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At Iraqi village, victory is fraught with risks in Mosul offensive 27 Oct 2016 - 11:10 am

FADILIYA, Iraq: Kurdish peshmerga fighter Germad Yihya stood on a small berm overlooking a village where he said Islamic State militants had been...

UNICEF says school attack may be deadliest of Syria war 27 Oct 2016 - 11:06 am

BEIRUT: The U.N. Children's agency says airstrikes in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province a day earlier may be the deadliest attack on a...

Pakistan High Court moves to block opposition 'siege' 27 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: A Pakistani high court Thursday issued orders blocking opposition parties from a planned “siege” of the capital Islamabad meant to force...

Turkey orders dozens of pilots detained in coup investigation - Anadolu 27 Oct 2016 - 10:13 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 73 air force pilots, the latest in a stream of police operations related to the...

Australia theme park defends safety standards after deaths 27 Oct 2016 - 09:47 am

Sydney: An Australian theme park defended its safety standards Thursday following the deaths of four people on a malfunctioning ride, while admitting it...

Perth Zoo's Puan the orangutan becomes oldest in world 27 Oct 2016 - 09:37 am

MELBOURNE: An orangutan at Perth Zoo has been named the world's oldest Sumatran orangutan in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records,...

India to expel Pakistan embassy staffer for 'espionage' 27 Oct 2016 - 09:28 am

New Delhi: India will expel a Pakistani visa official for "espionage activities", the foreign ministry said Thursday, with tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours...

Abe has chance to be Japan's longest-ruling PM after rule change 27 Oct 2016 - 09:16 am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a chance to stay in power through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and become the country's longest-ruling...

Russia says its planes, and Syria's, have not flown over Aleppo for 9 days 27 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am

MOSCOW: Russian and Syrian warplanes have not flown closer than 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) of Syria's Aleppo for nine days, the Russian defence...

European Parliament to award Sakharov prize 27 Oct 2016 - 08:28 am

Strasbourg, France: Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dundar, Crimean Tatar activist Mustafa Dzhemilev and two Yazidi victims of the Islamic State group have been...

Strong twin quakes rock central Italy 27 Oct 2016 - 08:25 am

Visso, Italy: Two strong earthquakes rocked central Italy on Wednesday, toppling buildings and injuring dozens of people, according to initial reports, two months...

Afghan women seek to rebuild palace destroyed by men 26 Oct 2016 - 10:03 pm

LONDON: Men turned it to ruins. Now women aim to help restore Afghanistan’s iconic Darul Aman Palace to its former glory. Long a...

Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul 26 Oct 2016 - 09:32 pm

QAYYARA/BAGHDAD, Iraq: Islamic State fighters kept up on Wednesday their fierce defence of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi...

Israel recalls UNESCO ambassador in protest at Jerusalem resolutions 26 Oct 2016 - 08:57 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to UNESCO for consultations after the U.N. culture body adopted a second resolution in two weeks...

Syria airstrikes kill 22, mostly children, outside school in Idlib 26 Oct 2016 - 08:18 pm

BEIRUT: Airstrikes in Syria killed up to 22 people, mostly children, on Wednesday when warplanes struck a residential area housing a school complex...

Britain, U.S. sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east 26 Oct 2016 - 07:33 pm

BRUSSELS: Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery...

Pakistan militant group claims IS support in police attack 26 Oct 2016 - 07:17 pm

Islamabad: A Pakistani militant organisation said Wednesday it had worked with the Islamic State to carry out a huge raid on a police...

National Geographic green-eyed 'Afghan girl' arrested in Pakistan 26 Oct 2016 - 06:12 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: An Afghan woman immortalised on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday for living...