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Egyptian court sentences three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison 29 Aug 2015 - 11:34 am

Pic source: Al Jazeera website CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for...

Thousands rally to pile pressure on Malaysia's PM 29 Aug 2015 - 11:19 am

Supporters of pro-democracy group "Bersih" (Clean) gather near Chinatown in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur. By Trinna Leong and Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah...

Pro-Kurdish party joins interim Turkish cabinet 29 Aug 2015 - 12:03 am

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the 104th enlarged meeting of provincial chairmen of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at the AK...

Nine hours battling death off Libya coast 29 Aug 2015 - 12:02 am

Libyan Red Crescent workers move the body of a migrant recovered by coastguard after a boat sank off the coastal town of Zuwara,...

Park rates higher after peace with N Korea 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye meets soldiers after a US-South Korea military exercise in Pocheon, South Korea, yesterday. SEOUL: Beset by crisis, scandal...

US, China to resolve differences 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,...

Tensions rise across Gujarat 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Paramilitary personnel patrol Ahmedabad roads, yesterday. Ahmedabad: A court in Gujarat ordered an inquiry yesterday into the death of a protester in police...

Sheena murder: Khanna’s confession, Mikhail’s proof 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Mumbai’s Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria leaves after interrogating Indrani Mukherjea in Mumbai, yesterday. Mumbai: As investigators waddled through an intriguing web of lies...

Veterans to shun war commemoration 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

President Pranab Mukherjee lays a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti-All India War Memorial at India Gate, in New Delhi, yesterday. New Delhi: India...

Border firing kills 10 civilians 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Pakistani activists from Shabab-e-Milli party shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest against cross-border fire along the India-Pakistan Line of Control in Peshawar, yesterday. ...

WB approves $75m to rehabilitate people displaced by militancy 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) yesterday approved $75m credit line for Pakistan that would be mainly utilised for providing cash grants to Temporarily...

Four arrested over Austria truck tragedy 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A child of a migrant family creeps under the barbed fence near the village of Roszke on the Hungarian-Serbian border yesterday. Vienna: Hungary...

Syriza leads polls as Greece sets vote for Sept 20 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Athens: Greece geared up yesterday for a snap election next month, with an opinion poll showing leftist party Syriza ahead despite a wave...

Erika claims 12 lives in Dominican Republic 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

General view after the passage of Tropical Storm Erika in the Eastern Caribbean in Roseau, Dominica, yesterday. MIAMI: Tropical Storm Erika threatened Haiti...

Bush hails New Orleans ‘resilience’ 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Former president George W Bush talks with Ashantae Martin (left) and Ronjae Pleasant at Warren Easton Charter High School one day before the...

Iraq PM orders forces to prepare to open Green Zone 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has ordered security forces to prepare to open Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone government and embassy...

Huge protest against graft in Iraq capital 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Iraqi protesters wave their national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square yesterday. Baghdad: Thousands of Iraqis...