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Twin suicide bombing kills 12 at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad-police, medics 26 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: At least 12 people were killed in a twin suicide bombing on a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical...

U.S., China agree on draft North Korea sanctions resolution at U.N.: Envoys 26 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides Korean People's Army (KPA) military drills, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central...

China cites concerns on U.S. missile defense system in S.Korea 26 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. WASHINGTON: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday underscored his concerns about the long range...

Niger's early election results show incumbent Issoufou far ahead 25 Feb 2016 - 06:53 pm

Niger's Independant electoral Commission (CENI) members check the results of the presidential election on February 25, 2016 at the palais des congres in...

Russia says Syria ceasefire process underway despite U.S. sabotage attempts 25 Feb 2016 - 06:42 pm

File photo of the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova during a news briefing in Moscow, Russia. REUTERS MOSCOW: Russia said...

IS fighters surrender arms, in Afghan first 25 Feb 2016 - 06:22 pm

Afghan police officials perform during their graduation ceremony in Herat, Afghanistan, 25 February 2016. EPA Jalalabad: Ten Afghan fighters for the Islamic State...

Egypt's Sisi under attack on social media after television speech 25 Feb 2016 - 06:04 pm

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at...

Death toll hits 28 in India's caste riots 25 Feb 2016 - 05:45 pm

Armed police officers stand guard at the partially damaged Munak canal, that supplies three-fifths of the water to Delhi, in Sonipat in the...

NATO launches probe into deadly Swedish clinic attack 25 Feb 2016 - 05:43 pm

Kabul: NATO said Thursday it has launched an investigation into an attack on a Swedish charity clinic in Afghanistan that killed three and...

Local IS chief captured in western Libya: ministry 25 Feb 2016 - 05:31 pm

File photo/ AFP Tripoli: A local chief of the Islamic State jihadist group and two aides have been captured in a city near...

Syria Kurds says they will respect ceasefire 25 Feb 2016 - 05:27 pm

Kurdish members of the Self-Defense Forces stand near the Syrian-Turkish border in the Syrian city of al-Derbasiyah during a protest against the operations...

Pakistan's largest opposition party wants army chief to stay when term ends 25 Feb 2016 - 05:01 pm

A bus moves past a banner hanging on a light pole with the picture of Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif...

Egypt hands Christian teens 5 years for contempt of Islam 25 Feb 2016 - 04:51 pm

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in jail for contempt of Islam after they appeared...

Bahrain jails four men on terrorism charges: Prosecutor 25 Feb 2016 - 04:46 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced four people to five years in prison for plotting to receive explosives and weapons training to carry out...

Thousands of West Africans gain identity documents, 1 million still stateless: UN 25 Feb 2016 - 04:26 pm

Reuters/ file photo/ Dakar By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR: More than 20,000 people in West Africa have gained identity documents in the past year...

Sri Lanka suffers hours-long power blackout 25 Feb 2016 - 04:21 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide blackout for several hours Thursday as the electricity network collapsed during an official visit by New Zealand...