Islamist militants attack intelligence site in Somali capital

MOGADISHU: Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb on Sunday at a national-intelligence site in Somalia's capital, officials and the rebel group said.Seven militants were killed in the attack and in fighting at the Mogadishu facility, according to an intelligence...

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Iceland raises volcano aviation alert again

REYKJAVIK (ICELAND): Iceland's authorities on Sunday raised the aviation warning code to red for a region close to the subglacial Bardarbunga volcano after a small fissure eruption in the area.The country's meteorological agency described the eruption...

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Iraqi forces break militant siege of Shia town

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and Shia militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shia Turkmen town of Amirli, following US airstrikes against the Sunni militants' positions, officials said.Army...

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Syrian militants capture 43 UN workers, 81 trapped

UNITED NATIONS: Militants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 UN peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, and the world body is working to secure their release, the United Nations said on Thursday.The...

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Separatists say will allow 'trapped' Ukrainian forces to withdraw

MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine: Pro-Moscow rebels fighting in Ukraine said on Friday they would comply with a request from the Kremlin and open up a 'humanitarian corridor' to allow the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops they have encircled.It was not clear how...

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Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown

YANGON (Myanmar): A Myanmar beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the $100,000 jeweled crown, a South Korea-based pageant said Friday.Myanmar, which only recently emerged from a half-century...

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Russian troops in Ukraine 'intolerable, unacceptable'

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande warned on Thursday it would be "intolerable and unacceptable" if Russia troops were to be operating on Ukrainian territory, as western intelligence believes."If it turns out that there are Russian soldiers present...

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Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights

FREETOWN: The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left increasingly isolated as more airlines suspended flights to the crisis zone.Air France has agreed to Paris's request for a "temporary suspension" of services to Sierra...

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6 dead, 21 missing in landslide in southwest China

BEIJING: Six people died and 21 remained missing on Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southwestern China, according to Chinese state media.The official Xinhua news agency reported that 77 houses collapsed or were buried in the Wednesday night...

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UN scientist with Ebola in Germany for treatment

BERLIN: A scientist who was infected with Ebola while working for the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone began receiving treatment on Wednesday in a Hamburg hospital after being flown overnight to Germany.The man, whose name and condition are...

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Afghan presidential candidates pull out of audit

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's troubled presidential election was rocked by more turmoil on Wednesday as both candidates vying to succeed Hamed Karzai pulled their observers out of a ballot audit meant to determine the winner of a June runoff.First,...

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15 Australian fighters killed in Iraq, Syria: Spy chief

SYDNEY: Fifteen Australians, including two suicide bombers, are believed to have died fighting in Syria and Iraq, intelligence chief David Irvine said on Wednesday, while warning espionage and foreign intervention threats were increasing.Canberra has...

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Iran supplies weapons to Iraqi Kurdish forces; Baghdad bomb kills 12

ARBIL: The direct arming of Kurdish forces is a contentious issue because some Iraqi politicians have said they suspect Kurdish leaders have aspirations to break away from the central government completely. The move could also be seen by some as a prelude...

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Iran supplies weapons to Iraqi Kurdish forces; Baghdad bomb kills 12

ARBIL: The direct arming of Kurdish forces is a contentious issue because some Iraqi politicians have said they suspect Kurdish leaders have aspirations to break away from the central government completely. The move could also be seen by some as a prelude...

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Nearly 200 cabin crew resign from Malaysia Airlines

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 200 cabin crew have resigned from Malaysia Airlines which was hit by two deadly tragedies this year, the carrier said on Tuesday, and some reportedly cited fears for their safety.The flag carrier, which prior to this year had a good...

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We will act if Islamic group threatens US: Dempsey

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Gen. Martin Dempsey said on Sunday that once he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the US homeland or Europe, he will recommend the US military move directly against the group...

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Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said.The Syrian observatory for human rights said at least...

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French govt dissolved amid internal feud

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government on Monday after an open feud in his cabinet over the country's stagnant economy.Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his socialist government's resignation after accusing the economy...

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Pakistan's largest city thirsts for a water supply

KARACHI (Pakistan): On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan's biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: They want water at least once a week.But that's anything but in Karachi, where people go...

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Yemen's Shia rebel group refuses to stop rallies

SANAA (Yemen): Yemen's Shia rebel group called for new protests on Sunday after rejecting a draft proposal by a presidential delegation to stop their demonstrations in return for a new government and a review of the country's economic policies.The delegation...

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Imran wants to marry in 'Naya Pakistan'

ISLAMABAD: Cricketer-turned-politician and a heartthrob Imran Khan, who is leading his Tehreek-e-Insaaf party in anti-government protests here, has said that he will marry once his dream 'Naya Pakistan' was fulfilled.In his daily nightly address, Khan...

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Ebola spreads in Nigeria; Liberia has 1,000 cases

ABUJA (Nigeria): Two alarming new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria, widening the circle of people sickened beyond the immediate group of caregivers who treated a dying airline passenger in one of Africa's largest cities.The outbreak also continues...

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Iraq suicide bomber kills at least 11 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing against an interior ministry building in central Baghdad has killed at least 11 people.A police officer says the suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into the gate of the intelligence headquarters...

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German Chancellor visits Ukrainian capital

KIEV: German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew in to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday and said she wanted to help end a crisis over Ukraine which flared again after Russia sent a convoy of trucks into Ukraine without Kiev's permission.Making her first visit...

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2 killed in attack on Nato supply convoy in Pak

PESHAWAR: At least two persons were killed and two oil tankers destroyed when unidentified militants on Thursday attacked a Nato supply convoy on the Pak-Afghan highway in restive northwest Pakistan.The militants attacked two oil tankers near Sur Kamar...

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Ebola crisis: This is why '75%' of victims are women

About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders, health officials have said.The disease, which has claimed the lives of at least 1,229 people across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone...

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UN Ebola pointman to visit west Africa

MONROVIA: The UN's new pointman on Ebola was due to arrive in west Africa on Thursday for a visit aimed at shoring up health services in the region where at least 1,350 lives have been lost to the virus.David Nabarro, a British physician appointed last...

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Did an exceptional iceberg sink the Titanic?

LONDON: The luxury liner Titanic, which sank in the ice cold Atlantic waters in 1912, was unlucky to have set sail in a year with a greater number of icebergs than normal, scientists say.While the sinking of the Titanic is typically blamed on human,...

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Imran Khan to march towards Islamabad's Red Zone

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was on the edge on Tuesday after opposition leader Imran Khan called on his supporters to march on the heavily-guarded 'Red Zone' in the capital and cleric Tahir-ul Qadri said he will set up an alternate Parliament to force Prime...

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'No' from one Iraq villeger triggered ISIS mass killings

DOHUK: When Islamic State militants stormed into a northern Iraqi village and ordered everyone to convert to Islam or die only one person refused. But that did not satisfy the Sunni insurgents who are even more hardline than al-Qaida.The militants, who...

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Deng Xiaoping's biography highlights China's ordeals in Mao era

BEIJING: China has published the official biography and collected works of Deng Xiaoping which for the first time throw light on trials and tribulations the reformist leader underwent during Mao Zedong's leadership.The Collected Works of Deng Xiaoping...

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Kurdish forces 'take control' of Iraq's Mosul dam

BAGHDAD: Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Iraqi counterterrorism forces have pushed Islamic State militants out of Mosul dam, state television reported on Monday.The television station quoted Lieutenant-General Qasim Atta, a military spokesman, as saying...

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Strong quake hits west Iran, 250 injured

TEHRAN: A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Ilam in western Iran today, injuring at least 250 people and causing extensive damage to buildings, Iranian media said.The US Geological Survey, reporting the magnitude of the quake at...

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85 killed, 139 missing in Nepal landslide, floods

KATHMANDU: At least 85 persons have been killed and 139 gone missing in the last three days in floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in various districts across Nepal.As many as 73 people have lost their lives in the mid-western region,...

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S Arabia, Kuwait to abide by UN blacklisting of citizens

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agreed to comply with a United Nations resolution aimed at stopping financing for Islamist militant groups in Syria and Iraq after four of their nationals were named among a group blacklisted by the international body.The...

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