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North Syria exodus as families flee assault on IS 05 Mar 2017 - 01:15 pm

Manbij, Syria: More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual offensives on...

Fighter jet from Syria crashes in southern Turkey 05 Mar 2017 - 01:04 pm

HATAY, Turkey: A fighter jet from Syria late Saturday crashed in the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay. A Syrian opposition group has claimed...

Obama team hits back at Trump over wiretapping claims 05 Mar 2017 - 12:57 pm

NEW YORK: Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday refuted claims by his successor that he was behind a series of leaks that...

US suspends fast-track processing for highly skilled H-1B visa 05 Mar 2017 - 12:54 pm

Washington: US authorities are temporarily suspending the speedy, premium processing of a visa which is often used by tech firms to recruit foreign...

Tens of thousands gather in London for NHS protest 05 Mar 2017 - 12:48 pm

LONDON: Tens of thousands of people, including National Health Services (NHS) workers, marched in central London to protest austerity cuts in the country’s...

Turkey calls US human rights report 'unacceptable' 05 Mar 2017 - 12:44 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the 2016 Human Rights report on Turkey, which was released Friday by the U.S. Department of...

Erdogan: Turkey killed 13,000 IS, PKK terrorists 05 Mar 2017 - 12:31 pm

TEKIRDAG, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey have killed more than 3,000 IS and 10.000 PKK terrorists in the...

MH370 families to raise funds to conduct private search 05 Mar 2017 - 12:27 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The next-of-kins of passengers from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are seeking to raise over $15 million to conduct a private search...

Sudan rebels release over 130 army captives 05 Mar 2017 - 12:23 pm

KHARTOUM: A rebel Sudanese group said Saturday it has released more than 130 army prisoners. In a statement, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North...

Regime attack kills 10 civilians in central Syria 05 Mar 2017 - 12:15 pm

HAMA, Syria: At least 10 civilians were killed Saturday and 20 others injured in a regime attack in central Syria, according to an...

8,000 Iraqi civilians evacuated from western Mosul 05 Mar 2017 - 12:07 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have evacuated around 8,000 civilians from western Mosul in the past 24 hours amid an ongoing offensive to drive IS...

Notorious Tanzanian ivory trafficker jailed 05 Mar 2017 - 11:58 am

MWANZA, Tanzania: The most notorious Tanzanian poacher, Boniface Mathew Maliango nicknamed ‘The Devil’ has been sent to twelve years imprisonment for running an...

Kenya: Wildlife officer, 4 poachers killed in shootout 05 Mar 2017 - 11:52 am

NAIROBI: Four poachers and a senior Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer were on Saturday shot dead in a gunfight between KWS rangers and...

Somalia: At least 110 dead due to famine in 48 hours 05 Mar 2017 - 11:45 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 110 people have died of hunger and water-borne diseases in the last 48 hours in Somalia’s southwestern regions of...

Trump to sign new executive order on travel ban Monday 05 Mar 2017 - 11:35 am

Washington: US President Donald Trump is expected to sign on Monday a new executive order on his controversial travel ban at the Department...

66,000 displaced in recent north Syria fighting: UN 05 Mar 2017 - 11:25 am

Beirut: A total of 66,000 people have been displaced by fighting along two fronts in Syria's fractured north, the United Nation's humanitarian coordination...

Body of beheaded German hostage found: Philippines 05 Mar 2017 - 11:19 am

Manila: The body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants has been found, the Philippine government said on Sunday. ...

China rules out Taiwan, Hong Kong independence 05 Mar 2017 - 11:13 am

Beijing: China will firmly oppose Taiwan "separatism," China's Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, adding that Hong Kong independence moves would "lead nowhere". A...