Islamic State threatens to invade Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON: Islamic State militants have released a video saying that the group intends to invade Saudi Arabia while the kingdom's throne is changing hands.According to Fox News, Saudi militants who have joined the IS group in Iraq and Syria issued the...

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Ukraine, rebels gather for peace talks as fighting rages in east

MINSK/KIEV: A new round of peace talks were about to start on the Ukraine crisis on Saturday, even as fighting between Kiev government forces and pro-Russian separatists raged in the east, claiming civilian and military lives.A Reuters reporter in the...

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Africa agrees to send 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram

ADDIS ABABA: African leaders have agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, an African Union official said on Saturday.The move came after the council urged heads of state to endorse the deployment of troops...

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Death toll in bomb blast in southern Pakistan rises to 35

ISLAMABAD : A police official says the death toll from a blast at a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan has risen to 50.Sain Rakhio Mirani, the deputy inspector general for Shikarpur district where the blast occurred, says the explosion went off as worshippers...

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Death toll in bomb blast in southern Pakistan rises to 50

ISLAMABAD : A police official says the death toll from a blast at a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan has risen to 50.Sain Rakhio Mirani, the deputy inspector general for Shikarpur district where the blast occurred, says the explosion went off as worshippers...

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ISIS-linked group kills 30, mostly soldiers, in Egypt

CAIRO: Twenty-seven soldiers were among 30 people killed when militants struck multiple security posts in Egypt's North Sinai in a series of attacks, involving car bombs and mortar rounds, one of the deadliest assaults claimed by a group that recently...

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Police question 8-year-old who backed Charlie Hebdo attackers

PARIS: Police detained and questioned an 8-year-old boy from the south of France who claimed to support the men who attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, drawing criticism on Thursday that France's measures to prevent people from defending terrorism...

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Israel buries soldiers, says Hezbollah doesn't want conflict

JERUSALEM: Israel was burying Thursday two soldiers killed in a Hezbollah missile strike that triggered Israeli fire on southern Lebanon, raising tensions between the bitter enemies to their highest in years.But the Israeli-Lebanese border was calm,...

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Gas blast at Mexico City children's hospital, dozens injured

MEXICO CITY: Mexico City officials say a gas tank truck has exploded outside a maternity and children's hospital, collapsing part of it and injuring dozens of people.Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera tells the Televisa network that at least 54 people are injured,...

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Massive destruction in Kobane after Kurds drive out IS

KOBANE: Rubble strewn streets, gutted buildings: the bloody battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane has wrought massive destruction, according to a team of journalists who arrived on the scene today.Kurdish forces recaptured the town on the Turkish...

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Former Taliban commander is IS' Af-Pak chief

ISLAMABAD: Dreaded Islamic State militant group has appointed a breakaway Taliban commander as its chief in Khurasan, a historic name used by militants for an area covering Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India.In a video posted online, Islamic State...

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Michelle Obama appears before Saudi king with head uncovered

RIYADH: For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live.Joining President Barack Obama for a condolence visit after the death of the King Abdullah, Mrs Obama...

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Divers find more bodies, reach AirAsia fuselage

PANGKALAN BUN (Indonesia): Indonesian divers today finally reached the fuselage of an AirAsia plane that crashed last month, an official said, as four more bodies were recovered from the Java Sea.Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather...

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Israel ready for Hezbollah retaliation: Minister

JERUSALEM: Defence minister Moshe Yaalon said on Friday that Israel was prepared for any retaliation by Hezbollah, after it carried out a deadly air strike in Syria against the Lebanese Shia militant group.Yaalon toured Israel's northern frontiers with...

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Paris gunman Coulibaly buried near capital

CRETEIL (France): One of the three jihadist gunmen who waged attacks in Paris this month was buried on day near the capital, police sources said, after his country of origin Mali refused to accept his body.The sources, who wished to remain anonymous,...

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CNN anchor Jim Clancy quits after controversial Israel tweets

Jim Clancy quit his long-standing job on CNN after he appeared to suggest that the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks were provoked by what he perceives to be the magazine's pro-Israel stance.He left the channel following 34 years in the role of international...

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Half of Britain does not believe in God

LONDON: Is there a God or is after life real?Women are much more likely to believe so than men, researchers have found.A new study of more than 9,000 British people in their 40s, published by UCL Institute of Education (IOE), shows that 60% of the women...

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'Just for animals' terminal at John F Kennedy Airport

NEW YORK: The world's first-ever terminal for animals is set to open at the John F Kennedy Airport here in 2016 and it will transport 70,000 animals a year once the $48 million facility becomes operational.ARK Development, LLC, an affiliate of leading...

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IS threatens to kill Japanese hostages, Tokyo vows not to give in

BEIRUT: The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless it receives a $200 million ransom within 72 hours, but Tokyo on Tuesday vowed it would not give in to "terrorism".IS has murdered five western hostages since August last...

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Chinese advisory body set to expel former senior aide to Hu Jintao

BEIJING: China's top parliamentary advisory body is set to expel a one-time senior aide to former president Hu Jintao, state media reported on Tuesday, after the ruling Communist Party announced he was being investigated for corruption.Ling Jihua, who...

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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 climbed fast then stalled: Indonesia

JAKARTA: An AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board climbed at a faster than normal speed and then stalled, the Indonesian transport minister said on Tuesday.Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather,...

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Pak occupies top slot in Google's list of most porn-searching countries

KARACHI: Pakistan tops the list of most porn-searching countries and leads the way in porn searches for animals like pigs, donkeys, dogs, cats and snakes, according to the data released by Google.The data also showed that six of the top eight porn-searching...

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Air Force One: The flying White House

US president Barack Obama will be the chief guest for Republic Day celebrations. He will travel to India in his presidential plane, Air Force One. Here's what you need to know about the plane:* The 'Air Force One' call sign was created after a 1953 incident...

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Third Pakistani this year beheaded in Saudi

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, the third person from his country executed for the crime this year.Yassir Arafat Munir Ahmed was executed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the interior ministry said in a...

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Suicide bomber kills four in northeast Nigeria: police, hospital

KANO (NIGERIA): A suicide bomber killed four people and wounded dozens Sunday in an attack at a bus station in Potiskum, northeastern Nigeria, police and hospital sources told AFP."We have evacuated four dead bodies and 48 injured persons from the scene...

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Chadian soldiers arrive in Cameroon to battle Boko Haram

YAOUNDE: A contingent of soldiers from Chad has arrived in northern Cameroon where it will deploy to the Nigerian border as part of efforts to contain the Boko Haram insurgency, a spokesman for Cameroon's defence ministry said on Sunday.Boko Haram, which...

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Record 6 million turn out for pope's Manila Mass

MANILA: A record 6 million people poured into Manila's rain-soaked streets and its biggest park on Sunday as Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage with an appeal for Filipinos to protect their young from sin and vice so they can instead become missionaries...

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Tugboat sinking in China kills 22 including 8 foreigners

BEIJING: Twenty-two people including eight foreigners have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river, state media reported Saturday.The vessel was raised Saturday, 40 hours after it sank while undergoing...

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Belgium deploys troops to guard key sites in wake of anti-terror sweep

BRUSSELS: Soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets across Belgium on Saturday, including some buildings within the Jewish quarter of the port city of Antwerp. It was the first time in 30 years that authorities used troops to reinforce police...

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France defends 'freedom of expression' after protests

TULLE (France): French President Francois Hollande stressed Saturday that France had "principles, values, notably freedom of expression" after violent protests against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Niger and Pakistan.Hollande recalled that "we...

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Schools in Guinea closed amid Ebola to reopen Monday

ACCRA, Ghana: All schools in Guinea will reopen on Monday after being closed amid the deadly Ebola outbreak, Guinea's health minister said on Friday.Health minister Remy Lamah told The Associated Press in Accra, Ghana during a summit by the Economic...

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Armed man takes hostages in Paris suburb post office

PARIS: An armed man, who took an unidentified number of hostages at a post office northwest of Paris, has been arrested by police.No casualties were reported in the incident and all the hostages have been freed, according to local police.The man was...

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Paris post office gunman arrested, hostages freed: Police

PARIS: An armed man, who took an unidentified number of hostages at a post office northwest of Paris, has been arrested by police.No casualties were reported in the incident and all the hostages have been freed, according to local police.The man was...

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PLA says high-rise buildings of wealthy "compromised" its air bases

BEIJING: Even China's People's Liberation Army is now complaining about the tremendous power of the wealthy, who have "compromised" nearly half of its air bases by surrounding them with high-rise buildings. The PLA's Air Force said tall buildings have...

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Pakistan bans Jamaat-ud-Dawa

ISLAMABAD: In a move that appears to be aimed at curbing militancy and extremism in the country, Pakistan has decided to ban 12 organizations, including Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), the frontrunner of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, a welfare...

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Isis has fighters 'just waiting for order to attack the west', says teenage grammar school jihadist

A teenage former grammar schoolboy who went to Syria has warned that Isis has "many" extremists "just waiting for the order to do attacks on the west".Shabazz Suleman, a former pupil of Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe, disappeared in the summer...

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Pakistan army chief embarks on three-day Britain visit

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Wednesday left for a three-day visit to the UK to meet British military and political leaders and discuss regional security situation.Gen Sharif is undertaking the visit after crucial talks with US...

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South Korea urges N Korea to respond to talks offer

SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday urged North Korea once again to respond to its dialogue offer, media reported.Unification ministry spokesperson Lim Byeong-cheol told a press briefing that the ministry has no plan to send an additional proposal to North...

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Palestinian unity frays, hurting Gaza's rebuilding

GAZA: Escalating tension between Islamist group Hamas and its Western-backed rival Fatah has pushed their "unity" government to the brink of collapse, harming efforts to rebuild the Gaza Strip and complicating Palestinian statehood ambitions.Five months...

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Two Ukraine soldiers killed in new upsurge in fighting

KIEV: Ukraine's military on Saturday reported the death of two soldiers in the past day of fighting with pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east.Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko added that 20 soldiers were wounded in clashes in the mostly Russian-speaking...

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23 Kurdish soldiers killed in IS attack

BAGHDAD: At least 23 Kurdish soldiers were killed and 12 injured during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in an Iraqi city, media reported.The military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan were targeted in two different vehicle explosions in areas around...

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UN to host new Libya peace talks in Geneva next week

TRIPOLI, Libya: The United Nations announced Saturday a new round of peace talks between Libya's warring factions in Geneva next week, as the European Union warned the country was at a "crucial juncture"."This dialogue is an important opportunity for...

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