Women should not laugh in public: Turkish minister

ISTANBUL: A senior Turkish minister who caused an outcry by suggesting women should not laugh loudly in public waded into a new controversy today by attacking women who he said could not resist pole dancing.Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, a co-founder...

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Sierra Leone declares Ebola emergency

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone has declared a state of public emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces to quarantine epicentres of the deadly virus, President Ernest Bai Koroma said in a statement.The measures resembled...

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Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declares health emergency

FREETOWN (Sierra Leone): The president of Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency as the Ebola crisis blamed for nearly 700 deaths deepened across West Africa, vowing to quarantine sick patients at home and conduct house-to-house searches for...

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Temporary ceasefire in fight for Tripoli airport

TRIPOLI: Rival militias fighting for control of Tripoli airport agreed on Wednesday to a temporary ceasefire to allow firefighters to try to control a huge blaze at a fuel depot hit by a rocket.After a fortnight of the worst fighting since the 2011 war...

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4-hour ceasefire in Gaza, 16 killed in attack on UN school

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel agreed on Wednesday to observe a four-hour lull in Gaza several hours after a deadly strike on a school killed 16, drawing a furious response from a UN refugee agency.In a statement, the army said it had agreed...

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MH17 trial not likely at International Criminal Court: Report

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands or Malaysia is likely to try those responsible for the downing in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, not the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Dutch said on Wednesday.Cases are only referred to the world's...

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22 civilians reported killed in east Ukraine

KIEV: At least 22 civilians were killed on Tuesday by shelling in two conflict-stricken cities in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said.The use of unguided rockets in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels has been taking...

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UK issues warning over potential Ebola outbreak

LONDON: Britain has issued a serious warning to British doctors to watch for signs of the Ebola virus arriving in the UK after an infected man was allowed to board multiple international flights.Patrick Sawyer's death in Lagos, Nigeria has sparked fear...

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German cops arrest teenager after synagogue attack

BERLIN: German police arrested an 18-year-old man after petrol bombs were thrown at a synagogue in the western town of Wuppertal overnight, they said in a statement on Wednesday."According to investigations, three suspects threw several incendiary devices...

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South Korean teens tell how they were left to escape ferry

ANSAN, South Korea: Six teenagers who survived South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 44 years told on Monday how classmates helped them float free as water flooded their cabins despite crew instructions to stay put even as their ferry sank, killing...

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Huge oil depot blaze puts Libya's Tripoli under threat

TRIPOLI: Firefighters on Monday failed to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot on the outskirts of Tripoli, sparking fears of a huge fireball that could cause carnage over a wide area.The authorities rushed to evacuate people from their homes in the area...

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Muslims mark sombre Eid amid MH17, Gaza conflict

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in Asia marked a grim Eid al-Fitr on Monday, overshadowed by several air tragedies, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, and conflicts in Gaza and Pakistan.Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his message for Eid,...

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85 Syria troops killed in jihadist takeover

BEIRUT: At least 85 Syrian soldiers were killed, some of them beheaded, as the jihadist Islamic State took over a base in the northern province of Raqa, a monitoring group said Saturday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fate of around...

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US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes

WASHINGTON: The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under US military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias,...

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Malaysian prime minister to travel to Netherlands

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will travel to the Netherlands on Wednesday to discuss the downed Malaysia Airlines jet with his Dutch counterpart.Najib said in a statement on Saturday that he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will...

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Gaza death toll tops 800

GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): Israeli fire on Friday pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree to a weeklong humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce.In the West Bank,...

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Australia to ship Tamil asylum seekers to mainland

SYDNEY: Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers it has been holding at sea for nearly a month to a mainland detention centre, the immigration minister said on Friday, in an apparent setback for the government's policies.Australia has provided...

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Hamas says it fired three rockets at Israel airport

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said Friday it fired three rockets at Tel Aviv airport, a day after US and some European airlines had resumed flights after a two-day suspension."At 11:45 am (0845 GMT), the Qassam...

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US calls for truce in Gaza as toll rises to 657

GAZA CITY, (Gaza Strip): Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the US secretary of state reported progress in efforts to broker a truce in the conflict that has so far killed at least 657 Palestinians...

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3 Pak nationals arrested with fake Indian currency

BANGKOK: Three Pakistani nationals, including head of one of the largest Bangkok-based fake Indian currency syndicate, have been arrested with counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 100,000 outside the Pakistan embassy here."We arrested three Pakistanis...

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26/11 trial in Pak adjourned for 7th time in a row

LAHORE: For the seventh time in a row, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case adjourned the hearing on Wednesday till September 3 as the judge has gone on a summer vacation.The court office notified...

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'I no longer talk to Obama': Turkey's Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has stopped talking to US President Barack Obama on the phone, amid growing strains between Ankara and Washington over Syria and the Gaza conflict.Turkey, a fierce opponent of Syrian President...

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'I no longer talk to Obama': Turkey's Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has stopped talking to US President Barack Obama on the phone, amid growing strains between Ankara and Washington over Syria and the Gaza conflict.Turkey, a fierce opponent of Syrian President...

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Cameron calls on Europe to impose 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Russia

LONDON: In what is the sternest statement since the Malaysia Airlines disaster, British Prime Minister David Cameron has called on Europe to impose "hard-hitting sanctions" on Russia which should include restrictions on Russian banks and airlines and...

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Iran complying with nuclear deal: UN watchdog

VIENNA: Iran has diluted its entire stock of medium-enriched uranium as required under a November deal with world powers, the UN atomic agency said in its latest report seen by AFP on Monday.Even as talks to reach a nuclear deal with Iran were extended...

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Suicide bombing kills 2 in south Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official said that a suicide bomber targeted a police convoy in the southern province of Helmand, killing two people, a policeman and a civilian.Omar Zwak, the spokesman for the provincial governor, says the attack took...

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Prince George starts walking ahead of first birthday

LONDON: Prince George shows he has got the hang of walking in a new picture released by his parents Prince William and Kate to mark the future king's first birthday on Tuesday.The little boy, wearing striped dungaree shorts over a navy blue top, is pictured...

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Arab League calls Israeli attack in Gaza 'war crime'

CAIRO: The Arab League described Israeli attacks on Gaza that have killed at least 60 Palestinians on Sunday as a "war crime".Nabil el-Araby, the head of the Cairo-based Arab League, considers Israeli shelling and ground attacks in Shejaia in northeast...

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Islamists mount 'heaviest' assault on Libya airport

TRIPOLI: Islamist militia launched their heaviest assault so far on Libya's main airport on Sunday, two days after a truce with the rival ex-rebels that control it collapsed, a security official said."The airport was attacked this morning with mortar...

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Airstrikes kill 28 in Pak's North Waziristan

BANNU: Pakistan's military Sunday bombed six militant boltholes in a lawless tribal district, killing at least 28 insurgents, officials said.The airstrikes targeted Shawal village in the troubled North Waziristan region, where militants fleeing a military...

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Bombings kill at least 24 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: A series of bombings, including three over a span of less than 10 minutes, killed at least 24 people across Baghdad on Saturday, shaking the fragile sense of security the capital has maintained despite the Sunni militant offensive raging across...

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Typhoon Rammasun kills eight in China

BEIJING: The strongest storm to hit southern China in more than 40 years has killed at least eight people there, state media said Saturday, after causing devastation in the Philippines.Rammasun first made landfall in China on Friday afternoon as a super...

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Pakistan economy improved despite terrorism

KARACHI: Despite problems of terrorism and energy crisis, the economic outlook of Pakistan improved last fiscal with inflation remaining in single digit and foreign remittances showing a rise, the State Bank of Pakistan said today. Pakistan follows...

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Italy court clears Berlusconi in sex trial

MILAN: An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned Silvio Berlusconi's conviction on charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor, in a significant legal victory for the former prime minister.The Milan court unexpectedly threw out the...

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World celebrates 1st Mandela Day since icon's death

JOHANNESBURG: People around the world celebrated "Mandela Day" Friday for the first time since the iconic South African leader's death by doing good deeds on what would have been his 96th birthday.For the past five years millions have volunteered 67...

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Interview with Lithuania's first woman president Dalia Grybauskaite

Lithuania's tremendously popular president Dalia Grybauskaite made history recently by becoming the first ever to be re-elected into the top office. Lithuania had never elected a president for a second term before. The 58-year-old former European Union...

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