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Iraq sends troops to Anbar to fight Islamic State 08 Oct 2016 - 04:12 pm

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi army division has been deployed to the Al-Ratba district near the Syrian border in the western Anbar province to fight...

Vietnam court rejects fishermen lawsuits against Taiwan's Formosa 08 Oct 2016 - 12:43 pm

Hanoi: A Vietnamese court has rejected hundreds of lawsuits filed by fishermen who demanded more compensation from a Taiwanese-owned steel plant responsible for...

UNICEF: Half a Million Children Live in Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti 08 Oct 2016 - 12:36 pm

Geneva: An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane...

Syria's White Helmets: 'heroes' who run towards bombs 08 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm

Beirut: Before war broke out they were bakers, decorators or students. Now Syria's volunteer rescuers known as the White Helmets risk their lives...

Saudi grooves to new beat as entertainment opens up 08 Oct 2016 - 11:22 am

Riyadh: With pumping hip hop beats and electrifying dancers, Saudi Arabia has launched what's being hailed as an entertainment revolution for the ultra-conservative...

Weakening but still powerful Matthew plows up Atlantic coast 08 Oct 2016 - 11:11 am

CHARLESTON, S.C: Some of the South's most historic cities faced the weakening but still powerful Hurricane Matthew as it plowed north along the...

Trump would be 'American Mussolini' says writer Kennedy 08 Oct 2016 - 10:55 am

Paris: Donald Trump has no chance of winning the US presidential election, best-selling US writer Douglas Kennedy has told AFP -- but if...

Bangladesh kills four members of Islamist group blamed for cafe attack 08 Oct 2016 - 10:51 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh's security forces killed four members of a Islamist militant group on Saturday blamed for on attack on a cafe in Dhaka...

Car bomb plotters blow themselves up near Ankara 08 Oct 2016 - 10:48 am

ANKARA: Two terrorists thought to have been planning a car bomb attack in capital Ankara blew themselves up when confronted by police on...

After six-month lull, Greek islanders fear new refugee wave 08 Oct 2016 - 10:42 am

Lesbos, Greece: A little let-down after missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize this week, the Greek islanders of Lesbos who helped rescue...

Post Hungary vote, migrants in Serbia nurse slim hopes 08 Oct 2016 - 10:33 am

BELGRADE, Serbia: While world leaders continue to negotiate and hold meeting after meeting on how to handle the international migrant crisis, more and...

Japan's Mount Aso volcano erupts, no injuries reported 08 Oct 2016 - 10:27 am

TOKYO: Mount Aso, a volcano on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu, erupted early on Saturday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said, spewing volcanic ash...

Hurricane Matthew: 4,500 Flights Canceled For Storm 08 Oct 2016 - 10:20 am

New York: Hurricane Matthew continues to cause problems for travelers, with 4,500 flights canceled so far between Wednesday and Sunday, according to tracking...

Crisis-plagued Trump apologizes for lewd talk about women 08 Oct 2016 - 09:33 am

Washington: Donald Trump, facing the deepest crisis of his presidential campaign, apologized early Saturday for crude and aggressively sexual remarks about women that...

Hurricane Matthew kills almost 900 in Haiti before hitting U.S. 08 Oct 2016 - 08:59 am

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti/DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.: Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week before plowing ...

Two militants kill themselves after Turkish police call to surrender - TV 08 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am

ANKARA: Two militants detonated explosives, killing themselves in a remote area near the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Saturday after police called on them...

At 85, Tutu says wants choice of assisted death 07 Oct 2016 - 04:46 pm

Cape Town: South African retired Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu celebrated his 85th birthday on Friday saying he would like to...

Riyadh to host meeting of undersecretaries of GCC ministries of petroleum 06 Oct 2016 - 05:54 pm

Riyadh: Riyadh will host on Sunday the preparatory meeting of the committee of undersecretaries of GCC ministries of petroleum. The meeting will discuss...