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Man arrested in Belgium over alleged terror threat 20 Dec 2016 - 01:57 pm

Brussels: Belgian police arrested a man who allegedly made terrorist threats and have seized weapons and computer equipment from him, prosecutors said Tuesday....

Syrian government allows U.N. to beef up monitoring in Aleppo 20 Dec 2016 - 01:44 pm

GENEVA: The Syrian government has authorised the United Nations to send an additional 20 staff to east Aleppo, where they will monitor the...

Bangladesh arrests two Islamists blamed for cafe attack 20 Dec 2016 - 01:40 pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces on Tuesday arrested two members of an Islamist militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in...

Arab League condemns Assad regime practices in Aleppo 20 Dec 2016 - 01:40 pm

CAIRO: The Arab League late Monday condemned the "practices" of the Assad regime and its allies in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. At...

Turkish police searching for 120 FETO suspects 20 Dec 2016 - 01:35 pm

KONYA, Turkey: A chief prosecutor in central Turkey ordered police to find and detain 120 suspected members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO)...

Turkish hospitals treat nearly 150 Aleppo evacuees 20 Dec 2016 - 01:20 pm

HATAY, Turkey: The number of refugees from the war-battered city of Aleppo being treated in Turkish hospitals grew to 148, Turkey’s Directorate General...

Spanish Red Cross worker kidnapped in Afghanistan 20 Dec 2016 - 12:51 pm

Kunduz, Afghanistan: Gunmen have abducted a Spanish employee of the Red Cross in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series...

Unravelling the story of a mass grave in Iraq 20 Dec 2016 - 12:34 pm

Hamam al-Alil, Iraq: Three men set up a fence and a ribbon of yellow and black crime scene tape around a site south...

2 killed in southern Vietnam landslide 20 Dec 2016 - 12:30 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Two people have been killed in a landslide near the southern Vietnamese resort city of Nha Trang, in the latest in...

5 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast 20 Dec 2016 - 12:26 pm

BALIKESIR, Turkey: Five refugees drowned off Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast after their boat sank, Turkish official said on Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency,...

Turkish jets destroy 16 IS targets in Syria 20 Dec 2016 - 12:21 pm

ANKARA: Sixteen Islamic State positions were hit by Turkish military aircraft in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military...

Turkish police arrest 7 over Russian envoy's murder 20 Dec 2016 - 12:08 pm

AYDIN, Turkey: The parents, sister and three other relatives of the murderer of the Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov’s were arrested early Tuesday, according...

Chinese farmers bolster bird flu defences as Asia outbreaks, and jitters, spread 20 Dec 2016 - 11:59 am

BEIJING/SEOUL: Chinese chickens are being fed more vitamins and vaccines as jittery farmers ramp up henhouse sterilisation in a bid to protect flocks...

Israeli forces arrest five Palestinians in West Bank 20 Dec 2016 - 11:53 am

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Tuesday five Palestinians from different areas of West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the five detainees...

Death toll in Siberian mass alcohol poisoning case rises to 52 20 Dec 2016 - 11:44 am

MOSCOW: Siberian authorities on Tuesday revised upwards the number of Russians who have died after drinking contaminated bath oil to 52 from 41,...

Palestinian Authority, UN appeal for US$547 million to address humanitarian needs during 2017 20 Dec 2016 - 11:38 am

Bethlehem: The Palestinian Authority and the United Nations appealed for US$547 million in funds in 2017 to meet humanitarian needs in the occupied...

Turkey detains six over envoy murder as Russia seeks answers 20 Dec 2016 - 11:25 am

Ankara: A man fired a few rounds of a rifle into the air in front of the American embassy early Tuesday, hours after...