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Israel suspends Ramadan entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians 09 Jun 2016 - 08:15 am

Israeli forensic inspect a restaurant following a shooting attack at a shopping complex in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2016. AFP / JACK...

Insight: US sees no major Islamic State links to Boko Haram, despite claims 09 Jun 2016 - 08:03 am

A Cameroonian soldier stands guard at an observation post on a hill in the Mandara Mountain chain in Mabass overlooking Nigeria, northern Cameroon,...

Mexico backs Indian bid to join nuclear suppliers' non-proliferation body 09 Jun 2016 - 07:59 am

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto delivers a speech during the inauguration of the 36th session of ECLAC at Los Pinos presidential residence in...

North Korea to convene assembly late June after rare party congress 09 Jun 2016 - 07:56 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea,...

PNG leader O'Neill tackles corruption, unrest 09 Jun 2016 - 07:53 am

File photo of Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill addressing the Lowy Institute in Sydney November 29, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo Sydney:...

6.2 undersea quake strikes central Indonesia 09 Jun 2016 - 07:52 am

Jakarta: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia on Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued...

Modi wants deeper U.S.-India security relationship 09 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges applause after addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June...

U.N. says 90,000 civilians could be trapped in Iraq's Fallujah 09 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Displaced Iraqi families, who fled their homes in and around Fallujah due to fighting between Iraqi government forces and the Islamic State (IS)...

Civilian deaths undermining US military missions 09 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A civil defense member carries an injured girl at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in...

Italy policeman 'shoots dead migrant who stabbed him' 09 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Rome: A policeman in Italy has shot dead a mentally unstable migrant who stabbed him during a brawl in an area renowned for...

2,000 Chad troops head to Niger after Boko Haram attack 08 Jun 2016 - 04:54 pm

N'Djamena: Some 2,000 troops from regional military powerhouse Chad headed to neighbouring Niger on Wednesday, where Boko Haram insurgents inflicted heavy losses in...

Taliban kill 12 Afghans, abduct 40 others 08 Jun 2016 - 04:47 pm

Ghazni City Ghazni, Afghanistan: Afghan authorities Wednesday recovered bullet-ridden bodies of 12 security officials recently captured by the Taliban in eastern Ghazni province,...

Regime barrel bombs kill 15 in NW Syria 08 Jun 2016 - 03:43 pm

A man sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes by government forces in the rebel-held Shaar neighbourhood of...

UK: Muslim model describes his first Ramadan 08 Jun 2016 - 03:32 pm

(C) Yeohan Kim. photo: facebook.com/DJYEO86 By Busra Akin Dincer LONDON: Muslims all around world are celebrating the start of the holy month of...

Berlusconi in good condition after hospitalisation for heart problem 08 Jun 2016 - 02:49 pm

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves the stage flanked by his girlfriend Francesca Pascale at the end of a rally to protest...

Denmark strips man of citizenship after terrorism conviction 08 Jun 2016 - 02:43 pm

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Supreme Court on Wednesday stripped the citizenship from a Danish-Moroccan bookseller jailed for inciting terrorism, upholding the verdict of a lower...