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Islamic State car bomb attack kills seven north of Baghdad 13 Jul 2016 - 04:09 pm

Iraqi men inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, at a checkpoint leading to the Husseiniyah...

France shuts missions in Turkey for security reasons 13 Jul 2016 - 03:25 pm

A general view of the French Consulate in Istanbul. (AFP / OZAN KOSE) ANKARA, Turkey: France on Wednesday said it had closed its...

US will welcome target of 10,000 Syria refugees: Kerry 13 Jul 2016 - 12:57 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP / SAUL LOEB) Washington: The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as...

UK Labour lawmaker Owen Smith says to run for party leadership 13 Jul 2016 - 11:07 am

Owen Smith (photo: Official website) LONDON: A second British Labour opposition lawmaker entered the contest to topple leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday, boosting...

Decade after war with Israel, another war batters Hezbollah 13 Jul 2016 - 01:10 am

By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam In front-line villages of south Lebanon, the posters of Hezbollah members killed fighting Israel 10 years ago...

COLUMN: Can Washington prevent war in Southeast Asia? 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

South Koreans watch television news about the North Korean government at a train station in Seoul, May 6, 2016. EPA / JEON HEON-KYUN ...

Obama heads to Dallas to heal divisions 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Caption Washington: President Barack Obama embarked on a somber visit to Dallas Tuesday, to memorialize five white police officers murdered by a black...

EU and US launch controversial internet privacy deal 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker (L) and European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova talk to the media at...

Macron holds first Paris rally as presidency bid rumours swirl 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron in Paris on February 24, 2016. AFP / Thomas Samson Rally at emblematic Left Bank venue fuels bid...

Italy backs Irish Republic’s call to avoid hard border with Northern Ireland after Brexit 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

“We do hope and we are confident that the British referendum will not have as a consequence the raising of new borders in...

15 arrested for sexual assault at Pamplona bull-running 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Runners sprint along Victoriano del Rio bulls during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain,...

Migrant flows to EU eased after Turkey deal, “front line” moved to Italy 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi migrants without documents walk towards the transit center near Gevgelija at the Macedonian-Greek border on February 26, 2016. AFP/ Robert ATANASOVSKI EU...

US attorney general deflects lawmakers’ questions on Clinton emails 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst ...

Europol chief says people smugglers at record levels as criminal gangs move in 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A man sitting atop a container uses his mobile deviced at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece, May...

Man chokes daughter to death with onion for not learning alphabets 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

At one point when she couldn't recite her alphabets, an enraged Kute thrashed her and then forced her to swallow an onion as...

Uganda, Djibouti censured by ICC for failure to arrest Bashir 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses top officials during a meeting on August 21, 2015 in Khartoum. AFP / Ashraf Shazly The Hague: The...

Three quarters of South Sudanese need humanitarian aid: UN 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Amman: Three-quarters of the population of South Sudan needs humanitarian aid after four days of deadly fighting, the UN's World Food Programme director...