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India marks 100th anniversary of Amritsar massacre
AMRITSAR: Britain’s high commissioner to India laid a wreath on Saturday on the 100th anniversary of the Amritsar massacre, one of the worst atrocities of colonial rule for which London ... -
Cyclone Idai damages estimated at $2 billion: World Bank
PHOENIX: A Phoenix man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, two of his young daughters and a man who the suspect thought was romantically involved with his ... -
Syria says Israeli airstrike on military position wounds 6
RIYADH: Humanitarian aid organizations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined forces to help thousands of Iranians hit by devastating floods. The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and Emirates Red ... -
Saudi Arabia, UAE launch drive to support flood-hit Iranians
RIYADH: Humanitarian aid organizations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined forces to help thousands of Iranians hit by devastating floods. The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and Emirates Red ... -
‘Scared’ Muslims avoid Christchurch mosques a month after attacks
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Four weeks on from the New Zealand mosques massacre, the Christchurch Muslim community was struggling to get worshippers to overcome their fears and return to Friday prayers.“They ... -
Death toll climbs from bombing at open-air market in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA: At least 16 people were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb blast Friday at a fruit market in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, officials told AFP.Mohsin Butt, provincial ... -
31,000 Iraqis to return home under Syrian deal
TRIPOLI, GENEVA: They trekked through the Sahara in hope of crossing the Mediterranean to a better life in Europe — but instead ended up in squalid detention centers and are ... -
African, Syrian migrants in crosshairs of Libya’s war
TRIPOLI, GENEVA: They trekked through the Sahara in hope of crossing the Mediterranean to a better life in Europe — but instead ended up in squalid detention centers and are ... -
Pushing the envelope: Money politics mars Indonesian poll
JAKARTA: Shanti Ramchand learned quickly what was expected when she began campaigning in Jakarta for Indonesia’s national parliament – distribute envelopes of cash at a small campaign event, and gift ... -
New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
RMEILAN, Syria: A Tajik man who joined Daesh said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed for trying to leave.The 28-year-old, ... -
Omar Al-Bashir steps down, transitional government announced: Al-Arabiya TV
AMMAN: Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state solution, analysts have told Arab News. Saeb Erekat, secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, ... -
Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts
AMMAN: Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state solution, analysts have told Arab News. Saeb Erekat, secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, ... -
Venezuela ‘ready for aid,’ says Maduro after Red Cross meeting
NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to ... -
Narendra Modi rides nationalist fervor ahead of India election
NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to ... -
Istanbul election irregularities should lead to annulment: Erdogan
SAN FRANCISCO: Home-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings to end ... -
Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits
SAN FRANCISCO: Home-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings to end ... -
Police won’t charge Australian teen or senator over egg spat
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court found nine leaders of 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations guilty Tuesday on public nuisance and other charges, in a verdict that activists say likely presages more ... -
Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists found guilty over 2014 protests
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court found leaders of the 2014 “Occupy” civil disobedience movement guilty on Tuesday of public nuisance charges during the mass protests, in a landmark verdict ... -
Israelis go to polls in referendum on Netanyahu’s long reign
JERUSALEM: Israelis began voting in an election on Tuesday that could hand conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a record fifth term or see him dethroned by an ex-general who has ... -
Rouhani: Iran will continue resisting US pressure
DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said they will produce IR8 advanced centrifuges as part of the country’s nuclear program if the US continued to impose pressure. He defended the elite ...
