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Explosion on board an A321 few mins after taking off from Mogadishu 02 Feb 2016 - 04:21 pm

A Daallo Airline Airbus A321 flight D3159 made an emergency landing at Mogadishu today after an explosion soon after takeoff from Mogadishu, Somalia....

Tajikistan names new anti-narcotics chief to counter Afghan drug smuggling 02 Feb 2016 - 04:18 pm

Sherkhon Salimzoda Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Ex-Soviet Tajikistan, a key transit route for illegal drugs trafficked from Afghanistan, appointed a new head of its anti-narcotics...

Saudi gets 10 years for Twitter 'terrorism' support 02 Feb 2016 - 04:15 pm

Riyadh: A Saudi who used Twitter to call for the release of prisoners convicted of "terrorism" and security offences has been jailed for...

US, Italy warn of rising IS threat in Libya but strikes off agenda 02 Feb 2016 - 04:08 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) speaks during an anti-Daesh summit with the Foreign Ministers of 23 countries from Europe, the West...

France says 'no question' of strikes against IS in Libya 02 Feb 2016 - 03:51 pm

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attends a meeting in Rome, Italy, 02 February 2016. Rome: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday refuted...

Australia reports two cases of Zika virus, detects mosquitoes at Sydney airport 02 Feb 2016 - 03:33 pm

Health ministry personnel fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses in Tegucigalpa, on February 1, 2016....

Two more sentenced to death for Bangladesh war crimes 02 Feb 2016 - 03:29 pm

Bangladeshi policemen escort Obaidul Haque Taher, third from left, after he was sentenced to death for his involvement in killing, kidnapping and looting...

Syria condemns Turkey 'cross-border shelling' 02 Feb 2016 - 03:20 pm

Damascus: Syria's government has condemned alleged cross-border shelling by Turkish forces on Monday as a "blatant breach of international law", state media reported....

Saudi executed for fatal shooting 02 Feb 2016 - 02:10 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed one of its citizens for the fatal shooting of another Saudi, bringing to 57 the number of...

After IM, Bhatkal now becomes new recruiting ground for IS 02 Feb 2016 - 02:07 pm

By Rajnish Singh New Delhi: Once known in intelligence cirlces as the breeding ground of the homegrown Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit, Karnataka's...

Tunisian forces kill 3 suspected jihadists: Ministry 02 Feb 2016 - 01:40 pm

Tunis: Tunisian forces have killed three suspected jihadists during an ongoing security sweep in the Gabes region in which one of their men...

Search underway for Italian student missing in Cairo 02 Feb 2016 - 01:34 pm

Giulio Regeni. By Lin Noueihed CAIRO: Italy is working with the Egyptian government to find an Italian student from Britain's Cambridge University who...

Jordan looks to donors to ease Syria refugee burden 02 Feb 2016 - 01:26 pm

This file photo taken on March 15, 2014 shows shows Syrian refugees walking in a makeshift market area of the the seven-square-kilometre (2.8-square-mile)...

Thai health ministry says don't panic over Zika virus 02 Feb 2016 - 01:22 pm

Health ministry personnel fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on February 1,...

Iraqis running out of food and medicine in besieged Falluja 02 Feb 2016 - 01:01 pm

Iraqi forces take position in Amriyat al-Fallujah, in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP By Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD: A senior Iraqi official has appealed to...

New proposal to keep Britain in EU due, but hardline sceptics unmoved 02 Feb 2016 - 01:00 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) greets European Council President Donald Tusk on the steps of Downing Street in London, Britain. Reuters/Toby Melville ...

At least nine migrants drown off Turkish coast: Report 02 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

Ankara: The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies of nine migrants including two children on Tuesday after their boat sank off western Turkey while...

One dead, several injured in clashes at Karachi airport 02 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

People carry a man who was injured during an anti-government protest in Karachi, Pakistan, 02 February 2016. Karachi: A Pakistan International Airlines employee...