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Trump laments that Flynn's life is destroyed while Comey profits 20 Apr 2018 - 04:38 pm

President Donald Trump kept up his war of words with James Comey on Friday, calling the former FBI director’s new book "third rate,”...

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in fourth week of protests 20 Apr 2018 - 03:32 pm

Gaza: Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded 12 in renewed unrest on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday as a series of...

Indian police arrest 18 Rohingya Muslims 19 Apr 2018 - 09:35 pm

GAUHATI, India: Indian police arrested 18 Rohingya Muslims in a remote northeastern region on Thursday as they prepared to board a train for...

Syria retains limited capability for chemical attack: Pentagon 19 Apr 2018 - 09:07 pm

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Thursday that while there were no signs the Syrian government was preparing to launch a chemical weapons attack,...

Arab Israelis protest on Jewish state's anniversary 19 Apr 2018 - 08:12 pm

Atlit: Thousands of Israeli Arabs rallied Thursday near the northern city of Haifa in a protest on the 70th anniversary of Israeli statehood,...

Mourning Arabs fly Palestinian flags as Israel marks Independence Day 19 Apr 2018 - 08:12 pm

Atlit, Israel/BEIRUT: Waving Palestinian flags and wearing T-shirts proclaiming Jerusalem to be "the eternal capital of Palestine," thousands of Israel's Arab minority turned...

Ukraine moves to split church from Russia as elections approach 19 Apr 2018 - 04:54 pm

KIEV: Ukraine's Orthodox church could become independent of Moscow under the terms of a presidential initiative lawmakers approved on Thursday, a move that...

Diaz-Canel is Cuba's new president as Castro steps aside 19 Apr 2018 - 04:24 pm

Havana: Cuba marked the end of an era Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country's new president, succeeding Raul Castro...

Syrian rebels hand over arms, leave another town near Douma 19 Apr 2018 - 03:56 pm

BEIRUT: Hundreds of Syrian rebels in a town northeast of Damascus handed in their weapons and boarded buses to leave under an evacuation...

Iraq carries out air strikes on Islamic State in Syria 19 Apr 2018 - 02:46 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Thursday carried out air strikes on Islamic State positions in Syria a week after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said his...

Surprise IS attack kills 25 regime forces in east Syria: monitor 19 Apr 2018 - 12:30 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State group launched a surprise attack near a town in eastern Syria they had lost six months ago, killing at...

Japanese volcano erupts, spitting out smoke and rock; no injuries 19 Apr 2018 - 10:57 am

TOKYO, A volcano in Japan erupted on Thursday, shooting clouds of smoke and rocks into the sky, and prompting authorities to ban access...

Morocco trains prison guards on prevention of torture 18 Apr 2018 - 10:16 pm

RABAT: A workshop was organized Wednesday in the capital of Morocco Rabat to train prison officials on the "treatment of prisoners and the...

UN team fired upon in Syria while visiting suspected chemical sites 18 Apr 2018 - 10:16 pm

THE HAGUE/BEIRUT: A U.N. security team came under fire in Syria while doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical...

New asylum-seekers free to travel from Greek islands, court rules 18 Apr 2018 - 09:53 pm

ATHENS: A top Greek court ruled on Wednesday that migrants landing on Greek islands should no longer be held there while asylum claims...

Queen to welcome Commonwealth leaders as group seeks mission 18 Apr 2018 - 09:40 pm

LONDON: The flags of more than 50 nations are flying outside Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II prepares to welcome leaders from the...

Israeli PM issues veiled warning to Iran over Syria tensions 18 Apr 2018 - 09:35 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday issued a veiled warning to Iran, saying in a Memorial Day speech that his country...

Pro-Putin youth group to form counter-protest squads 18 Apr 2018 - 09:24 pm

MOSCOW: The youth wing of Russia's dominant party says it will begin training groups of activists to mobilize quickly to conduct counterdemonstrations to...