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Indian police arrest five over attack on Africans 28 Mar 2017 - 02:25 pm

New Delhi: Police arrested five men Tuesday after hundreds of angry residents of a north Indian city attacked Africans with sticks and metal...

Saudi Air Defense Intercepts Four Ballistic Missiles from Yemen 28 Mar 2017 - 02:17 pm

Riyadh: Four ballistic missiles launched from Yemen by the Houthi militia were intercepted by the Royal Saudi Air Defense Tuesday. According to a...

IS counter-attacks to defend north Syria town: monitor 28 Mar 2017 - 01:44 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack Tuesday against US-backed fighters closing in on a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a...

2 killed in Pakistan train accident 28 Mar 2017 - 01:16 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: Two people were killed and 10 injured when a passenger train collided with an oil tanker in northeastern Pakistan, officials said...

Al-Bab residents rebuild town saved from IS 28 Mar 2017 - 01:05 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: The people of Al-Bab are busy bringing the northern Syrian city back to its former state following its liberation from Islamic...

Emirates considers loaning laptops to soften blow from US ban 28 Mar 2017 - 01:04 pm

Emirates may offer passengers loaner laptops as the world’s biggest long-haul carrier seeks to soften the blow from a U.S. ban on electronics...

Turkey: 46 PKK terrorists killed in past week 28 Mar 2017 - 12:47 pm

ANKARA: Some 46 PKK terrorists were killed over the past week as part of ongoing anti-terrorism operations nationwide, according to an official statement...

Philippine troops rescue 3 remaining Malaysian hostages 28 Mar 2017 - 12:42 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Philippine government forces have rescued three remaining Malaysian sailors held hostage by a IS-linked militant group in the troubled southern...

Myanmar army chief stresses military role in politics 28 Mar 2017 - 12:37 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar’s army chief has insisted that the military will remain a political force despite the country now being ruled by its...

Violence kills soldier, 8 militants in Egypt's Sinai 28 Mar 2017 - 12:28 pm

CAIRO: An army soldier and eight militants were killed in fresh violence in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a local source and...

Nigerian Senate chief named in fresh financial scandal 28 Mar 2017 - 12:24 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate chief has been named in a fresh corruption scandal, with the country's anti-graft agency accusing him in a report...

Philippines: Suspect in fatal Sulu grenade attack dies 28 Mar 2017 - 12:15 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: A suspect believed to have thrown a grenade that killed four people in the Philippines’ majority Muslim south has died...

S.Korean prosecutors move to arrest ex-President Park 28 Mar 2017 - 12:09 pm

SEOUL: Prosecutors sought to arrest former South Korean President Park Geun-hye Monday, less than three weeks after she was expelled from the presidential...

Around 40,000 Syrians displaced by fighting near Hama 28 Mar 2017 - 12:03 pm

GENEVA: About 40,000 people, mainly women and children, have been displaced by fighting northwest of Hama city in Syria, the United Nations said...

Nobel laureate writes disparaging play about Trump 28 Mar 2017 - 11:48 am

New York: American theater-goers got a small taste Monday of a new play by Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that tries to understand President...

Russia's largest bank pulls out of Ukraine 28 Mar 2017 - 11:46 am

Moscow: Russia's Sberbank, the largest in the country, on Tuesday announced it had sold its Ukraine division, where operations have been complicated since...