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Dubai plane crash survivor hits $1m jackpot 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

In the space of a week, he survived a crash landing at Dubai airport then won $1 million in a lottery organised by...

Security beefed up at Games after bus attacked with stones 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A security personnel member stands guard at the equestrian venue. REUTERS/Tony Gentile By Daniel Flynn and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio Games...

Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea: sources 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A ship (top) of the Chinese Coast Guard is seen near a ship of the Vietnam Marine Guard in the South China Sea,...

Saudi policeman killed by Yemeni expatriate 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

DUBAI: A Yemeni expatriate killed a policeman in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by running him over with his car and then stabbing him,...

Oman closes down newspaper, journalists held- Amnesty International 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Screenshot of a tweet DUBAI: Omani authorities have closed down a privately owned newspaper after detaining three of its journalists over its reporting...

Ravindra Jadeja fined $300 for lion selfies 10 Aug 2016 - 06:29 pm

(Instagram) Ahmedabad, India: Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has been fined $300 for taking selfies with endangered Asiatic lions in the country's west despite...

"None is left": Pakistani legal community decimated by bombing 10 Aug 2016 - 06:08 pm

A Pakistani lawyer reacts following the death of their colleagues killed in the suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital, in Quetta on August...

Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36-hour grocery run 10 Aug 2016 - 05:25 pm

People stand next to bags filled with staple items and their luggage while they wait for transportation, after arriving from Brazil, at the...

Police bust ATM heist, Romanian in custody 10 Aug 2016 - 04:36 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: A Romanian man involved in a sensational ATM heist from an SBI kiosk here has been arrested in Mumbai and he has...

Oman closes down newspaper, accuses it of insulting judiciary 10 Aug 2016 - 04:28 pm

(A screenshot of the website) DUBAI: A privately owned newspaper in Oman said on its website on Wednesday it had been suspended from...

12 newborns dead in Baghdad hospital blaze 10 Aug 2016 - 04:25 pm

Burnt incubators stand outside a maternity ward after a fire broke out at Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, August 10, 2016. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani) ...

Mumbai hospital CEO, four medicos nabbed for kidney racket 10 Aug 2016 - 03:44 pm

(Photo: Hospital website) Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai police have arrested five medicos, including the CEO and Medical Director of the...

Abuse rife in Australian immigration centre: leaked reports 10 Aug 2016 - 12:28 pm

Sydney: More than 2,000 leaked reports detailing allegations of sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm in Australian immigration centres on Nauru were published...

Police raid suspected Islamist extremists in West German towns 10 Aug 2016 - 11:39 am

A policeman waits on August 10,2016 in Duisburg in front of a Turkish travel office. Police conducted searches in different locations of the...

Indians immune to Olympic fever 10 Aug 2016 - 11:13 am

In this photograph taken on August 9, 2016, an Indian man sits alone as he watches a live screening of the Rio 2016...

Maduro gloats over Venezuela opposition's faltering recall bid 10 Aug 2016 - 10:23 am

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his weekly broadcast "En contacto con Maduro" (In contact with Maduro) in Caracas, Venezuela August 9, 2016....

World Vision questions Hamas aid theft claims 10 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Palestinians hold posters of World Vision International's (WVI) Gaza director Mohammad El Halabi during a protest in front of World Vision International's (WVI)...