Flags of the five countries -Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania-making up the Arab Magreb Union pictured on February 18, 2012 in Rabat.
Flags of the five countries -Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania-making up the Arab Magreb Union pictured on February 18, 2012 in Rabat.
WASHINGTON: A Turkish Airlines flight from Houston, Texas, was diverted to Shannon, Ireland, on Sunday after officials discovered a handwritten bomb threat, CNN...
Soldiers stand outside an arms depot in Yimdi, Burkina Faso, on January 22, 2016. Suspected loyalists of BurkinaFaso's deposed President Blaise Compaore seized...
French President Francois Hollande waits for guests to leave the Elysee palace in Paris, France, January 22, 2016. (Reuters / Philippe Wojazer) Paris:...
Malaysian Armed Forces with a Royal Malaysian Police patrol outside a shopping mall at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23 January 2016. Kuala Lumpur:...
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to show it is "serious" about crushing extremist networks operating on its territory, saying...
A handout shakemap released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on 24 January 2016 shows the location of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in...
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban demanded the release of political prisoners among a list of conditions that they said on Sunday would need to be...
A major earthquake hit the southern coast of Alaska on Sunday, striking 50km (30 miles) east southeast of Pedro Bay, the US Geological...
File picture of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi with BJP party president Amit Shah at a rally during Bihar elections. New Delhi: Amit...
UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei speaks during the Gulf Intelligence UAE Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi. (AFP Photo / file photo) Davos: The...
French President Francois Hollande (centre) arrives at the Indian military base in Chandigarh on January 24, 2016. AFP Chandigarh: French President Francois Hollande...
BEIRUT: Syrian pro-government forces recaptured the rebel-held town of Rabiya in the western coastal province of Latakia on Sunday, Syrian state television and...
Johannesburg: Four miners have died in an underground fire in a platinum mine near South Africa's main city Johannesburg, the Impala group said...
A hiker poses with a thermometer under sub-zero temperatures at Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong, January 24, 2016. Reuters/Bobby...
Madhesi lawmakers walked out of parliament in protest before the bill was passed late today with 461 votes in favour of the amendments....
File photo of Khasham near the city of Deir al-Zor in Syria BEIRUT: At least 63 people, including nine children, have died in...
New Delhi: The union cabinet on Sunday recommended imposition of President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, informed sources here said. IANS
