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European tourists in stable condition after Egypt stabbing 09 Jan 2016 - 05:49 pm

This video image shows Ahmed Abdullah, Governor of Egypt's Red Sea Governorate visiting Sammie Olovsson, a tourist wounded in a knife attack on...

Saudi Arabia may take more measures against Iran in execution row: Foreign minister 09 Jan 2016 - 05:46 pm

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia may take further measures against Iran after cutting ties with its regional rival this week, the Saudi foreign minister...

Poles hold another protest against right-wing government 09 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

The building of Poland’s state Television. WARSAW, Poland: Opponents of Poland's new right-wing government held protests in Warsaw and other cities on Saturday...

Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally after silent protest 09 Jan 2016 - 05:40 pm

Washington: A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner,...

5 children, woman dead in Russian fire 09 Jan 2016 - 05:34 pm

In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, made available on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a wooden...

Iraqi PM Abadi pledges corruption drive after Sistani criticism 09 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday pledged to stamp out corruption this year amid criticism from the nation’s highest Shi’ite cleric,...

Denmark deports top foreign student for working too hard 09 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

Copenhagen: Denmark has kicked a foreign student out of the country for exceeding hourly part-time work regulations, despite Aarhus University's efforts to hang...

Poet arrested as Iran targets free speech: rights group 09 Jan 2016 - 05:11 pm

Photo by Reza Baharinejad from Hila Sedighi’s Facebook page, as published by iranhumanrights.org DUBAI: An Iranian poet who backed a reformist candidate in...

Head of Switzerland's largest party to step down 09 Jan 2016 - 05:03 pm

This file photo taken on October 18, 2015 shows Swiss People's Party SVP President Toni Brunner (R) looking at the parliamentary election results...

Gulf Council condemns Iranian intereference in region 09 Jan 2016 - 04:58 pm

ABU DHABI: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on Saturday condemned what they said was Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia...

Toll in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria prison rises to 39: monitor 09 Jan 2016 - 04:55 pm

Maarat al-Numan in the northwest province of Idlib Beirut: The toll in Russian air strikes Saturday on a prison complex run by Al-Qaeda's...

Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of Iran's last shah, dead at 96 09 Jan 2016 - 04:29 pm

Picture taken in the 1950's shows Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the last shah of Iran. New York: Princess Ashraf Pahlavi,...

Merkel backs expelling refugees with suspended sentences too 09 Jan 2016 - 04:01 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks on the New Year's event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on January 8, 2016 in Mainz. AFP...

Few Russian strikes in Syria are against Islamic State, U.S. official says 09 Jan 2016 - 03:05 pm

Residents walk near a damaged building at a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out yesterday by the Russian air...

Khamenei calls for full participation in elections 09 Jan 2016 - 02:50 pm

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (pictured) on Saturday called on all Iranians, even those who oppose the Islamic Republic, to participate...

23 die of starvation in beseiged Syrian town: MSF 09 Jan 2016 - 02:19 pm

People carry placards depicting pictures believed to be of children from the Syrian town of Madaya during a protest in front of the...

Israeli Forces demolishes home of Palestinian in West Bank 09 Jan 2016 - 02:08 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces on Saturday demolished the West Bank family home of a Palestinian who was shot and killed on the spot...

Afghan army kills 30 militants in 24 Hours 09 Jan 2016 - 02:03 pm

Kabul: Units of Afghan national army during crackdown against militants across the conflict-ridden country have killed 30 armed insurgents and injured 15 others...