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Syrian army advances with help of Russian strikes; Putin reaches out to Saudis 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi SOCHI, Russia/AMMAN, Jordan: Russian warplanes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping...

Turkey sees Islamic State hand in bombing, vows election will go on 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Orhan Coskun and Ece Toksabay ANKARA: Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed...

Syria air strikes leave Russia at risk of revenge attacks 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Maria Tsvetkova and Christian Lowe MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has taken a risk by launching air strikes against Islamists in Syria because...

Greece: EU must stop "racist criteria" in refugee relocation 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS: The European Union must stop countries picking and choosing which refugees they accept in its relocation programme, otherwise it...

Stabbing continues; Israeli cabinet to punish Palestinians with harsh laws 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Jeffrey Heller and Ori Lewis JERUSALEM: An Arab Israeli stabbed four people near a bus stop in northern Israel on Sunday, as...

ANC: South Africa plans to leave International Criminal Court 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said on Sunday, as the government faces criticism for...

Thousands of Lebanese rally for Christian politician Aoun 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese rallied at the presidential palace outside Beirut on Sunday in a show of support for Christian politician Michel Aoun,...

Merkel's deputy expects Germany to get over a million refugees in 2015 12 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Sigmar Gabriel By Caroline Copley and Thorsten Severin BERLIN/MAINZ: More than a million refugees will come to Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's...

Fifty dead as Boko Haram pounds Lake Chad area 11 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

Yaoundé:Twin suicide blasts on Sunday killed at least nine people in far northern Cameroon, a day after 41 died in triple explosions in...

Top IS figures killed, Baghdadi not among them? 11 Oct 2015 - 06:53 pm

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD: Several senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western...

Iran tests new precision-guided ballistic missile 11 Oct 2015 - 06:46 pm

By Sam Wilkin DUBAI: Iran tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of a United Nations ban, signalling an apparent...

Merkel says no plans to raise taxes over refugee influx 11 Oct 2015 - 06:39 pm

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday her government had no plans to impose a tax hike to cope with a record influx...

Palestinian leaders seek to keep lid on Israel clashes 11 Oct 2015 - 06:11 pm

Ramallah, Palestine: Stones or bullets? For now, the Palestinian leadership hopes protesters have learned lessons from the second intifada and stick to the...

Taliban car bomb targets British military convoy in Kabul 11 Oct 2015 - 06:09 pm

NATO soldiers and Afghan security forces investigate site of a suicide car bomb attack that targeted foreign military vehicles at Jo-e-Sher in Kabul...

Trump brands Merkel migrant policy 'insane' 11 Oct 2015 - 06:00 pm

Washington:Republican US presidential frontrunner Donald Trump branded Angela Merkel's welcoming of migrants to Germany "insane" and said the policy will only spark riots...

After bombings, thousands in pro-Kurdish demo in Paris 11 Oct 2015 - 05:52 pm

Selahattin Demirtas, center, and Figen Yuksekdag, left, co-leaders of the pro Kurdish Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP) hold carnations in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday...

South Africa's AMCU union votes to strike in gold sector 11 Oct 2015 - 05:12 pm

Members of South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) attend a rally in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg January 19, 2014. CARLETONVILLE: ...

Sri Lanka arrests Rajapakse loyalist over assassination 11 Oct 2015 - 05:02 pm

COLOMBO:Sri Lanka's police Sunday arrested a regional politician linked to former president Mahinda Rajapakse over the 2005 assassination of a Tamil lawmaker highly...