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New fund aims to fuel growth in market for clean cookstoves 13 Aug 2016 - 06:47 pm

A woman cooks on an Envirofit stove in Kenya: Photo courtesy: Envirofit International By Megan Rowling BARCELONA: A new $4 million fund aims...

Kurdish militants kill AK Party official in Turkey’s southeast, sources say 13 Aug 2016 - 06:43 pm

DIYARBAKIR: Kurdish militants killed an official of Turkey’s ruling AK Party in the country’s southeastern province of Sirnak after abducting him and his...

Pakistan police arrest ex-husband, father in suspected ‘honour killing’ 13 Aug 2016 - 06:39 pm

This photograph taken on July 28, 2016 shows Mukhtar Kazam, the husband of late British woman Samia Shahid, during a press conference in...

Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine 13 Aug 2016 - 05:21 pm

Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela with Cucuta in Colombia to buy basic supplies on July...

Funeral held for 'last queen' of Romania 13 Aug 2016 - 05:14 pm

Regiment soldiers guard the coffin of the late Queen Anne of Romania at the Royal Palace, now The Art Museum of Romania, as...

Turkish PM says Ankara sees no compromise with the US over Gulen extradition 13 Aug 2016 - 05:08 pm

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made his comments to a group of Turkish journalists who quoted him as saying that U.S. Vice President Joe...

Ten children reported dead in Yemen air strkie, parliament convenes 13 Aug 2016 - 04:36 pm

A soldier holds a machine gun mounted on a police truck outside Yemen's parliament during a session held by the parliament for the...

Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting as tensions rise 13 Aug 2016 - 04:32 pm

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini reiterated the bloc's support for Ukraine, saying it did not recognise the "illegal annexation of Crimea", while...

Briton formally arrested over Bangladesh cafe carnage 13 Aug 2016 - 04:11 pm

FILE PHOTO: Bangladesh police escort former North South University teacher Hasnat Karim and Canadian university student Tahmid Hasib towards the court. AFP Dhaka:...

IS frees hundreds of civilians in north Syria 13 Aug 2016 - 01:36 pm

Syrian opposition forces attack to the positions of Daesh terrorist organization at Tal Meled village in Aleppo, Syria on August 12, 2016. (...

Philippine Congress needs say on Marcos burial: ex-president 13 Aug 2016 - 01:31 pm

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos (C) does 10 push-ups after a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila on August 13, 2016. The...

‘Positive US signals’ on Gulen extradition 13 Aug 2016 - 12:14 am

AFP Ankara: Turkey said yesterday it had received “positive signals” from the US over its requests to extradite Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, 75,...

IS abducts 2,000 civilians as ‘human shields’ to flee stronghold in Syria 13 Aug 2016 - 12:14 am

AFP Beirut: Islamic State (IS) group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as “human shields” yesterday as they fled their stronghold of...

Pope in surprise visit to ex-prostitutes 13 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis. Reuters Vatican City: Pope Francis surprised 20 former prostitutes on Friday by knocking on their door in Rome and popping in...

Indian bride asks books for Mehr 13 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Sahla Nechiyil and Anees Nadodi. By AP Muhammed Afsal DOHA: In a rare incident, a young woman from India’s gold-obsessed Kerala state demanded...

US court rejects former Guantanamo inmate’s torture claim 12 Aug 2016 - 06:45 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled that a 2006 law that created...

Israel must charge or release hunger-striker: Amnesty 12 Aug 2016 - 06:29 pm

The mother (C) of Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed (portrait), who has been fasting for 53 days over his detention without trial, demonstrates against...