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22 Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen: UAE 04 Sep 2015 - 04:20 pm

The UAE says 22 of its soldiers have been killed fighting alongside a Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen (File Photo) ABU DHABI:...

UAE invited to participate in NIIF 04 Sep 2015 - 12:28 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: India yesterday...

Islamist party faces test in Moroccan elections 04 Sep 2015 - 12:13 am

Members of the PJD greet Secretary General Abdelilah Benkirane during a meeting ahead of the municipal elections in Tangier. IMIDER: Campaigning for today’s...

‘His only fault was to have been born in Syria’ 04 Sep 2015 - 12:12 am

A man holds a poster with a drawing depicting drowned Syrian toddlers during a demonstration for refugee rights in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. Amman:...

World calls for action after kids drown 04 Sep 2015 - 12:10 am

Abdullah Al Kurdi (right), the father of the drowned 3-year-old boy Aylan Kurdi from Syria, cries at a morgue as he tries to...

France says wing part found on Reunion island definitely from MH370 04 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

File picture shows French gendarmes and police inspecting a large piece of plane debris which was found on the beach in Saint-Andre, on...

Geeta’s homecoming plea rejected 04 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Geeta (in pink dress) descends along with others after a case hearing at district city court in Karachi, yesterday. KARACHI: A Pakistani court...

‘Completely ridiculous’ for Hillary to claim emails were secure: Snowden 04 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

DOHA: In a rare and exclusive Al Jazeera television interview, former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower, Edward Snowden has responded to a number of his high...

Using batons, Hungarian police push journalists out of station where migrant train stranded 03 Sep 2015 - 05:05 pm

Hungarian policemen detain migrants on the tracks as they wanted to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary,...

Indonesia ministry to decide winner of high-speed rail bid - president 03 Sep 2015 - 04:40 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia's state enterprise ministry will decide whether to award China or Japan a contract to build the first high-speed railway in Southeast...

Schoolgirls hospitalised in Afghanistan after gas poisoning 03 Sep 2015 - 04:28 pm

KABUL: Over 250 girls in two schools in Afghanistan have had to be hospitalised after they inhaled some mysterious fumes and displayed signs...

Bangladesh factory owners to stand trial over deadly fire 03 Sep 2015 - 04:23 pm

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered two garment factory owners and 11 others to stand trial for causing the death of 111...

Migrants leave Budapest for Austrian frontier; pressure builds for EU action 03 Sep 2015 - 03:59 pm

Migrants storm into a train at the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary, September 3, 2015 as Hungarian police withdrew from the gates...

Chris the sheep loses 40kg fleece 03 Sep 2015 - 03:57 pm

A sheep named 'Chris' pictured on the outskirts of Canberra as Australian animal welfare officers put out an urgent appeal for shearers to...

China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000 03 Sep 2015 - 03:09 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in a car on his way to review the army as military band members play next to him,...

Philippine children stunted by malnutrition: welfare report 03 Sep 2015 - 02:39 pm

International studies have showed the Philippines has the ninth largest proportion of stunted children. MANILA: Children in the Philippines suffer from "sub-Saharan levels"...