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Five Bangladesh militants jailed for 2005 blasts 18 Jan 2016 - 10:53 am

File picture for representation only. Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced five Islamist militants to 10 years in prison for carrying out explosions...

Iraqi security forces deploy in area where US nationals reported missing 18 Jan 2016 - 10:36 am

Iraqi army helicopters were seen hovering over the area. (Image for representation only) BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints on Monday in...

Pakistani PM visits Saudi Arabia, Iran to ease tensions 18 Jan 2016 - 10:32 am

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif (file photo for representation only) Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday...

'Have maullahs driven Pakistanis to insanity?' 18 Jan 2016 - 10:18 am

Islamabad: Have Pakistanis "really been driven to the edge of insanity in our subservience to the maulvis and mullahs" an editorial in a...

Countdown for launch of Indian rocket starts 18 Jan 2016 - 10:15 am

File photo for representation only Chennai: The 48-hour countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket -- the first one for 2016 --...

Iran says new US sanctions illegitimate, points to Washington's arms sales 18 Jan 2016 - 10:07 am

A general view shows northwestern Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016. (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi) DUBAI: Iran said on Monday new US sanctions imposed...

Four-nation meeting in Kabul seeks to revive Taliban talks 18 Jan 2016 - 09:37 am

Afghan National Army (ANA) officers participate in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Afghanistan. (file photo) Kabul: A second...

Sanders lashes out at Clinton in contentious Democratic debate 18 Jan 2016 - 09:04 am

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders participates in the NBC News -YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate on January 17, 2016 at the Gaillard Center in...

China state media warn Taiwan president-elect against 'hypocrisy' 18 Jan 2016 - 09:02 am

Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (L) waves to supporters after winning the presidential elections, in Taipei, Taiwan, 16 January 2016. Beijing: China's state-run media...

Australian PM announces Afghanistan troop increase on Kabul visit 18 Jan 2016 - 01:30 am

By Matt Siegel SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Monday a small increase in the Australian troop commitment to the NATO-led...

Security forces hunt possible surviving Burkina hotel attackers 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Soldiers secure the area in front of Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 17, 2016. (Reuters /Joe Penney) Ouagadougou: Security forces were...

Obama: we have cut off every path for Iran to obtain nuclear bomb 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Sunday heralded the implementation of a nuclear deal with Iran, saying world powers had cut off every path...

Iranians welcome deal with satisfaction and caution 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

An Iranian woman walks past a revolutionary mural in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi) By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Parisa...

Car bomb in Yemeni port city kills four, injures others - witnesses 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image DUBAI: Four people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the home of...

Poland will not bow to EU on reforms: right-wing leader 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Warsaw: The head of Poland's ruling right-wing party insisted Sunday it would not bow to EU pressure after Brussels launched an unprecedented probe...

Four die in violence in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR: A Turkish police officer and a soldier were killed by sniper fire and two Kurdish militants were shot dead...

Colombia: army rescues a dozen fishermen held by ELN 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Bogota: A dozen fishermen who had been abducted by Colombia's ELN guerrilla group have been freed in an army operation, President...

Three freed Iranian-Americans heading to Switzerland 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

The three were Jason Rezaian (pictured), the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent; Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor; and former US Marine Amir Hekmati. Washington:...