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Another Nigerian judge charged for corruption 15 Nov 2016 - 11:15 am

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria late Monday filed a 15-count corruption charge against federal high court justice Adeniyi Ademola, one week after similar charges were...

Bangkok bomb trial starts after months of delays 15 Nov 2016 - 11:10 am

Bangkok: The long-delayed trial of two Uighur men accused of bombing a Bangkok shrine finally kicked off Tuesday as a military court allowed...

Trump close to picking secretary of state 15 Nov 2016 - 11:00 am

Washington: US President-Elect Donald Trump could announce his pick for Secretary of State as early as Tuesday as speculation has come down to...

Sri Lanka probes military links to Jaffna violence 15 Nov 2016 - 10:54 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka is investigating whether the army was involved in a recent wave of violence in the minority Tamil heartland of Jaffna,...

Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours 15 Nov 2016 - 10:37 am

BEIRUT: An air strike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in...

UK government has no overall plan for Brexit, leaked memo cited by BBC says 15 Nov 2016 - 10:35 am

LONDON: Britain has no overall plan for Brexit and the strategy for leaving the European Union might not be agreed for six months...

Police raid mosques, flats across Germany as government bans Islamist group 15 Nov 2016 - 10:32 am

BERLIN: German police launched dawn raids on mosques, apartments and offices in ten German states on Tuesday, and the government banned a group...

Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev detained over bribe allegation 15 Nov 2016 - 10:25 am

MOSCOW: Russian law enforcement officials detained Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on corruption charges linked to a $5 billion acquisition by state oil giant...

Saudis intercept missile fired from Yemen 15 Nov 2016 - 10:18 am

Riyadh: Saudi air defence forces on Tuesday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen towards the kingdom, the Riyadh-led anti-rebel coalition...

After Trump shock, Obama heads to Athens to talk democracy 15 Nov 2016 - 09:58 am

Athens: US President Barack Obama will arrive in Athens on Tuesday, the first stop on a final foreign trip that will aim to...

Climate change fuels insurgency in Afghanistan 15 Nov 2016 - 09:43 am

Kabul: After two winters without snow, Kabul residents are anxiously scouring the hills for the first flakes, wary that the depletion of this...

Global Forum to explore youth entrepreneurship opens in Riyadh today 15 Nov 2016 - 09:01 am

Riyadh: MiSK Global Forum (MGF 2016), an initiative to empower the Arab youth to become global citizens and to lead the way for...

New Zealand evacuates quake-hit town, fears of Wellington building collapse 15 Nov 2016 - 08:48 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand emergency services and defence personnel began evacuating hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more...

Battle with IS leaves melting pot Iraq town in ruins 14 Nov 2016 - 08:38 pm

Bashiqa, Iraq: Dilshad Salim stares in disbelief at the devastated ruins of his hometown Bashiqa in northern Iraq several days after Kurdish forces...

Islamic State ousted from Yazidi villages west of Mosul:Kurdish-Yazidi force 14 Nov 2016 - 08:32 pm

ERBIL: A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged Islamic State (IS) militants from five Yazidi villages west...

India’s efforts to protect children fail due lack of budget: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi 14 Nov 2016 - 08:25 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s efforts to improve the lives of its children are failing due to meagre government spending on the youth, Nobel peace...

Dutchman 'who almost broke the internet' escapes jail 14 Nov 2016 - 08:16 pm

The Hague: A Dutchman accused of launching an unprecedented 2013 cyberattack that reportedly "nearly broke the internet" escaped jail Monday even though he...