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Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threat

WASHINGTON: The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies

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Al Qaeda leader tells Mursi supporters democracy not the way

ABU DHABI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters to abandon democracy and seek to govern through the full implementation of Islamic law. In a

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Will the Snowden chill start a new Cold War?

Russia has given NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden asylum for one year. Now what? The White House has a broad array of potential diplomatic tools to craft a response —

Playwright Tom Stoppard Wins PEN/Pinter Prize

LONDON: Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has been awarded a major freedom-of-speech prize for his determination to “tell things as they are,” writers organization PEN said in a statement Wednesday. The

Honduras Declares Emergency After Dengue Kills 16

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduras’ government has declared a state of emergency due to a dengue fever outbreak that has killed 16 people and sickened 12,000. Health Minister Salvador Pineda says Tuesday’s

Pakistani lawmakers elect new president

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawmakers elected a textile businessman who briefly served as the governor of southern Sindh province as the country’s next president Tuesday, the election commission chief said, a result

Britain losing battle against internet crime, MPs say

LONDON: Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European

China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: state media

SHANGHAI: China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit meeting with Japan, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday, after Tokyo proposed the meeting in a bid to

Bombs kill 15 in Nigeria’s Kano – police source

Nigeria: Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria’s biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people on Monday, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko

FBI says it arrested 150 in three days for child prostitution

WASHINGTON: The FBI arrested 150 people across the United States for holding children against their will for prostitution, a three-day weekend sweep that officials on Monday called the largest-ever operation