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Cross-border firing kills two, death toll rises to seven 17 Aug 2015 - 12:30 am

Ten-year-old Razia Kousar is carried into a medical centre in Rajouri, north of Jammu, yesterday. Jammu: Two civilians were killed and at least...

Japan joins US-Philippine drills amid China sea row 17 Aug 2015 - 12:28 am

SUBIC BAY, Philippines: Japan has joined US-led maritime humanitarian exercises off the Philippines for the first time, as concerns mount among the three...

Cyanide fuelled China blasts 17 Aug 2015 - 12:27 am

Soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army’s anti-chemical warfare corps, with gas masks, examine a container at the site of last Wednesday night’s explosions...

Pro-Hadi forces advance in third major city 17 Aug 2015 - 12:05 am

People walk past a building damaged by recent fighting between Houthi militants and fighters of the Southern Resistance, in Yemen’s southern port city...

Indian PM Modi visits labour camp in Abu Dhabi 17 Aug 2015 - 12:04 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) inspecting the guard of honour with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al...

U.S. military cancels hearing for September 11 suspects 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, (R), the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, speaks with his defense lawyer on the third day of pre-trial...

U.S., Germany to pull Patriot missiles from Turkey 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen. BERLIN/ISTANBUL: The United States and Germany said they will pull Patriot missile batteries...

Toll in migrant tragedy rises to 49 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants wait on the platform next to a full train heading to the Serbian border, at Gevgelija station in the former Yugoslav Republic...

Brazil street protests demand impeachment of Rousseff 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Protesters march at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and the ruling Workers Party yesterday. Brasília: Tens of thousands...

Merkel ally vows to unseat her in 2017 poll 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday his beleaguered Social Democrats (SPD) would field a candidate to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel in...

US to withdraw Patriot missiles from Turkey 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A protester waves a flag bearing Turkey’s national emblem and a portrait of the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during a...

Ex-PM Maliki blamed for Mosul fall to IS 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: An Iraqi parliamentary investigation found ex-premier Nouri Al Maliki and 35 others responsible for militants overrunning second city Mosul, in a report...

Imran Khan avoids Parliament 17 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: For more than a year, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has attended the House proceedings hardly twice, thus figuring among the...

One dead after small plane crashes onto train track in New York 16 Aug 2015 - 06:52 pm

One person is dead and one hospitalized after a small plane crashed onto railroad tracks on Long Island in New York State on...

Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region 16 Aug 2015 - 06:41 pm

The mother (C) of a missing Trigana Air Service flight attendant leaves the airlines office in Jakarta, Indonesia August 16, 2015 in this...

Airstrikes kill 40 militants in NW Pakistan: Military 16 Aug 2015 - 06:27 pm

A Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Shadi Khan, some 80 kilometers northwest from Pakistani...

Fire engulfs Philippine ship with 544; only 2 minor injuries 16 Aug 2015 - 05:56 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A two-story ferry with 544 passengers caught fire after docking in the central Philippines on Saturday and people jumped into the...

Air strikes near Damascus kill at least 80 people: activists 16 Aug 2015 - 04:55 pm

BEIRUT: A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed about 80 people on Saturday, rescue workers and the Syrian Observatory for Human...