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Fresh start for Liberian chimpanzees used for medical tests 23 Dec 2015 - 06:30 pm

Jenny Desmond makes the daily voyage to the chimps with Joseph Thomas (pictured) a Liberian employed by the Center for 36 years NY...

Suspected bomb kills one at Istanbul airport, investigation launched 23 Dec 2015 - 06:26 pm

Damage to to the terminal building following the blast. Photo: Rex Features Five planes suffer damage - minister Operator Malaysia Airports says security...

Bosnia: Sarajevo schools close down because pollution 23 Dec 2015 - 06:22 pm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sarajevo authorities say they are closing down schools because of high pollution mixed with fog, and volunteers have begun distributing face...

BJP suspends Kirti Azad for taking on Jaitley 23 Dec 2015 - 05:43 pm

Kirti Azad New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday suspended MP Kirti Azad, who has alleged large-scale corruption in Delhi's cricket body when it...

Storms in Philippines uproot 1.7 mln people, destroy 40,000 homes 23 Dec 2015 - 05:33 pm

A baby boy sits on makeshift flotation device made from a wheel interior inside a flooded house in Calumpit, Bulacan, suburban Manila on...

Saudi king blames Assad for IS rise in Syria 23 Dec 2015 - 05:32 pm

Riyadh: Custodian of the two holy mosques King Salman bin AbdulazizSaudi King Salman accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday of having aided the...

Three killed in a roadside explosion in NW Pakistan 23 Dec 2015 - 05:31 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: A roadside bomb attack on Wednesday killed at least three people including two children in a restive Pakistani region near the...

Indonesia sends warships to help look for 70 after boat sank 23 Dec 2015 - 04:50 pm

MAKASSAR, Indonesia: Indonesian navy will dispatch warships to join the search for 70 people still missing after a passenger boat sank Saturday in...

Somalia bans Christmas and New Year festivities 23 Dec 2015 - 04:46 pm

representational purpose Mogadishu: Somalia's government has banned celebrations of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim majority country, saying the festivities might attract...

India police say 15 charged in lynching over beef rumours 23 Dec 2015 - 04:44 pm

Lucknow, India: Indian police Wednesday formally charged 15 suspects over the mob murder of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef in late...

Saudi commute maid's stoning death sentence: Sri Lanka 23 Dec 2015 - 04:41 pm

Sri Lankan deputy foreign minister Harsha de Silva (L) interacts with Minister of Foreign Employment Thalatha Athukorala during a press conference in Colombo...

Burundi rebels announce force to oust president 23 Dec 2015 - 04:33 pm

Nairobi: Burundi's rebels came together Wednesday for the first time as a force aimed at ousting President Pierre Nkurunziza, after months of deadly...

70% of Syria refugees in Lebanon live in 'extreme poverty': UN 23 Dec 2015 - 04:30 pm

Beirut: More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published Wednesday, up nearly...

British Muslim family barred from flying to Disneyland 23 Dec 2015 - 04:05 pm

Stella Creasy London: Prime Minister David Cameron was urged to intervene Wednesday after a British Muslim family was prevented from flying to the...

Govt to diversify income and raise efficiency: Saudi King 23 Dec 2015 - 03:49 pm

Members of the Saudi Shura Council, attend a session chaired by he Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz in...

East Africa pushes Burundi peacekeeping force 23 Dec 2015 - 12:37 pm

Nairobi: Burundi faces mounting regional pressure to accept an African Union peacekeeping force, diplomats said Wednesday, with the issue a key point of...

Rwanda says won't join African Union force for Burundi 23 Dec 2015 - 12:03 pm

Rwanda president Paul Kagame Kigali: Rwanda will not contribute troops to a peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Burundi, President Paul Kagame said, as he...