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Kuwait Airways to avoid Iraq airspace

Sun Aug 10, 2014 14:51:38

Kuwait Airways says it will no longer overfly Iraq in the wake of US air strikes on militant positions there, the latest company to re-route its flights.

In Picture: Gaza agony through the lens of Time magazine

Sun Aug 10, 2014 14:27:20

Time magazine’s cameraman has taken some pictures of the miseries that the residents in Gaza suffer during the Israeli attack and how the Israelis are relaxed while civilians are killed in the impoverished enclave.

Plane crashes near Mehrabad Airport in Tehran: video + photos

Sun Aug 10, 2014 13:28:44

An Iranian plane with over 40 people on board has fatally crashed near the capital, Tehran.

Turks go to polls to elect new president

Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:38:50

Turks are heading to the polls to elect a new president in a vote in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the front-running candidate.

World nations hold rallies against Gaza onslaught

Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:48:53

Thousands of people around the world have staged rallies to condemn Israeli military strikes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza enclave.

UN official calls for end to Gaza blockade

Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:31:07

A seven-year blockade on the Gaza Strip must end to enable reconstruction and a political solution must be found to resolve the conflict, a UN official says.

Airliner crashes in Tehran, at least 40 killed

Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:38:07

More than 40 people have been killed after a civilian airliner crashed on take-off near Tehran's Mehrabad airport.

Ex-minister slams UK inaction on Gaza onslaught

Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:24:07

Former UK minister of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs Sayeeda Warsi has accused British officials of failing to defuse the conflict in the Gaza Strip, calling for an arms embargo on Israel.

Life backs to normal in some parts of Syria

Sun Aug 10, 2014 09:49:49

The Syrian government is trying to reconstruct the areas that the army has taken back from foreign-backed militants.

Israel martyrs 3 Palestinians in Gaza

Sun Aug 10, 2014 08:52:54

The Israeli regime’s airstrikes have killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a health ministry spokesman says.

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