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Spanish police free Moroccan migrants held for ransom 24 Oct 2015 - 02:05 pm

Sub-Saharan migrants try to climb up a border fence into Melilla, the Spanish enclave in north Africa which they hope will lead to...

Turkey hunts four IS militants amid attack fears: media 24 Oct 2015 - 02:02 pm

Istanbul: Turkish security forces are searching for four suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group thought to have entered the country from...

Maldives vice president arrested in probe of explosion targeting president 24 Oct 2015 - 01:59 pm

Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adheeb was arrested on Saturday in a probe over a speedboat explosion targeting President Abdulla Yameen, police and government...

'Arson attack' destroys planned refugee home in Sweden 24 Oct 2015 - 01:58 pm

Stockholm: A planned refugee home in Sweden was torched in a suspected arson attack, police said Saturday, the latest incident apparently targeting new...

Hurricane Patricia weakens as it rumbles across Mexico 24 Oct 2015 - 01:53 pm

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia weakened as it rumbled across western Mexico early Saturday, uprooting trees and triggering landslides but so far...

Sinai bomb kills three Egypt policemen 24 Oct 2015 - 01:40 pm

The bomb detonated on Friday when an armored vehicle passed through al-Arish in the peninsula. Image used for illustrative purposes. AFP Cairo: Three...

Syria army battles to retake Aleppo supply line from IS 24 Oct 2015 - 01:38 pm

Beirut: Syrian troops backed by Russian air strikes battled Islamic State group fighters on Saturday in a bid to restore a key supply...

Security council calls on Yemeni parties to attend UN-Brokered political talks 24 Oct 2015 - 01:35 pm

New York: The members of the Security Council welcomed the announcement by the United Nations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for...

Russia ready to support Free Syrian Army with air strikes 24 Oct 2015 - 12:37 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Vienna, on October 23, 2015. MOSCOW: Russia is ready...

India arms buildup compels Pakistan countermeasures: Sharif 24 Oct 2015 - 12:10 pm

US President Barack Obama (R) holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (L) of Pakistan in the Oval Office of the...

Hundreds of trees cut down for PM Modi's rally in Bihar 24 Oct 2015 - 11:10 am

By Imran Khan Patna: Hundreds of trees have been cut down, chopped off and uprooted to make space for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

Ryan sets ambitious agenda if elected U.S. House speaker 24 Oct 2015 - 10:31 am

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON: Paul Ryan revealed a bold to-do list when he agreed to run for speaker of the U.S. House of...

Vice Media eyes TV channels in latest expansion 24 Oct 2015 - 10:27 am

NEW YORK: Vice Media is readying plans to launch a US TV network, and a dozen in Europe next year, as the fast-growing...

Jittery Haiti to elect new president 24 Oct 2015 - 10:22 am

Michel Martelly PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitians vote Sunday for a new president as the poorest country in the Americas seeks to shed chronic political instability...

Obama appoints new envoy to oversee anti-Daesh Coalition 24 Oct 2015 - 10:07 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama appointed Brett McGurk as the new US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh. McGurk...

Gulf Cooperation Council reaffirm commitment to the United Nations Charter 24 Oct 2015 - 10:02 am

Representational image NEW YORK: The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf reaffirmed their commitment to the spirit and purposes of...

Security Council Calls on Yemeni Parties to Attend UN-Brokered Political Talks 24 Oct 2015 - 09:57 am

French family defiant as airport developers push to evict them 24 Oct 2015 - 09:47 am

Virginie Olmos and Sebastien Martin with an officer VIGNEUX-DE-BRETAGNE, France: A family of four, who have lived through years of sometimes violent protests...