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Indictment filed against Akinci base FETO suspects 02 Apr 2017 - 01:30 pm

ANKARA: Ankara prosecutors Friday filed an indictment over the incidents at Turkey's 4th Akinci Main Jet Base last July 15, the night of...

Chechnya approves law allowing hijab in schools 02 Apr 2017 - 01:23 pm

MOSCOW: The Chechen parliament has approved a law allowing children to wear religious symbols, including the hijab in schools. The change is expected...

Independence referendum call in northern Iraq 'wrong' 02 Apr 2017 - 01:20 pm

ANKARA: Turkish presidential aide Ibrahim Kalin has termed Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani's statement about holding an independence referendum in northern...

Kenyan court blocks state move to hire foreign doctors 02 Apr 2017 - 01:13 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: A Kenyan court Friday temporarily blocked a government move to hire foreign doctors from Tanzania and Cuba in the wake of...

Palestinian scholars blast European hostility to Turkey 02 Apr 2017 - 01:09 pm

JERUSALEM: Palestinian scholars this week reacted to western media campaigns against Turkey and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In an interview with Anadolu...

1,800 people evacuated from Syria's Al-Waer to Idlib 02 Apr 2017 - 01:01 pm

HOMS, Syria: Nearly 1,800 opposition fighters and civilians have been sent to Syria's northwestern Idlib city from the Al-Waer district of the western...

China reports six new bird flu cases in Hunan 02 Apr 2017 - 12:56 pm

Beijing: Six new cases of H7N9 infection were reported from March 24 to 30 in central China's Hunan Province, Chinese health authorities said...

Armenians vote in Landmark elections 02 Apr 2017 - 12:51 pm

Moscow: Armenians started voting in landmark parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the adoption of constitutional reforms aimed at transforming...

At least 200 Indian police in hospital after meal 02 Apr 2017 - 12:49 pm

New Delhi: At least 200 Indian paramilitary police were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after eating meals at a training camp in the...

20 people murdered at Pakistan shrine: police 02 Apr 2017 - 12:40 pm

Islamabad: The custodian of a Pakistani religious shrine and two accomplices have been arrested for intoxicating and murdering 20 devotees with batons and...

Three dead in northern Sweden bus accident - TT agency 02 Apr 2017 - 12:35 pm

STOCKHOLM: Three people were killed when a bus carrying around 50 school children and a few adults rolled over on a road in...

Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq's fleeing children 02 Apr 2017 - 12:21 pm

Hasan Sham Camp, Irak: The children proudly wield donated plastic water bottles like freshly dug nuggets of treasure, smiling despite the fear and...

Chicago police arrest 14 year-old in Facebook rape case 02 Apr 2017 - 12:00 pm

Chicago: Police in Chicago arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl that was broadcast on...

Australia floodwaters still rising, police search for missing 02 Apr 2017 - 11:50 am

Brisbane, Australia: Rising floods plagued large parts of eastern Australia Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity in cyclone-hit areas,...

Jets hit Syrian rebel outpost near Turkish border - rebels 02 Apr 2017 - 11:34 am

AMMAN: Jets believed to be Russian hit an outpost run by moderate rebel forces in northwestern Syria near a major border crossing with...

Syrians flee Raqa 'hell' as US-backed assault nears 02 Apr 2017 - 10:31 am

Ain Issa, Syria: In a muddy camp in northern Syria, civilians who fled Raqa said fear of an expected US-backed assault on the...

'Gibraltar not for sale': Britain's Johnson 02 Apr 2017 - 10:09 am

London: British foreign minister Boris Johnson on Sunday stressed that Gibraltar "will not be bargained away" during Brexit negotiations after the EU said...

Colombia mudslides kill more than 200, sweep homes away 02 Apr 2017 - 09:49 am

Mocoa, Colombia: Rescuers clawed through piles of mud and twisted debris Sunday searching for survivors after violent mudslides destroyed homes in southern Colombia,...