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MADRID: Revellers pelted each other with tomatoes and bathed in red goo in Spain’s Tomatina, a fiesta that draws thousands each year for “the world’s biggest food fight.” Locals and visitors from as far afield as the United States and Japan crammed into the eastern town of Bunol as mushy tomatoes rained from the backs of trucks and flew in ... Read More »

JERUSALEM: An international organization involved in assessing post-conflict reconstruction says it will take 20 years for Gaza's battered and neglected housing stock to be rebuilt following the war between Hamas and Israel. The assessment by Shelter Cluster, chaired by the Norwegian Refugee Council with the participation of the UN refugee agency and the Red Cross, underscores the complexities involved in ... Read More »

ANKARA — Incoming Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday that the country needed a new constitution with a liberal character as he set out his vision for Turkey ahead of his expected appointment on Thursday. In a speech to the ruling AK Party of president-elect Tayyip Erdogan, whom he was set to replace as party leader later on Wednesday, ... Read More »

The Labor Ministry has denied reports that it was withdrawing the 40-hour work week and two-day weekend system in the private sector after coming under pressure from businesses. The ministry said the revised labor law proposing a two-day weekend has already been presented to higher authorities for approval. “Two-day weekends and 40-hour work weeks are still part of the new ... Read More »

JERUSALEM: Both Israel’s prime minister and Hamas declared victory Wednesday in the Gaza war, though their competing claims left questions over future terms of their uneasy peace still lingering. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments, delivered in a prime-time address on national television, appeared aimed at countering critics of the war, with both hard-liners in his governing coalition, as well ... Read More »

Speaking a foreign language can prove to be more difficult than we think. It’s one thing to learn grammars and be able to read and write but to speak fluently is a whole different ball game. Here are 3 great apps that I have installed and tried for you this weekend: 1- Real English "How to speak English" ‘Real English’ ... Read More »

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Boko Haram militants have seized control of a Nigerian town after soldiers deployed there fled to take refuge across the border in nearby Cameroon, police and locals said on Tuesday. “Boko Haram fighters moved into Ashigashya” unchallenged by law enforcement overnight Monday, where they slaughtered three people in front of a church, a Cameroon police source told AFP ... Read More »

Agartala, Aug 26, 2014 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina proposed to Tripura government to procure rice from Bangladesh during her meeting with India's Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V.K. Singh and Tripura’s Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty at her Dhaka residence on August 23 evening. The Indian delegation met the Prime Minister during the India-Bangladesh business ... Read More »

A long-term ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Egyptian officials say. Egyptian state media reported that the truce, ending seven weeks of fighting that has left more than 2,200 people dead, would begin at 19:00 (16:00 GMT). Hamas deputy political leader Moussa Abu Marzouk said the deal represented a "victory for ... Read More »

BENGHAZI/CAIRO — The Libyan parliament that was replaced in an election in June reconvened Monday and chose an Islamist-backed deputy as prime minister, leaving the chaotic country with two rival leaders and assemblies each backed by armed factions. The election was meant to allow nation building and to quell three years of spreading violence since veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted. ... Read More »

ST. LOUIS, Missouri: Mourners gathered Monday to remember Michael Brown in an emotional service that consecrated the killing of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer as another in the long history of the civil rights movement, and implored black Americans to change their protest chants into law. The crowd of more than 4,500 people included the parents of ... Read More »

GAZA: Israeli air strikes launched before dawn on Tuesday killed two Palestinians and destroyed much of one of Gaza’s tallest apartment and office buildings, setting off huge explosions and wounding 20 people, Palestinian health officials said. Israel had no immediate comment on the attacks that took place as Egyptian mediators stepped up efforts to achieve an elusive cease-fire to end ... Read More »

RIYADH: Iran’s deputy foreign minister will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first bilateral talks, media reported. Both Riyadh and Tehran have welcomed this month’s nomination of Haider Al-Abadi, as prime minister-designate of Iraq, which is battling militants of the Islamic State. The deputy foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, left Tehran on Monday, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. Iran's ... Read More »

WASHINGTON: Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were responsible for carrying out two series of air strikes in the past week on armed Islamist factions in Tripoli, Libya, US officials said on Monday. The officials said the two Arab countries used aircraft based in Egypt. Earlier the New York Times reported that the two US allies acted without consulting Washington, ... Read More »

If you’ve been trying to figure out the components of a winning relationship, you aren’t alone! Researchers, philosophers, and lovers throughout time have been seeking the secret formula. In an effort to help you identify what to look for in a relationship, we’ve compiled 10 problems that often pop up and cause major problems. Also included are a number of ... Read More »