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Richard Gere visits migrants stuck at sea in Mediterranean
BEIRUT: A Canadian man has been freed after being held for eight months by the Damascus authorities in war-torn Syria, the former detainee and Lebanon’s security chief said Friday. British ... -
Afghans prepare for Eid, hope for peace
DETROIT: Thousands of Muslim Americans have paid at least $6,000 each to make the journey to Makkah in Saudi Arabia as part of the Islamic ritual of Hajj. The Hajj, ... -
Turkey-US deal: End to Turkish ambitions for an offensive into Syria?
BEIRUT: Canadian Kristian Lee Baxter, 44, who was detained for nine months in Syria, was released after Lebanese officials stepped in to ensure his freedom. Baxter appeared at the General Security ... -
‘I thought I would be there forever,’ says Canadian freed from Syria
ANKARA: Ankara’s agreement with Washington to set up a so-called safe zone in northeastern Syria, along with a joint coordination center, has sparked debate about whether it will completely prevent a ... -
Indian PM calls repeal of J&K’s Article 370 ‘historic’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused India of moving from “occupation to annexation” over its revocation of Kashmir’s special status. And with the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir still in lockdown following ... -
India moving from occupation to annexation, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused India of moving from “occupation to annexation” over its revocation of Kashmir’s special status. And with the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir still in lockdown following ... -
Tunisia PM Chahed announces run for president
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri expressed optimism about the chances of putting an end to the political crisis that has paralyzed the Cabinet for more than five weeks. After meeting ... -
Lebanese leaders meet to stem crisis over mountain shoot-out
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri expressed optimism about the chances of putting an end to the political crisis that has paralyzed the Cabinet for more than five weeks. After meeting ... -
Madagascar says remains of UK student who fell from plane now found
ATHENS: The body of a missing British scientist has been found in a ravine on the Greek island of Ikaria two days after she disappeared, Greek public television reported on Wednesday.The ... -
Missing British scientist found dead in Greece
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail was arrested on Wednesday following investigations by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog into a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract with Qatar. Ismail was ... -
Court documents accuse Qatar-owned Doha Bank of money transfer to Syrian extremists
TUNIS: Tunisian Defense Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi submitted his candidacy for a presidential election on Sept. 15 as an independent on Wednesday and said he would resign from government. Zbidi, 69, who ... -
Dialogue not escalation needed in Yemen's Aden: Gargash
Court documents accuse Qatar-owned Doha Bank of money transfer to Syrian extremists LONDON: A Qatari bank has been accused of transferring “large sums of money” to an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group ... -
Veteran Indian female politician Sushma Swaraj has died
BAMAKO: Twin attacks in Mali have killed four people, including two Malian soldiers, security sources said Tuesday, as the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended activities in Timbuktu due ... -
Four dead in Mali attacks, Red Cross suspends Timbuktu ops
NEW DELHI: Indian lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that strips the statehood from the Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir amid an indefinite security lockdown in the disputed Himalayan territory, actions ... -
Turkish court orders closure of independent news site Bianet
ALGIERS: Algeria’s supreme court on Monday ordered two former ministers to be taken into custody over suspected corruption under former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state television reported. The former Public Works and ... -
Algeria court orders arrest of former ministers
TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an air base in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. “Our air force carried ... -
Boy thrown from London’s Tate Modern is French tourist visiting UK
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, his spokesman said on Monday, after India revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region ... -
UN chief urges restraint over Kashmir after India revokes state's special status
LONDON: A six-year-old boy thrown from a tenth-floor viewing platform at London’s Tate Modern gallery is a French national who was visiting the British capital with his family, police said ... -
UK to join US-led maritime security mission in Gulf
AMMAN: The Syrian army said Monday it was resuming military operations in a Russian-led campaign in northwest Syria that has uprooted tens of thousands and killed hundreds, blaming Turkey for not ... -
Syria army to resume military operations in Idlib
LONDON: Britain said on Monday it was joining a US-led maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.Last month, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ...
