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Qaeda makes Aden inroads under cover of Yemen conflict 22 Oct 2015 - 09:11 am

Sanaa: Al-Qaeda's black flag is flying over several official buildings in Yemen's second city Aden as jihadists make inroads in the absence of...

India reaches out to Africa in resources race with China 22 Oct 2015 - 09:08 am

Moscow: The White House issued a scathing attack on Russia's "red carpet" welcome for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, accusing Moscow of...

Philippine typhoon toll hits 54 as floods shift 22 Oct 2015 - 09:06 am

A boy wades through a flooded street in Jaen, Nueva Ecija, in northern Philippines: the death toll from Typhoon Koppu has now risen...

Hike in global Islamic State attacks in past 3 months: analysts 22 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

London: A major increase in violence by the Islamic State group saw over 1,000 attacks and nearly 3,000 deaths worldwide in the past...

Pakistan's unfinished war against extremism 22 Oct 2015 - 08:56 am

Islamabad: A palpable sense of security is returning to Pakistan as a crackdown on militancy bears fruit, but critics warn the government has...

Traumatic final farewell for reunited Korean families 22 Oct 2015 - 08:54 am

Seoul: North and South Korean families divided by war for more than 60 years said a final, traumatic farewell Thursday after a reunion...

Clinton faces Benghazi 'interrogation' Thursday 22 Oct 2015 - 08:51 am

Washington: Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton faces a congressional grilling Thursday over her role during and after the deadly attacks on the US...

Israeli shot dead by guard who mistook him for terrorist: police 22 Oct 2015 - 08:37 am

Jerusalem: A private security guard accidentally shot dead an Israeli man in Jerusalem late Wednesday after mistaking him for a "terrorist", a police...

WikiLeaks publishes CIA chief's emails 22 Oct 2015 - 08:35 am

Washington: The CIA accused WikiLeaks of "malicious intent" after the anti-secrecy campaign group published an initial tranche of documents Wednesday it said were...

20 shot dead by suspected Islamists in NE Nigeria: witnesses 22 Oct 2015 - 08:32 am

Kano, Nigeria: Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in Nigeria's northeast Borno...

France's Hollande warns against any move to 'bolster' Assad 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: French President Francois Hollande warned against bolstering Bashar al-Assad Wednesday, after Syria's embattled leader made a surprise visit to Moscow in his...

Erdogan seen with little choice but to share power after Turkish vote 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Orhan Coskun and Nick Tattersall ANKARA/ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan's tactics for Turkey's second general election in five months might have changed, but...

Rockets kill at least 22 civilians in Yemen's Taez: medics 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Sanaa: At least 22 civilians were killed and several others wounded as suspected rebel rockets crashed into the central Yemeni city of Taez...

Biden says will not run for White House in 2016 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he will not run for the White House in 2016, removing a potential obstacle to...

Two US Predator drones crash in Iraq, Turkey 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: The US Air Force lost control of two Predator drones in separate incidents recently in Turkey and Iraq, a US military official...

Sudan allows deliveries of rations to Darfur peacekeepers 22 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

United Nations, US: Sudan on Wednesday began releasing containers of rations destined for international peacekeepers serving in Darfur that had been blocked in...