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Saudi-led coalition pounds rebels in Yemen’s Aden

RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition bombarded rebel positions early Wednesday in Yemen's main southern city Aden… Read More

Australian convicted for marrying off 12-year-old daughter

SYDNEY: An Australian man was convicted Wednesday of procuring his 12-year-old daughter for sex by… Read More

Amnesty warns against rise in death sentences

LONDON: Egypt and Nigeria accounted for an "alarming rise" in the number of death sentences… Read More

Pakistan struggles with Yemen coalition dilemma

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces an unenviable dilemma -- whether to join a Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting… Read More

New Zayn Malik demo prompts One Direction row

A demo of a new song by former One Direction star Zayn Malik has been… Read More

Japan company makes tear-free onions

TOKYO: The sobbing of a chef as he chops onions in the kitchen could be… Read More

Baby among 15 killed by landslide in Indian Kashmir

KASHMIR: Emergency workers in Indian Kashmir have recovered 15 bodies including that of a three-week-old… Read More

Grooms face terror charges over wedding fireworks

KARACHI: Two newly-wed brothers in Karachi could be facing long prison sentences after police arrested… Read More

Accused Abu Hamza accomplice pleads guilty to terror

NEW YORK: A mentally ill British man accused of setting up a violent extremist training… Read More

US man tending to gravestone dies when it falls on him

WASHINGTON: An American man decorating his mother's grave for Easter died Monday when the headstone… Read More

Erdogan still plans Iran visit despite 'domination' row

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday said he still planned to visit Iran this… Read More

China's jailing of man who grew beard 'absurd': group

BEIJING: A six-year prison sentence reportedly given to a man in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang… Read More

Arab coalition bombs Yemen rebels for fifth night

SANAA: Arab coalition warplanes carried out a fifth straight night of air strikes against Shiite… Read More

Syria launches cigar business despite raging war

In Syria's northeastern province of Latakia, workers roll the country's first locally made cigars, a… Read More

Doubts over 'encounter killings' in Karachi

KARACHI: Sohail Ahmed was picked up last December by a bunch of burly men outside… Read More

Afghanistan's Ghani walks tightrope over US, Pakistan ties

KABUL: In pursuing rapprochement with Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is… Read More

Two Saudi policemen injured in Riyadh drive-by shooting

RIYADH: Two Saudi police officers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Riyadh Sunday, a… Read More

Afghan MP survives suicide attack, three dead: officials

KABUL: A prominent Afghan MP escaped a suicide attack Sunday that killed three people including… Read More

Japan official sacked over fake funeral claims

TOKYO: A civil servant who made up deaths, and even claimed he was going to… Read More

Alps crash pilot told ex 'everyone will know my name'

DUESSELDORF: The co-pilot who crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard,… Read More