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Kabul hotel reopens after deadly attack but guests stay away 08 Mar 2018 - 10:09 am

Kabul: The piano notes of Richard Clayderman's "Romeo and Juliet" accompanied Taliban gunmen as they rode gold mirrored elevators to the upper floors...

India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi 08 Mar 2018 - 09:34 am

NEW DELHI: India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to mark the 60th...

Alabama student dies in accidental school shooting - officials 08 Mar 2018 - 09:28 am

A female student was killed and one person was wounded in a shooting at an Alabama high school on Wednesday that authorities are...

Eleven nations - but not U.S. - to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal 08 Mar 2018 - 09:11 am

SANTIAGO: Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist...

Curfew in Sri Lankan tourist town of Kandy to be temporarily lifted 08 Mar 2018 - 07:56 am

KANDY, Sri Lanka: A curfew in the Sri Lankan town of Kandy will be temporarily lifted on Thursday, authorities said, following days of...

Syria's Eastern Ghouta: 18 days under attack 07 Mar 2018 - 04:41 pm

Beirut: The Syrian regime launched a ferocious assault on a rebel enclave outside Damascus on February 18, saying it wanted to crush Islamist...

Turkey expects US to stop shifting terrorists to Afrin 07 Mar 2018 - 02:48 pm

ANKARA: Turkey expects the US to stop "shifting" YPG/PKK terrorists from Manbij to Afrin in Syria, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday....

"Significant" consequences if China takes key port in Djibouti: US general 07 Mar 2018 - 11:41 am

WASHINGTON: The top U.S. general for Africa told lawmakers on Tuesday that the military could face "significant" consequences should China take a key...

Buddhist mobs target Sri Lanka's Muslims despite state of emergency 07 Mar 2018 - 10:36 am

COLOMBO: Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka's minority Muslims overnight, police said on Wednesday, despite the imposition of a...

Syrian rebels say will defend Ghouta, not negotiating withdrawal 07 Mar 2018 - 09:42 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in eastern Ghouta will defend the territory and there are no negotiations over a withdrawal that has been proposed by...

Kushner to visit Mexico after Trump tirades, testy phone call 07 Mar 2018 - 09:21 am

MEXICO CITY: Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, will visit Mexico on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, amid...

Russian attack on Syrian market may be war crime: UN 06 Mar 2018 - 07:02 pm

Geneva: Russian forces were behind a deadly strike on a crowded market in Syria late last year, UN investigators said Tuesday, warning that...

Turkey to set up camps for 170,000 people near Syria's Idlib 06 Mar 2018 - 06:38 pm

ANKARA: Turkey is working to set up camps to settle 170,000 displaced people near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib and in Turkish-controlled...

US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin 06 Mar 2018 - 06:20 pm

Raqa, Syria: A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters announced on Tuesday it would redeploy around 1,700 members from front lines against the Islamic...

Sleepy English city rocked by spy mystery 06 Mar 2018 - 06:15 pm

Salisbury, United Kingdom: The picturesque English city of Salisbury was on Tuesday coming to terms with the "intrusion of something rather horrible" after...

Wreckage of famed US World War II carrier discovered 06 Mar 2018 - 04:15 pm

BANGKOK: A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by...

Russia lets rebels leave Syria's E.Ghouta: agencies 06 Mar 2018 - 04:03 pm

Moscow: The Russian military on Tuesday allowed rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta enclave to leave via a humanitarian corridor together with their families...

UAE now requires licenses for 'social media influencers' 06 Mar 2018 - 03:42 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates says it will now require anyone conducting "commercial activities" through social media to register for...