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New Pentagon rules to change war reporting 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: New guidelines in a US military war manual may change the rules for reporters covering conflicts, but it remains to be seen...

Queen leads Britain’s VJ anniversary commemorations 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Armed forces parade outside the Houses of Parliament to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day in London yesterday. The...

Syria ceasefire ends, fighting resumes 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

People look at damaged buildings at Al-Zabadani August 8, 2012. BEIRUT: A temporary ceasefire between warring parties in Syria collapsed on Saturday as...

Death toll from China blasts rises to 104, Xi urges changes 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Smoke rises as damaged vehicles are seen burning near the site of Wednesday night's explosions, at Binhai new district in Tianjin, China, August...

India, Pakistan border flare-up kills 3 in Kashmir 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

SRINAGAR (India): Three civilians were killed Saturday in Indian-controlled Kashmir when the car they were travelling in was hit by a mortar shell...

Bombs kill at least 20 across Baghdad: police and medical sources 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo of Baghdad municipality workers helping clean up the site of a suicide bombing that targeted a street filled with hardware stores,...

Clinton hits back at Jeb Bush on Iraq and Islamic State 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding dinner in Clear Lake, Iowa, United States, August 14, 2015. ...

Keep an ‘open mind’ to preserve judicial independence: CJI Dattu 16 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India H L Dattu yesterday called upon judges and lawyers to remain steadfast and together to protect and...

Pakistani minister resigns over allegations against military 15 Aug 2015 - 06:51 pm

Mushahid Ullah Khan, the federal minister for the environment singed. KARACHI: A Pakistani minister has resigned after alleging the former head of military...

U.S. military looks into moving some Guantanamo detainees to military sites: media 15 Aug 2015 - 05:56 pm

File photos of detainees at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Defense is sending a team...

Egypt's deposed president Morsi appeals death sentence 15 Aug 2015 - 04:53 pm

CAIRO - The court-appointed legal team representing deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi filed an appeal on Saturday at the country's highest court challenging...

At least 40 migrants die in Mediterranean: Italy navy 15 Aug 2015 - 04:27 pm

An Iranian migrant cries as while carrying his son after a small group of exhausted migrants from Iran arrived by paddling an engineless...

Corruption eating away at India 'like a termite': Modi 15 Aug 2015 - 02:51 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his Independence Day speech from The Red Fort in New Delhi, on August 15, 2015. NEW DELHI:...

Five insurgents killed in southeast Bangladesh: army 15 Aug 2015 - 02:35 pm

Bangladeshi troops shot and killed at least five suspected insurgents in a pre-dawn raid on a jungle hideout in the restive Chittagong Hill...

Lebanon arrests fugitive cleric Ahmad al-Assir: security sources 15 Aug 2015 - 02:21 pm

Lebanese Salafist leader Sheikh Ahmad Al Assir had been on the run since June 2013, after he and his supporters engaged in a...

Pro-govt forces extend gains in south Yemen 15 Aug 2015 - 01:58 pm

Yemeni pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition take position in Loder, in the southern Abyan province, on August 10, 2015. ADEN: Gulf-backed...