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Paris prosecutor casts new doubt on identity of shot man 08 Jan 2016 - 03:03 pm

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins attends a news conference at the courthouse in Paris, France, November 24, 2015, following shooting attacks in the French...

Special forces target Islamic State in Hawija: Iraq official 08 Jan 2016 - 02:54 pm

Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, January 7, 2016. REUTERS By Stephen Kalin and...

Turkish soldiers repel attempted Islamic State attack on Iraq base: Sources 08 Jan 2016 - 02:45 pm

File photo/ AFP ANKARA: Turkish troops repelled an attack by Islamic State militants on a military base in northern Iraq where Turkish soldiers...

Germany says 18 asylum seekers involved in Cologne violence 08 Jan 2016 - 02:41 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2016. REUTERS Berlin: Asylum seekers were among those involved in the...

Deputy crown prince says Saudis will not allow war with Iran 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said...

Syria government to allow aid into besieged Madaya: UN 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A toddler is held up to the camera in this still image taken from video said to be shot in Madaya on January...

Deadly Istanbul airport incident was mortar attack: prosecutors 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A Kurdish group calling itself the Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan (TAK) claimed an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on...

Two ex-PMs to vie for C.Africa presidency in 2nd round 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A file photo of residents waiting to cast their vote at the polling station in Bangui on December 30, 2015, in the flashpoint...

Gunmen fire at Israeli tourists in Cairo, no casualties: Security sources 07 Jan 2016 - 06:45 pm

Police are seen at the scene where gunmen attacked a tourist bus in front of a hotel in Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt January...

Bahrain sentences three to life in prison for attack on police 07 Jan 2016 - 06:43 pm

DUBAI: Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced three unnamed defendants to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to murder policemen with an improvised bomb,...

Hutu militia kill 14 from rival ethnic group in east CongoL Army 07 Jan 2016 - 06:15 pm

A file photo of Congolese soldiers seen in the South Kivu province. KINSHASA: Rwandan Hutu rebels killed 14 civilians from a rival ethnic...

Ocalan’s isolation an ‘invitation to war’ in Turkey: Pro-Kurdish MP 07 Jan 2016 - 06:08 pm

A file photo of members of the PKK, pictured next to a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan at a camp...

Nigeria's anti-graft agency arrests Buhari ally 07 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

Chief of Training and Operations Major General B.T. Ndiomu from the Nigerian Defence Force speaks at the handing over of 24 armoured vehicles...

Top French IS recruiter sentenced to 15 years in absentia 07 Jan 2016 - 05:36 pm

French jihadist Salim Benghalem speaks during a TV report from the Syrian city of Aleppo in December 2015. AFP Paris: A key French...

Truck bomb kills nearly 50 at Libyan police training centre 07 Jan 2016 - 05:30 pm

An injured man receives treatment inside a hospital in Misurata, Libya January 7, 2016 after one of Libya's worst truck bombs in years...

Blair urged Kadhafi to find 'safe place': transcripts 07 Jan 2016 - 05:21 pm

A file photo of Tony Blair with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2007. AFP London: Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged Moamer Kadhafi...

Countries to pledge spots for Syrian refugees at UN conference in March 07 Jan 2016 - 05:08 pm

Syrians bury the body of a victim who reportedly died in a mortar shell attack at a layered cemetery on January 7, 2016...

Saudi foreign minister visits Pakistan as Iran tensions deepen 07 Jan 2016 - 04:57 pm

File photo of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir. AFP By Tommy Wilkes ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan on Thursday, where...