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Death toll from Thailand floods rises to 21 09 Jan 2017 - 12:14 pm

BANGKOK: The death toll from massive flooding in Thailand has risen to 21 with authorities expecting the situation to worsen in southern provinces. ...

48 IS terrorists killed in northern Syria 09 Jan 2017 - 12:09 pm

ANKARA: At least 48 Islamic State terrorists were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation...

Myanmar army: 7 rebels dead, outposts seized in Kachin 09 Jan 2017 - 12:07 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Seven rebels were killed as soldiers took over four more outposts from a powerful ethnic Kachin rebel group in an area...

Kuwait re-routes 14 flights due to bad weather: KUNA 09 Jan 2017 - 12:05 pm

DUBAI: Kuwait has re-routed fourteen incoming flights on Monday due to bad weather conditions, state news agency KUNA said, quoting the country's civil...

Japanese envoys withdraw from South Korea 09 Jan 2017 - 11:59 am

SEOUL: Japan’s most senior South Korea-based envoys returned home Monday, fulfilling Tokyo’s protest against the recent erection in Busan of a “comfort women”...

4,500 Iraqis flee Mosul amid offensive 09 Jan 2017 - 11:56 am

MOSUL: A total of 4,500 civilians have fled northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the past three days as government forces launched the...

Turkish Cypriot head hopes for breakthrough in Geneva 09 Jan 2017 - 11:52 am

LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Mustafa Akinci has urged all parties to work with...

4 police personnel die in northeast Afghanistan blast 09 Jan 2017 - 11:48 am

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: At least four police personnel were killed and five others wounded in an explosion near a mosque in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan...

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dies 09 Jan 2017 - 11:43 am

ANKARA: Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away at the age of 82 at a hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to...

Militia recovers 115 human trafficking victims in Sudan 09 Jan 2017 - 11:39 am

KHARTOUM, Sudan: A pro-government militia has claimed it saved 115 hostages from the clutches of human traffickers in a desert along Sudan's border...

South Africa president tells people to not visit Israel 09 Jan 2017 - 11:36 am

JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans to not visit Israel unless it is related to "fostering peace" in the region. Addressing...

Refugees in Greece's Moria camp suffer in harsh winter 09 Jan 2017 - 11:34 am

ATHENS: Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since Saturday are making things even harder for the thousands of refugees and migrants staying at the...

Suicide bombing in eastern Baghdad market kills 6 09 Jan 2017 - 11:30 am

BAGHDAD: At least six Iraqi civilians were killed when a suicide bomber struck a market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, according to a...

Police deployed to guard Muslim ceremony in Myanmar 09 Jan 2017 - 11:28 am

YANGON, Myanmar: Security personnel were deployed to guard a Muslim ceremony in Myanmar’s former capital Yangon on Sunday after a group of Buddhist...

Landmine kills 5 civilians in western Yemen 09 Jan 2017 - 11:25 am

TAIZ, Yemen: At least five civilians were killed and many injured when a truck hit a landmine in Taiz’s Al-Taziya district, according to...

Independence referendum 'no bluff' Scotland warns UK 09 Jan 2017 - 11:20 am

LONDON: The promise to give Scottish voters a second referendum on independence is not a ‘bluff’, the country’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said...

4 killed after truck rams into Israelis in Jerusalem 09 Jan 2017 - 11:06 am

JERUSALEM: At least five people, including four Israelis and an alleged Palestinian attacker were killed after a truck rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem...

Syrian government ready to negotiate on "everything", Assad says 09 Jan 2017 - 10:29 am

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but said it...