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Regime airstrikes kill 9 in northwestern Syria 11 Dec 2016 - 04:42 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At least nine people were killed in a regime airstrike on the northwestern Idlib province on Sunday, according to a pro-opposition...

Syria army advances in Aleppo but rolled back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 04:27 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syria's army pushed forward in Aleppo on Sunday as thousands fled rebel-held areas but its forces lost ground to the south...

Erdogan vows to continue fight against terrorism 11 Dec 2016 - 04:20 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed his "determination in the fight against terrorism" following Saturday's deadly terror attack in Istanbul, which left...

Turkey strongly condemns terror attack in Istanbul 11 Dec 2016 - 03:11 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish political leaders issued statements on Sunday, condemning Saturday's terror attack near a football stadium in Istanbul that martyred at least 38...

IS retakes Palmyra after Syria army withdrawal 11 Dec 2016 - 03:04 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State jihadist group recaptured Palmyra on Sunday after Syrian armed forces pulled out of the desert city, the Syrian Observatory...

Macedonia votes hoping to end political crisis 11 Dec 2016 - 02:59 pm

Skopje: Macedonians were voting Sunday in an early general election in a bid to end a deep political crisis that has roiled the...

Three Ukrainian troops killed in rebel east: officials 11 Dec 2016 - 02:57 pm

Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded in the country's rebel east, the bloodiest day for government forces in more than...

3 Philippine troops dead in fighting in troubled south 11 Dec 2016 - 02:50 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: At least three soldiers have been killed and seventeen others injured in clashes with a Islamic State-linked militant group...

Small girls stage suicide attack at market, 17 hurt 11 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and...

48 soldiers dead in IS-claimed Yemen attack: new toll 11 Dec 2016 - 02:31 pm

Aden: Forty-eight Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in the southern port city of Aden,...

Over 200 killed in Nigeria church collapse 11 Dec 2016 - 02:25 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds others injured in Saturday afternoon's collapse of a church in Nigeria’s...

Thousands flee heavy Aleppo fighting 11 Dec 2016 - 02:11 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Thousands of civilians poured out of rebel areas of Aleppo on Sunday as Syria's army pushed to take the last remnants...

Explosive Bombs Injure Five in South of Baghdad 11 Dec 2016 - 02:09 pm

Baghdad: At least five people were injured when two explosive devices in the Abu Dsheer area south of Baghdad on Sunday. Spokesman for...

Somalia suicide truck bombing kills more than 20 11 Dec 2016 - 02:05 pm

Mogadishu: More than 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh...

Young Nigerian girls blow themselves up at market, hurt 'at least 17' 11 Dec 2016 - 02:02 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves...

Aleppo rebel zone facing "death or surrender" 11 Dec 2016 - 01:59 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels control only a small area of Aleppo that is full of civilians and under very fierce bombardment after pro-government forces...

Islamic State captures Palmyra castle overlooking ancient Syrian city 11 Dec 2016 - 01:51 pm

AMMAN: Islamic State fighters have captured Palmyra castle overlooking the ancient city in eastern Syria, a news agency affiliated to the militants said...

World's longest tunnel opens regular service in Switzerland 11 Dec 2016 - 01:51 pm

Geneva: Regular rail service through the world's longest tunnel began on Sunday, carrying passengers deep under the Swiss Alps from Zurich to Lugano. ...