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    Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algerian president)   ALGIERS: Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika has replaced his powerful intelligence chief, the presidency said on Sunday, in the latest...

    Ayman al-Zawahiri    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called for jihadists to close ranks and take the battle to Western cities, especially in the United...

Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September...

File photo of GCC foreign ministers' meeting in Riyadh.   RIYADH: The GCC Ministerial Council is set to hold its 136th session in Riyadh...

  According to economists, countries are considered as rich if citizens in these nations earn enough to support all of their needs. These top...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Vice-President of the European Commission for Budget and Human Resources Kristalina Georgieva in Moscow,...

A Palestinian youth is evacuated after being injured during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on September 13,...

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (C) visits Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem November 25, 2014.   PRAGUE: The Czech Republic cannot...

Migrants walk on a highway towards Vienna, near Nickelsdorf, Austria September 11, 2015.   Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants...

MUMBAI: A delegation of top Jain religious leaders met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday and drew curtains on the controversy over...

  BY SAUD MEHSUD DERA ISMAIL KHAN ( Pakistan): Pakistan militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State said on Sunday they had attacked...

    NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Sunday they were hunting for the owner of illegally stored explosives which accidentally detonated in the centre...

Caption GAZA: Hamas movement has welcomed raising the Palestinian flag on the United Nations headquarters. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Hamas...

RAMALLAH:  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday condemned what he called an "attack" by Israeli authorities at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in...

      MOSCOW:  Russians voted in local elections on Sunday expected to confirm the ruling party's dominance despite a dogged campaign by the opposition led...

COLOMBO:  Sri Lanka announced Sunday 16 Indian fishermen would be released to coincide with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi, his...

  AL-ABER:  Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, launched a major offensive against Iran-backed rebels east of Sanaa on...

  MEXICO CITY: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck offshore in northwestern Mexico early Sunday between the Baja California tourist resort region and Sinaloa state,...