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A general view shows the temple of Baal Shamin in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria October 22, 2009.   BEIRUT: Islamic State militants...

 Hungarian soldiers walk along a fence near the town of Morahalom, Hungary August 24, 2015.   ROSZKE (Hungary): Hungary called on Tuesday for more...

Thomson Reuters People light candles for victims during a march to the Erawan shrine, the site of last Monday's deadly blast, in Bangkok.  ...

Macedonia on Thursday declared a state of emergency and ordered its borders sealed to migrants, many of them refugees from war-torn Syria who...

A Russian armored personel carrier takes part in the International army games in Alabino outside Moscow on August 8, 2015. MOSCOW: Russia launched...

Supporters of rulling party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz protest against India in Multan, Pakistan, 23 August 2015. NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD:  The collapse of planned...

BEIJING: Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) opened today as a first museum focusing on cultural exchange between China and Islamic countries after...

      LAGOS: A mob repeatedly stabbed and burned alive a man for stealing a pot of soup in southern Nigeria, local media reported on...

        MUMBAI: Another "Manic Monday" saw a key Indian equity index log its steepest ever closing fall in point-terms, spooked by a crash in...

Members of the Jain community participate in a march protesting the Rajasthan State High Court ruling against Santhara, in Jaipur, yesterday. Jaipur: Thousands...

Disaster response personnel walk next to the wreckage of MiG-21 Bison aircraft that crashed in Soibugh on the outskirts of Srinagar, yesterday. Srinagar:...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon marks the 4th anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday by laying a wreath in memory of persons who died...

Anti-North Korean activists hold signs and shout slogans as they stand on the Unification Bridge that leads to the Demilitarised Zone between North...

Nepalese girls walk past closed shops during a strike called by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) demanding secularism in the new...

Islamabad: Two Pakistani soldiers including a senior officer were killed yesterday in an exchange of fire with Islamist militants in a restive tribal...

LASHKAR GAH:  The US forces are back helping Afghan troops repel Taliban insurgents from the strategic opium-growing town of Musa Qala in Helmand...

ISLAMABAD: Following last-minute scuttling of talks between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India, proposed meetings between senior military officials of the...

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has quietly allowed the military courts to try thousands of suspects detained at different internment centres by passing...