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Norway prepares for FM radio shutdown 10 Jan 2017 - 10:15 pm

Oslo: NORWAY will today become the first country in the world to start shutting down its FM radio network in favour of digital...

Cypriot leaders press bid to reach peace deal 10 Jan 2017 - 10:13 pm

Geneva: Rival Cypriot leaders returned to the negotiating table yesterday to press on with an ambitious bid to end decades of conflict, with...

Early polls in Northern Ireland likely: Minister 10 Jan 2017 - 10:13 pm

London: The British government’s Northern Ireland minister warned yesterday that an early election in the province was highly likely following the resignation of...

'Swiss Muslims girls must attend mixed swimming class ' 10 Jan 2017 - 10:12 pm

Strasbourg, France: Muslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to school-run swimming lessons with boys, Europe’s top rights court said...

Kremlin deplores US blacklist additions 10 Jan 2017 - 10:10 pm

Moscow: Russia yesterday criticised Washington’s blacklisting of a high-ranking official and the suspects in the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko as a move...

Aussie abducted in Yemen appears in video: SITE 10 Jan 2017 - 09:34 pm

Dubai: An Australian man abducted in Yemen has appeared in a video asking his government to meet the demands of his unidentified kidnappers,...

Israel’s anti-UN steps could lead to ‘isolation’ 10 Jan 2017 - 09:34 pm

Last Friday, the Israeli government announced that it had suspended $6m in funding to the United Nations (UN), a move described as “an...

Gasolinazo protests: The symptom of a bigger crisis 10 Jan 2017 - 08:43 pm

In the past few weeks Mexico has witnessed an unprecedented spike in social violence caused by petrol shortages and a 14 to 24-percent...

ANC reaches its 105th birthday wobbling 10 Jan 2017 - 08:41 pm

The African National Congress (ANC) commemorated its 105th birthday on January 8, 2017 maintaining its position as the oldest political movement in Africa....

Palestinians seek to mobilise Middle East against Trump embassy move 10 Jan 2017 - 08:08 pm

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian leaders on Tuesday called for prayers at mosques across the Middle East this week to protest plans by President-elect...

Eight dead as subzero cold, heavy snow grip Balkans region 10 Jan 2017 - 07:43 pm

BELGRADE/SARAJEVO: At least eight people have died as subzero cold and heavy snow enveloped the Balkans, with tens of thousands stranded in remote...

London-based Italians arrested for cyber-spying on top politicians 10 Jan 2017 - 07:36 pm

Rome: Italian police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a London-resident nuclear engineer and his sister on suspicion of running a cyber snooping...

Ivanka Trump to step down from businesses: reports 10 Jan 2017 - 06:25 pm

New York: Ivanka Trump, America's incoming first daughter and wife of newly named White House special advisor Jared Kushner, will step down from...

Twin Taliban blasts near Afghan parliament kill 30, wound dozens 10 Jan 2017 - 06:05 pm

Kabul: Twin Taliban blasts struck near the Afghan parliament in Kabul Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 80 in a rush-hour...

Veteran journalist Clare Hollingworth dies aged 105 10 Jan 2017 - 05:45 pm

Hong Kong: Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who broke the news that the Second World War had started, died in Hong Kong...

Kenya threatens to fire 5,000 doctors who continue strike 10 Jan 2017 - 04:51 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya's government is threatening to fire the more than 5,000 doctors who have been on strike for more than a month...

Seeking safety, families flee homes east of Damascus 10 Jan 2017 - 04:48 pm

DAMASCUS: More than 1,000 families have recently left their homes east of capital Damascus for safer areas amid ongoing ceasefire violations by the...