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Maldives quits Commonwealth over rights row 13 Oct 2016 - 03:37 pm

Malé, Maldives: The Maldives said Thursday it is quitting the Commonwealth after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling...

Thailand's beloved king, unifying figure, dies at 88 13 Oct 2016 - 03:26 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, has died at the age of 88, the palace announced Thursday, leaving a divided...

Women climb Africa's highest mountain to call for land rights 13 Oct 2016 - 03:04 pm

NAIROBI: As soon as Ann Ondaye's husband died, his two brothers took all the Kenyan widow's possessions: the television, bicycle, a fishing boat...

Some facts about Bob Dylan - winner of 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature 13 Oct 2016 - 02:57 pm

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American...

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature 13 Oct 2016 - 02:07 pm

STOCKHOLM: Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the...

Syrian govt gives partial nod to Oct aid plan but not Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 01:33 pm

GENEVA: The Syrian government has now partially approved a United Nations aid plan for October, but not its request to deliver assistance to...

Jaber al-Bakr was not deemed 'acute' suicide risk: German official 13 Oct 2016 - 01:27 pm

Dresden, Germany: A Syrian bomb plot suspect found hanged with a T-shirt in his cell had not been deemed an "acute" suicide risk,...

Rescue workers says two days of bombing kill 145 in rebel-held eastern Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 11:43 am

BEIRUT: Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo killed 145 people on Tuesday and Wednesday, Ammar al Selmo, the head of the Civil Defence...

German authorities under fire over bomb plot suspect suicide 13 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

Dresden, Germany: German authorities were under pressure Thursday to explain how a Syrian suspect detained over a bomb plot could have committed suicide...

Israel minister in Turkey for first visit after crisis 13 Oct 2016 - 11:25 am

Istanbul: Israel's energy minister was holding talks in Turkey on Thursday, on the first such trip since the two countries normalised ties after...

US strikes Huthi rebel targets in Yemen: Pentagon 13 Oct 2016 - 10:49 am

Washington: The United States on Thursday bombed three radar sites controlled by Huthi rebels in Yemen, the first direct US strike against the...

Pakistan delays blasphemy appeal after judge steps down 13 Oct 2016 - 10:39 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court delayed an appeal into a notorious blasphemy case against a Christian mother on death row Thursday as one of...

Turkey frees US journalist who fled Syria 13 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am

Washington: The Turkish authorities have released an American journalist detained for the last two months after she fled Syria claiming to have been...

Observatory: Shells kill four children in govt-held Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 10:11 am

BEIRUT: At least four children were killed in a government-held area of western Aleppo on Thursday when shells landed near a school, the...

Child finds tip of sliced finger in Japanese noodles 13 Oct 2016 - 10:05 am

Tokyo: A child who was tucking into noodles at a popular Japanese restaurant found some extra topping in the bowl -- the tip...

Yemen rebels deny targeting US warship 13 Oct 2016 - 09:59 am

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels on Thursday denied US accusations they had targeted a US destroyer in the Red Sea which prompted cruise missile strikes...

Kenya Airways to stop ticket sales unless pilots drop strike threat 13 Oct 2016 - 09:55 am

NAIROBI: Kenya Airways said on Thursday it will be forced to halt ticket sales unless its pilots withdraw a strike threat that has...

Damascus, Moscow press deadly bombing of rebel Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 09:41 am

Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out fresh strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo early Thursday, after an intense bombardment over the previous...