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Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures during a televised address at the presidential palace in Ankara on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Recep Erdogan biopic to hit screens ahead of referendum

The movie shows his life up to 1999, beginning his childhood in a poor district of Istanbul to his rise to become the...

25 Feb 2017 9:48 AM IST

Dozens of expatriates of various nationalities had already been let go by his firm and others will follow. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi goes the nationalist way, looks to hire citizens over expats

As Saudi Arabia steps up efforts to employ more of its own people, the ranks of well-paid white-collar expatriates are...

24 Feb 2017 6:42 PM IST

Iraqi Federal police forces advance towards the western side of Mosul. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi forces capture Mosul airport from Islamic State

Iraqi forces hope to repair the airport and use it as a base from which to drive the militants from Mosul's western...

24 Feb 2017 8:26 AM IST

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Photo: AFP)

Egypt rubbishes reports about giving Sinai to Palestinians

In a statement, Alaa Youssef said the issue has not been discussed or presented on any level.'

23 Feb 2017 8:07 PM IST

A masked Iraqi security officer stands guard outside a house during a raid on suspected Islamic State group fighters. (Photo: AP)

In key victory, Iraqi forces take control of Islamic State 'sniper'...

The advances are part of a US-backed government offensive to drive the Islamic State group from western Mosul.

23 Feb 2017 6:14 PM IST

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Dubai: Teen brothers found guilty of consensual sex' after 16-yr-old...

The brothers claimed that the girl had agreed to have sex with them for an iPhone and some money.

23 Feb 2017 4:41 PM IST

Lawyer for US resident held in Iran describes him as a hostage

Lawyer for US resident held in Iran describes him as a hostage

The lawyer stated that Iranian allegations which Nizar Zakka confessed to authorities are completely false.

23 Feb 2017 4:00 PM IST

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Jordan hands 15-year prison terms for 8 in alleged ISIS plots

Jordan is a member of a US-led coalition against ISIS, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq, and poses a domestic...

23 Feb 2017 3:50 PM IST

Islamic State group militants. (Photo: File/AP)

130 killed in 3 days of Syria clashes: monitor

The clashes pit the Khaled Ben al-Walid Army against Islamist rebel groups including the influential Ahrar al-Sham...

23 Feb 2017 11:46 AM IST

The moveapplies to female officers working in the general staff and command headquarters and branches. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Turkey lifts ban on army officers wearing Islamic headscarf: state...

Women may wear the headscarf underneath their cap or beret so long as it is the same colour as their uniform and does...

22 Feb 2017 6:09 PM IST

Some 750 people with alleged IS links were detained in a major police sweep in 29 Turkish provinces earlier this month. (Photo: Representational Image)

Turkey detains 35 IS suspects in Istanbul raids

The suspects were taken into custody following simultaneous raids on 41 homes in two low-income Istanbul neighbourhoods.

22 Feb 2017 12:54 PM IST

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen (Photo: AP)

France's Le Pen cancels meet with Lebanon grand mufti over headscarf

France bans headscarves in the public service and for high school pupils, in the name of church-state separation and...

22 Feb 2017 11:16 AM IST