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The onslaught began with a triple suicide bombing in the city of Sweida, which was followed by attacks with guns and explosives on villages to its north and east. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in IS suicide bombings, shootings in Syria rise to nearly...

In Wednesday's attacks, worst bloodshed in Sweida since civil war began in 2011, more than half the people killed were...

26 July 2018 1:47 PM IST

Iwais journey in the Arab world began 30 years ago, on his bosses orders. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's ambassador Fumio Iwai: Iraq's loving social media celeb...

Iwai has been in post in Baghdad for less than 3 yrs, but his fan base reaches far beyond heavily fortified walls of...

19 July 2018 9:33 PM IST

Abu Dhabi is the capital and the richest emirate of the UAE. (Photo: AP)

Emirati prince flees to Qatar, exposes tensions in UAE: Report

Sheikh Rashid accused Emirati rulers of blackmail and money laundering but did not offer evidence to back up his claims.

16 July 2018 3:44 PM IST

The US-led coalition too has carried out air strikes on targets in Idlib province in recent weeks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Air strike in eastern Syria kills at least 28: reports

US-led coalition carried out the air strike near the town of Albu Kamal east of the Euphrates River.

13 July 2018 3:16 PM IST

$Madhusudhanan, 60, from Kerala, and his Sri Lankan wife Rohini, 55, had claimed to be \living like prisoners\ in Sharjah and sought help from the UAE government to legalise their residency status fearing arrest and deportation. (Representative image)$ World

Indian family 'living like prisoners' in UAE offered jobs, help

Officials of India's Consulate in Dubai approached the family in Sharjah and offered them aid in 'documentation as...

10 July 2018 12:38 PM IST

An overturned train car is seen near a village at Tekirdag province. (Photo: AP)

24 killed, 318 injured after train derails in Turkey

Deputy PM Recep Akdag said that heavy rain had caused the ground under the rails to collapse, causing the crash.

9 July 2018 11:46 AM IST

Turkey has been under a state of emergency since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AFP)

Turkey fires more that 18,500 state employees in new decree

Turkish media dubbed decree as the 'last' with officials indicating state of emergency could end as early as Monday.

8 July 2018 2:19 PM IST

Hundreds of missiles and barrel bombs hit rebel held southwestern...

The Syrian Observatory called it an attempt to make rebels concede after they refused to subject themselves to Russian...

5 July 2018 3:33 PM IST

Isis media outlets published this image of Hudayfah al-Badri, son of the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Photo: AP)

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's son killed in Syria

The group's statement showed an image of a young boy carrying an assault rifle and gave no further details.

5 July 2018 9:00 AM IST

A Saudi woman gets ready to drive her car through the streets of Khobar City on her way to Kingdom of Bahrain. (Representational Image | AFP)

Saudi woman's car set on fire after driving ban lifted

Salma al-Sherif told local media that her car had been deliberately set alight this week by men 'opposed to women...

4 July 2018 8:57 PM IST

His own investigation revealed that on an average, each small grocery was using about 1,200 bags a month to deliver goods. (Photo

Indian boy honoured in Dubai for spreading environmental awareness

Mohammed distributed hand-decorated reusable bags to groceries in Karama after he grew tired of seeing plastic bags...

4 July 2018 5:03 PM IST

Blocks of ice will be chipped off the iceberg that lies above the waterline and then crushed into water.

UAE to tow icebergs from Antarctica to its coasts for drinking water

Company is developing technology to reduce project costs, ensure zero ice melting during transport, facilitate...

2 July 2018 2:19 PM IST