles snuggle down in Sydney after rare echidna zoo births 24 Nov 2016 - 12:59 pm

Sydney: Sydney's Taronga Zoo is celebrating its first successful echidna births in 30 years with three healthy babies, known as puggles, from three...

Two killed in bomb attack in southern Turkey 24 Nov 2016 - 12:49 pm

Istanbul: Two people were killed and 21 wounded on Thursday when a car bomb exploded outside a local government building in the southern...

Man charged over hoax calls to pilots in Australia 24 Nov 2016 - 12:44 pm

Sydney: A man accused of making hoax calls to pilots in Australia, which saw at least one passenger plane change altitude and course,...

3 Turkish soldiers martyred in Syrian regime attack 24 Nov 2016 - 12:40 pm

ANKARA: Three Turkish soldiers were martyred and 10 others wounded Thursday in an air attack carried out by Syrian regime forces, the Turkish...

Sudan students march defying crackdown 24 Nov 2016 - 12:17 pm

Khartoum: Around 300 Sudanese students and schoolchildren marched in the capital Khartoum on Thursday, defying government efforts to quell persistent protests against fuel...

Lufthansa cancels 912 flights as pilots strike enters second day 24 Nov 2016 - 12:05 pm

Berlin: The strike by Lufthansa pilots in support of a pay demand went into its second day on Thursday, with the German flagship...

Twelve arrested in India baby trafficking ring 24 Nov 2016 - 11:59 am

Kolkata: Twelve people have been arrested in eastern India for trafficking newborn babies, who were smuggled out of clinics in biscuit boxes, police...

Turkish army blames Syria regime for deadly air strike 24 Nov 2016 - 11:50 am

Ankara, Turkey: The Turkish army blamed the Syrian regime for an air strike on Thursday in northern Syria that killed three soldiers and...

Fires continue in several Israeli areas 24 Nov 2016 - 11:32 am

Occupied Jerusalem: For the third straight day, Israeli firefighting teams are working to contain and extinguish fires broke out in several parts of...

40 dead in collapse at China plant during construction 24 Nov 2016 - 11:28 am

BEIJING: At least 40 people have been killed and an undetermined number remain trapped after a platform of a power plant's cooling tower...

Terror attack in southern Turkey's Adana province 24 Nov 2016 - 11:16 am

ADANA, Turkey: Two people were killed and 16 others were injured in a car bomb attack in the parking lot of the governor’s...

Australia offers Syria crisis aid as Jordan king visits 24 Nov 2016 - 11:04 am

MELBOURNE, Australia: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Thursday that Australia will provide a further A$220 million ($162 million) in aid for the Syrian...

Israel asks Greece and Croatia for planes to help firefighters 24 Nov 2016 - 11:01 am

JERUSALEM: Israel asked Greece and Croatia on Wednesday for planes to help fight forest fires that have raged across the country for the...

Turkey has dismissed 10,500 state employees over suspected PKK links -minister 24 Nov 2016 - 10:47 am

ISTANBUL: More than 10,500 state employees have been dismissed over suspected links with the Kurdish PKK militant group, Turkish Labour Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu...

In Somalia, voting under way but democracy delayed 24 Nov 2016 - 10:21 am

Baidoa, Somalia: With its security-sealed plastic boxes and cardboard polling booths, Somalia's election -- under way since last month and still ongoing --...

Costa Rica, Nicaragua brace for deadly Hurricane Otto 24 Nov 2016 - 10:07 am

Bluefields, Nicaragua: Costa Rica declared a national emergency hours before a Caribbean hurricane that was expected to rip into it and neighboring Nicaragua...