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December 5, 2017 10:39 PM

Gulf Co-operation Council annual summit begins in Kuwait

Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) annual Summit began in Kuwait this evening but minus the heads of States from Saudi Arabia , UAE , Bahrain and Oman. Qatar&apos;s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad however, is attending the two day annual meet.<br/><br/>Dr Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State fo...

December 5, 2017 10:11 PM

27,000 people evacuated in raging Ventura wildfire

In California, some 27,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in the middle of the night yesterday as a fast-moving wildfire ripped through southern part of the country. <br/><br/>Several thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula, some ...

December 5, 2017 9:25 PM

Lebanon's PM Hariri officially withdraws resignation

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has officially withdrawn his resignation, a month after saying he is quitting in a shock announcement in Saudi Arabia. He had already suspended it two weeks ago after returning to Lebanon. <br/><br/>In a statement, he said the situation had been resolv...

December 5, 2017 8:02 PM

Pakistan: At least six killed, eight injured in IED blast

In Pakistan, at least six people have been killed and eight others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. <br/><br/>Initial reports suggested that the IED was fitted to a motorcycle and its target was a military vehicle carrying three c...

December 5, 2017 7:32 PM

Romania's former King dies at 96

Romania's former King Michael has died in Switzerland. He was 96. Michael was diagnosed with cancer last year. He ruled Romania twice - first in the 1920s, when he was just five years old and then again in the 1940s. He was one of the last people alive to have served as a head of state during W...

December 5, 2017 4:21 PM

Syria: Car bomb blast kills eight in city of Homs

In Syria, an explosives-laden bus blew up today in a predominantly pro-government neighbourhood of the central city of Homs, killing eight people. <br/><br/>The blast rocked a street in the Akrama neighbourhood mostly inhabited by members of the Alawite minority to which President Bashar...

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