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43 killed in Yemen air strikes 22 Aug 2015 - 01:40 am

Yemenis wait to fill jerrycans with water from a donated source amid ongoing widespread disruption of water supplies, in Sana’a, yesterday. SANA’A: Iranian-allied...

Philippines under Goni spell 22 Aug 2015 - 12:37 am

A Filipino boy rests on the rocks amid rising sea water at a coastal village in Navotas City, north of Manila, Philippines, yesterday....

Five killed as Israel bombs Syria targets 22 Aug 2015 - 12:19 am

UN soldiers watching the Israeli-Syrian border from Bental, Overlooking Mount in the Golan Heights, yesterday. Israeli army spokesmen confirmed targeting 14 Syrian military...

Media blackout after reporter shot dead 22 Aug 2015 - 12:14 am

A man reads a copy of the Juba Monitor, with a heading referring to the killing of South Sudanese journalist Peter Moi of...

First cargo docks in Aden since war erupts 22 Aug 2015 - 12:13 am

A man stands on the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s central city of Taiz yesterday. Aden: A commercial...

Talks with Israel ‘positive’: Meshaal 22 Aug 2015 - 12:12 am

Members of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of...

Three hurt in explosion at New York high school 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

New York: A gas line explosion at a New York high school on Thursday injured three construction workers, one critically, and badly damaged...

Officials pinpoint NYC hotel in Legionnaires’ outbreak 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: New York City’s historic Opera House Hotel, identified as the source of a deadly spate of Legionnaires’ disease, said it will...

Some Clinton emails newly ‘classified’ 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: Although a few dozen of Hillary Clinton’s publicly released work emails from her time as secretary of state are now stamped...

As Trump surges, party rivals struggle to parry 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: As Donald Trump steamrolled into Alabama for potentially the biggest US campaign rally of the year yesterday, Republican rivals are flummoxed over...

Democrats face pressure over Iran deal 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: As he weighed whether to support President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, Representative Donald Norcross was showered with the sort of...

UK health workers unsure how to spot trafficked patients 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

LONDON: Workers in Britain’s health service have little idea how to identify or help people who have been trafficked, though many think they...

IRA may still be active despite peace deal: Minister 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

BELFAST: The Irish Republican Army may still be active a decade after its public disbandment, a senior Northern Ireland official said yesterday, a...

EU rejects charges it is acting too slowly on migrants 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Brussels: The European Commission, the executive of the 28-nation EU, yesterday defended itself against charges it is failing to act quickly enough to...

Nature’s fury 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A view of the Cotopaxi volcano spewing ash. Nearly 325,000 people could be affected by an eruption of Cotopaxi, the volcano looming beyond...

Aerial stunt 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian aerobatic group Strizhi (Swifts) performs on MIG-29 jet fighters on rehearsal day for the MAKS-2015, the International Aviation and Space Show, in...

Hurricane Danny strengthens to Category 3, due to weaken 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Hurricane Danny is seen in a NOAA image from the GOES-East satellite taken at 10:15 ET (14:15 GMT) yesterday. Washington: Hurricane Danny strengthened...

Macedonia riot police clash with migrants 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants try to pass the cordon of Macedonian special police forces near southern city of Gevgelija, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, yesterday....