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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Amid reports of mass abuses against anti-regime opponents, cancer is adding to the plight of thousands of political prisoners languishing in...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Egyptian authorities on Saturday exceptionally reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip for three days. "The terminal...

Seoul: A day after South Korean lawmakers successfully impeached scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye, hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take to...

Banjul: The Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh has rejected the outcome of last week’s election, which he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow, calling...

MOGADISHU: A suspected car bomb killed at least two policemen when it exploded at a checkpoint near the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday,...

Aleppo, Syria: Fresh air strikes pummelled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo on Saturday ahead of parallel talks in France and Switzerland aimed...

Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces fired warning shots Saturday to disperse striking dock workers who have prevented a Japanese vessel from leaving the...

ANKARA: Turkish jets killed at least four Islamic State terrorists Saturday in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military...

WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition destroyed 168 oil tanker trucks belonging to the terror group near Palmyra, Syria, American Central Command announced...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Fifty-six civilians were killed and 177 others were injured in two suspected suicide blasts in northeastern Nigeria’s Madagali town on Friday,...

ANKARA: Turkey's aid campaign for the besieged people of Aleppo continued on Friday with several nongovernmental organizations sending food, water and clothing. Turkish...

CAIRO: Six security personnel were killed and another three injured on Friday when an improvised explosive device went off near two security checkpoints...

TOKYO: Russia appears to have snubbed a Japanese attempt at puppy-love diplomacy by declining a gift of a dog for President Vladimir Putin...

ISTANBUL: United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced Saturday that an additional 200 troops will be deployed to Syria for the Raqqah...

ANKARA: Over 70 PKK and Islamic State terrorists have been killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets across eastern and southeastern Turkey...

Munnar (Kerala): Call it a demonetisation pain eased by a fine example of hospitality in the God's Own Country. A 40-year-old foreigner ate...

NEW YORK: A Muslim teen who was the victim of a bias attack earlier this month on the city’s subway has been missing...

BEIRUT: The Syrian army said it has sent reinforcements to Palmyra, where Islamic State fighters have advanced to its outskirts in some of...