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CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers on Sunday urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region. The announcement by President Donald Trump on Wednesday was a “dangerous violation of international law” and had no legal impact, the...

BEIJING: China on Thursday said India had infringed upon the country’s territorial integrity in the Sikkim sector. “Since the China-India boundary in the Sikkim sector has been delineated, India has infringed upon China's territorial sovereignty, which has jeopardized peace and stability in the border regions," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman...

US President Donald Trump recognised Wednesday the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital — a historic decision that overturns decades of American policy and risks triggering a fresh wave of violence in the Middle East. Prior to Trump's announcement, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday if the American head...

LONDON: London's first electric-powered black cabs hit the streets on Tuesday, the British capital's iconic taxis getting a facelift for the modern age that should help cut pollution in the city. The new-look cabs will meet the strict new emissions regulations required for all new London taxis from 2018. The...

Former United States president Barack Obama said that there is no evidence that the Pakistan government was aware of the presence of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He said this while addressing the 15th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit at Hyatt Regency in New Delhi. “We had no evidence...

NEW YORK: American consumers arrived en masse in stores – and online – for the annual Black Friday shopping extravaganza that opens the US holiday shopping season. Held the day after Thanksgiving, a period when schools are out and many offices are closed, Black Friday has evolved over the years...

Spanish police said Thursday they had seized 250 tonnes of contraband tobacco leaves worth 40 million euros ($47 million) in the biggest such haul in Europe. They arrested four members of a family during the operation in October in Caceres in western Spain, a spokesman for the Guardia Civil said....

LONDON: A British Pakistani taxi driver, who is now a member of the British parliament, hopes that his rise through hard work will inspire and encourage young people to come forward and take part in politics. Mohammad Yasin, the Labour MP for Bedford, won the seat with a majority of...

BAGHDAD/ANKARA: At least 210 people were killed in Iran and Iraq on Sunday when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region, state media in the two countries said, as rescuers searched for dozens trapped under rubble. At least 207 people were killed in Iran, Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for...

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale had hit northern part of Iraq, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. The quake happened on Sunday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) southeast of the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, it added. The USGS initially reported that the quake was of a magnitude 7.2...

DANANG, VIETNAM: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin chatted on Saturday as they walked together for the “family photograph” at the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam. Although the White House had said no official meeting was planned, the two also shook hands at a dinner...

NEW YORK: Daesh has claimed responsibility for a truck attack this week that killed eight people in the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001. The militant group on Thursday described accused attacker Sayfullo Saipov, 29, as “one of the caliphate soldiers” in a weekly issue of...