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Afghanistan: Death toll from MOAB attack revised to 92 15 Apr 2017 - 11:47 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan authorities have revised the death toll from Thursday’s Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) attack by the U.S. on IS...

Canada sanctions 27 Syrian regime members 15 Apr 2017 - 11:42 am

TRENTON, Ont.: Canada has slapped sanctions on 27 high-ranking Syrian government officials in an effort to force Bashar al-Assad to stop using violence...

UK tourist killed in alleged Jerusalem knife attack 15 Apr 2017 - 11:35 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli police Friday arrested a Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed a female British tourist -- who later succumbed to her wounds --...

IS ‘mufti’ killed in W. Mosul: Iraqi police official 15 Apr 2017 - 11:27 am

BAGHDAD: A top “mufti” of the IS terrorist group was killed by Iraqi police in western Mosul, a high-ranking police official said Friday....

German investigators check further claim for Dortmund attack 15 Apr 2017 - 11:26 am

BERLIN: German investigators are examining a third possible claim of responsibility for the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, this one containing far-right...

Syrian army moves to tame rebellious Damascus districts 15 Apr 2017 - 11:23 am

BEIRUT: Backed by Russian air power and allied militiamen on the ground, Syrian troops have recaptured entire cities from rebels and Islamic State...

DR Congo: 14 soldiers arrested for ‘looting civilians’ 15 Apr 2017 - 11:21 am

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Authorities said Friday they have arrested 14 army men, including two senior officers, for allegedly looting civilians' homes...

French FM calls Assad's Idlib denial '100 percent lies' 15 Apr 2017 - 11:17 am

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday described Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad’s denial of last week’s Idlib chemical attack as “100 percent...

Baghdad market blast leaves 2 dead, 4 injured 15 Apr 2017 - 11:14 am

BAGHDAD: At least two people were killed when a bomb went off near a public market in southern Baghdad, according to an Iraqi...

Palestinian shot, hurt after alleged Jerusalem attack 15 Apr 2017 - 11:10 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Friday shot and wounded -- and later arrested -- a Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed a woman on Jerusalem’s...

Zambia: Another opposition party leader arrested 15 Apr 2017 - 11:07 am

LUSAKA, Zambia: Zambia police has arrested an opposition party leader and four others for violating a mandatory ban imposed on supporters of the...

Evacuations underway in 4 districts of war-torn Syria 15 Apr 2017 - 11:02 am

ANKARA: The process of evacuating thousands of civilians and militants from besieged parts of Syria -- in line with an earlier agreement between...

'Bandits' kill 7 police officers in Tanzania 15 Apr 2017 - 10:59 am

MWANZA, Tanzania: Seven police officers were shot dead by bandits late Thursday in Tanzania’s coastal Pwani region, police said. The patrol was ambushed...

Turkey military says 34 PKK terrorists killed in week 15 Apr 2017 - 10:53 am

ANKARA: Turkish security forces killed 29 PKK terrorists over the previous seven days, the military said Friday. In a regular statement on counter-terrorism...

More victims of Assad chemical attack die in Turkey 15 Apr 2017 - 10:46 am

ANKARA: The death toll has risen to six out of dozens of victims rushed to Turkish hospitals after a chemical weapons attack in...

10 suspected militants, 3 troops killed in NE Pakistan 15 Apr 2017 - 10:37 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least ten suspected militants were killed in an ongoing anti-terrorism operation in northeastern Pakistan on Friday, raising the militants' casualties...