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Mortars hit Russia's Damascus embassy 04 Oct 2016 - 06:19 pm

MOSCOW (AA) - Mortar bombs struck Russia’s embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement....

Syria army advances in Aleppo after US drops Russia talks 04 Oct 2016 - 04:49 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syrian regime forces advanced against rebels during intense street battles in the heart of Aleppo on Tuesday, after the United States...

Libya govt forces register gains against Islamic State in Sirte 04 Oct 2016 - 03:54 pm

TRIPOLI, Libya: Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government have captured fresh territory in the city of Sirte, one of the Daesh terrorist...

Afghan forces retake Kunduz after Taliban raid 04 Oct 2016 - 03:34 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan special forces have managed to wrestle back control of the vulnerable northern city of Kunduz from Taliban fighters, who had...

Weird science: 3 win Nobel for unusual states of matter 04 Oct 2016 - 03:22 pm

STOCKHOLM: British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studies on...

More than 4,000 Syrians return to Jarabulus 04 Oct 2016 - 03:18 pm

GAZIANTEP, Turkey:More than 4,000 Syrians have returned to Jarabulus near the Turkish border, a local migration official told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. Head...

Obama, DiCaprio talk about 'race against time' on climate 04 Oct 2016 - 03:07 pm

Washington: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and US President Barack Obama joined forces Monday night on the White House lawn, calling for a strong...

Suicide attack on Syria wedding kills 32: medical source 04 Oct 2016 - 12:37 pm

Hasakeh, Syria: A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 32 people...

Even in a bunker under a mountain, Syrian hospital knocked out by strikes 04 Oct 2016 - 12:17 pm

Beirut: Even entombing the hospital under solid rock tunneled beneath a mountain was not enough to protect it from bombs dropped by Syria's...

Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader killed in Egypt shootout 04 Oct 2016 - 11:41 am

CAIRO: Egypt's security forces killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader and another member of the outlawed Islamist group in an overnight shootout at...

OIC: JASTA is violation of the principle of international law 04 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am

Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed great concern on the passing of the US law known as the Justice against...

Insight: Duterte's enforcer says "we are at war", has no regrets about killings 04 Oct 2016 - 09:51 am

LA UNION, Philippines: When Philippines police chief Ronald Dela Rosa gave a rousing speech to his men at a regional headquarters in Luzon,...

Turkey suspends more than 12,000 police officers in coup probe: statement 04 Oct 2016 - 09:46 am

Ankara: Turkish authorities suspended more than 12,000 police officers over alleged links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of masterminding the July failed...

Haitians flee homes as Hurricane Matthew hits 04 Oct 2016 - 09:30 am

LES CAYES, Haiti: Haitians living in vulnerable coastal shacks frantically sought safe shelter as the strongest Caribbean storm in nine years, Hurricane Matthew, ...

More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead 04 Oct 2016 - 09:16 am

ROME: About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest...

Trump's charity ordered to stop fundraising in New York state 03 Oct 2016 - 09:29 pm

WASHINGTON: New York's attorney general ordered Donald Trump's charitable foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, saying the Trump Foundation was breaking...

Former Qaeda in Syria confirms a leader killed in raid 03 Oct 2016 - 09:08 pm

Beirut: Jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, confirmed Monday that a US-led air strike killed one of its senior...