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AFP EXCLUSIVE: Syria's Assad says main Aleppo battle to cut route to Turkey 12 Feb 2016 - 06:00 pm

Damascus: The main goal of Syria's armed forces in the northern province of Aleppo is to cut off access to the Turkish border,...

Azerbaijan arrests eight for joining IS in Syria, Iraq 12 Feb 2016 - 05:55 pm

Baku: Azerbaijan has arrested eight men for fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the majority-Muslim Caucasus nation's authorities said...

Clooney lends Merkel backing on refugees at Berlin talks 12 Feb 2016 - 05:50 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday hosted George Clooney for talks on Europe's refugee influx, after the Hollywood idol offered to lend...

Greek farmers clash with police during mass protest in Athens 12 Feb 2016 - 05:42 pm

Farmers clash with police officers blocking the entrance to the Agriculture ministry in Athens, Greece on February 12, 2016. AFP, Louisa Gouliamaki Athens:...

Hear “Our Cries”: new app helps Tanzanian students fight abuse on buses 12 Feb 2016 - 05:26 pm

By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM: It’s 7:45 in the morning and Zulfa Khalid, a student at Mugabe Secondary School in Dar es...

Two years of South Sudan war 12 Feb 2016 - 05:23 pm

Juba: South Sudan, where President Salva Kiir has named arch-rival Riek Machar as vice president, has been in civil war for over two...

Pope gets shoe shine on Cuba-bound plane 12 Feb 2016 - 05:15 pm

ONBOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: A wealthy Mexican-American broadcaster, who shined shoes as a boy to help his single mother, gave Pope Francis’s shoes...

Poland says proposals to avert 'Brexit' are 'mostly acceptable' 12 Feb 2016 - 05:11 pm

Berlin: Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said Friday a proposed deal to keep Britain in the European Union was "mostly acceptable" to Warsaw...

Britain: missing Hong Kong bookseller “involuntarily removed” to China 12 Feb 2016 - 05:06 pm

By James Pomfret HONG KONG: Britain said on Friday a missing Hong Kong seller of gossipy books on China’s leaders had likely been...

'Deportation' only solution to migrant crisis: Czech leader 12 Feb 2016 - 05:03 pm

Bratislava: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his anti-migrant rhetoric, on Friday called for the "deportation" of economic migrants and suspected terrorists amid...

S.Sudan president names arch-rival Riek Machar as vice-president 12 Feb 2016 - 10:31 am

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar talks on the phone in his field office in a rebel controlled territory in Jonglei State in...

Spain dismantles falcon trafficking ring destined for UAE races 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

(file photo / Reuters ) Madrid: Spanish police said Thursday they had dismantled an international ring that smuggled falcons to the United Arab...

Brazil probes 3 deaths with Zika links, aims for vaccine in a year 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro listens during a press conference in Brasilia, on February 11, 2016. Castro announced a partnership between the Brazilian...

Turkey ends two month anti-PKK operation in Kurdish town 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

People carry on February 10, 2016 in Diyarbakir the coffin of 16-year-old Mahmut Bulak, who was killed during a protest against operations in...

Russia claims US planes bombed Syria's Aleppo 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Stalls are seen on a street beside damaged buildings in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 10, 2016. REUTERS Moscow: ...

At least 52 dead in Mexico prison riot 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Male inmates look out of the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Mexico, February 11, 2016. Fifty-two people were killed and twelve people were...

Erdogan threatens to send refugees to EU as NATO steps in 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian people wait in front of the Oncupinar crossing gate to go back to Syria, near the town of Kilis, in south-central Turkey,...

Russian protest leader sues Putin over 'corruption' 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks to the media after leaving a justice court building in Moscow, April 22, 2014. REUTERS Moscow: Russian opposition...