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UN urges regular aid access to Yemen's Taez 23 Jan 2016 - 05:15 pm

Yemenis accompany their donkeys carrying food parcels as they walk through the mountains along the only path accessible between the southern cities of...

Spain’s Socialists urge Rajoy to seek confidence vote or step aside 23 Jan 2016 - 05:07 pm

MADRID: Spain’s Socialist Party called on Saturday for the centre-right People’s Party (PP) to try and form a government first or step aside,...

British PM urges Maldives political change in Nasheed talks 23 Jan 2016 - 05:02 pm

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron urged the Maldives to open up its politics and release all remaining political prisoners after meeting former...

Pakistan arrests university attack suspects 23 Jan 2016 - 04:59 pm

Four men accused of being the facilitators of the Bacha Khan University attack are presented to the media at the Corps headquarters in...

US forces setting up airbase in northeast Syria: sources 23 Jan 2016 - 04:45 pm

? Beirut: US special forces and experts are setting up an airbase in northeast Syria as part of the battle against the Islamic...

Thousands protest against Poland’s new surveillance law 23 Jan 2016 - 04:41 pm

File photo of January 13 protest WARSAW: Thousands of Poles marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protests against their new conservative government’s plan...

Report says errors by airmen damaged nuclear missile in 2014 23 Jan 2016 - 04:37 pm

File - Gen. Robin Rand speaks after taking command of Air Force Global Strike Command during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base,...

US Vice President Biden says prepared for military solution in Syria 23 Jan 2016 - 04:07 pm

US Vice-President Joe Biden attends a press conference with the Turkish prime minister after their round table meeting on January 23, 2016 in...

Taliban want removal from U.N. blacklist before peace talks 23 Jan 2016 - 04:03 pm

DOHA/PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Afghanistan’s Taliban want to be removed from a U.N. blacklist before considering rejoining peace talks aimed at ending a 15-year civil...

Laos' ruling Communist Party chooses new leadership 23 Jan 2016 - 03:44 pm

Outgoing Party general secretary and Laos President Choummaly Sayasone (L) gives flower to greet Vice President and newly chose Communist Party leader Bounnhang...

Rocket fire from Syria 'wounds two' in Turkey: reports 23 Jan 2016 - 03:15 pm

Istanbul: A rocket fired from Syria on Saturday slammed into the town of Kilis on the Turkish side of the border, wounding two...

Lavrov and Kerry discuss Syria talks as wrangling goes on 23 Jan 2016 - 02:57 pm

Moscow: US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday discussed who should represent the Syrian opposition at...

Eritrea president dismisses food crisis fears despite drought 23 Jan 2016 - 02:15 pm

Nairobi: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Saturday dismissed fears the Horn of African nation faces a food crisis, despite sweeping drought across the...

GCC condemn kidnapping of Al Jazeera reporters in Yemen 23 Jan 2016 - 01:45 pm

Al Jazeera reporter, Hamdi El-Bukari Riyadh: Secretary-General of the GCC Dr. Abdul Latif Al Zayani condemned Saturday the kidnapping of news media team...

Tunisia PM holds emergency meeting over unrest 23 Jan 2016 - 01:44 pm

Tunis: Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid held an emergency cabinet meeting Saturday, after authorities declared a nighttime curfew nationwide following the worst outbreak...

US enquires about Nepal's proposed constitution amendments 23 Jan 2016 - 01:25 pm

US Deputy Secretary of State Antony J Blinken. Reuters Kathmandu: US Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has querried Nepalese Prime Minister...

Odd-even traffic restrictions possible after March: Delhi minister 23 Jan 2016 - 01:20 pm

New Delhi: The odd-even traffic scheme might be implemented in Delhi after March as the initiative will require preparations, Transport Minister Goapl Rai...