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IS fighters redeployed in west Mosul 25 Jan 2017 - 10:56 pm

Baghdad: Islamic State fighters have taken up sniper positions in buildings on the west bank of the Tigris river ahead of an expected...

Kuwait hangs seven people 25 Jan 2017 - 10:32 pm

Kuwait City: Kuwait yesterday hanged seven people including a member of the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of people to...

Emirati spy suspect dead in Libya 25 Jan 2017 - 10:26 pm

Tripoli: An Emirati arrested in Libya's capital in 2015 on suspicion of espionage has been killed by a member of the intelligence services...

Trump to act on Mexico border wall, target U.S. ‘sanctuary cities’ 25 Jan 2017 - 09:37 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was to start signing directives on Wednesday to begin building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and...

Curbs likely on flow of refugees to US 25 Jan 2017 - 09:34 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration, beginning with steps to build his proposed wall along the US-Mexico...

Draft order seeks review on terror interrogations 25 Jan 2017 - 09:33 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump is asking for a review of America’s methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run “black...

Haley confirmed as UN envoy 25 Jan 2017 - 09:32 pm

Washington: The US Senate voted almost unanimously yesterday to confirm South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as ambassador to the United Nations, sending a...

Trump, Kim impersonators grab Hong Kong by surprise 25 Jan 2017 - 09:27 pm

HONG KONG: It is a scene unlikely ever to become reality - American president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

Trump to seek ‘major probe' on voter fraud 25 Jan 2017 - 09:26 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would seek an investigation of what he believes was voter fraud in the November election,...

Indonesia probes arms smuggling by soldiers 25 Jan 2017 - 09:25 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia will yesterday send a team to Sudan to investigate allegations that its peacekeepers stationed there with the United Nations tried to...

Court chief urges rapid ruling on Park Seoul 25 Jan 2017 - 09:24 pm

South Korea's top judge urged his colleagues to come to a quick verdict on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye yesterday, at his...

Philippines apologises over Korean's murder 25 Jan 2017 - 09:24 pm

Manila: The Philippine government apologised to South Korea for the reported killing of a South Korean man at the country's main police camp,...

US bolsters military presence in Australia 25 Jan 2017 - 09:22 pm

Sydney: The United States will send extra military aircraft to Australia's tropical north this year, a US Marine Corps spokesman said yesterday, bolstering...

British think tank downgrades US to 'flawed democracy' 25 Jan 2017 - 08:35 pm

London: The United States has been downgraded from a "full democracy" to a "flawed" one in an annual ranking compiled by a British...

Russian 'ship of shame' returning from Syria: UK 25 Jan 2017 - 08:28 pm

London: A Russian aircraft carrier used to wage a massive offensive on the Syrian city of Aleppo is on its way back to...

Germany condemns Israel’s plans for more settlement homes on occupied land 25 Jan 2017 - 08:21 pm

BERLIN: Germany, in unusually strong criticism of Israel, said on Wednesday plans to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank...

Syrians ride first train across Aleppo in years 25 Jan 2017 - 08:05 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Hundreds of Syrians rode a train across east Aleppo for the first time in more than four years on Thursday, a...

Greenpeace unfurls anti-Trump banner on crane near White House 25 Jan 2017 - 08:00 pm

Washington: Greenpeace activists unfurled a large banner with the word "Resist" from a construction crane blocks from the White House Wednesday to protest...