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Syrian troops advance in their offensive in country's south 24 Jun 2018 - 06:57 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces advanced deeper into the southern province of Daraa Sunday under the cover of airstrikes, entering new villages amid reports...

Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months 24 Jun 2018 - 04:14 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's parliament approved on Sunday the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months from July 14. Egypt imposed the...

Turkey votes in pivotal test for Erdogan 24 Jun 2018 - 03:14 pm

Istanbul: Turks were voting Sunday in dual parliamentary and presidential polls seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toughest election test, with the opposition...

Assad pledges to regain control of northern Syria by force if needed 24 Jun 2018 - 03:09 pm

MOSCOW: The Syrian army will regain control of the country's north by force if rebels there refuse to surrender, President Bashar al-Assad said...

UK minister tells companies to stop Brexit warnings 24 Jun 2018 - 02:51 pm

LONDON: A British minister accused Airbus and other major companies of issuing "completely inappropriate" threats and undermining Prime Minister Theresa May in a...

Zimbabwe police says 49 people injured in Saturday's blast 24 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwean police said on Sunday 49 people were injured in the explosion at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political rally on Saturday with the...

Attack on Roma camp in Ukraine leaves one dead, four injured 24 Jun 2018 - 02:35 pm

Kiev: Masked assailants have attacked a Roma camp in western Ukraine, killing one person and injuring four others including a child, police said...

Police: 25 injured in building explosion in Germany 24 Jun 2018 - 12:34 pm

BERLIN: German police say that 25 people have been injured, four of them severely, when an explosion destroyed a building in the western...

Arrests announced as death toll rises in Ethiopia attack 24 Jun 2018 - 11:04 am

Addis Ababa: The death toll from a grenade attack on a pro-government rally in Ethiopia's capital climbed to two on Sunday, a cabinet...

HBO website and comedian John Oliver censored in China 24 Jun 2018 - 10:51 am

Beijing, It was one Winnie the Pooh joke too far. After mocking censors working over time to delete comparisons of President Xi Jinping...

Nicaragua clashes leave eight dead including baby: rights group 24 Jun 2018 - 09:57 am

Managua, At least eight people including a baby were killed Saturday when pro-government forces clashed with opponents in Nicaragua, according to a rights...

New Zealand PM hopes for new world for daughter Neve 24 Jun 2018 - 09:20 am

Auckland: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed her newborn daughter would be called Neve as she left an Auckland hospital Sunday, and...

Sanders says she was told to leave Virginia restaurant 24 Jun 2018 - 08:07 am

WASHINGTON: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, setting off...

Syrians flee to makeshift camps as bombing escalates in south 24 Jun 2018 - 07:45 am

Burayqah, Syria: Their belongings piled nearby, elderly displaced Syrians struggled against the wind as they fastened a white tarpaulin on the metal frame...

Spain's first 'stolen babies' case comes to trial 24 Jun 2018 - 07:34 am

Madrid: A former doctor will go on trial on Tuesday in Madrid for allegedly stealing a newborn baby from her mother and giving...

Iraqi PM Abadi and cleric Sadr enter into political alliance 23 Jun 2018 - 09:31 pm

NAJAF, Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday that their political blocs, which came in third and...

Iraqi airstrike kills 45 Islamic State leaders inside Syria 23 Jun 2018 - 04:54 pm

BAGHDAD: Dozens of Islamic State militants were killed in an Iraqi airstrike inside neighboring Syria, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Saturday. The attack...

Blast as Zimbabwe president campaigns; Mnangagwa not hurt 23 Jun 2018 - 04:33 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe state media say an explosion has rocked a stadium where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a campaign rally. The Zimbabwe...