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Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill 20, including children 28 Apr 2016 - 10:55 am

A Syrian boy is comforted as he cries next to the body of a relative who died in a reported airstrike on April...

Bahrain declared free of Coronavirus 28 Apr 2016 - 10:12 am

Manama: Bahrain is free of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), said Bahraini Supreme Health Council (SHC) President Dr. Sheikh Mohammed bin...

Lebanese army kills Islamic State leader at Syrian border -security source 28 Apr 2016 - 10:00 am

BEIRUT: Lebanese forces killed an Islamic State leader on Thursday in an army operation in the mountainous border region with Syria, Lebanon’s National...

Twelve people detained over suicide bomb attack in Turkey’s Bursa - NTV 28 Apr 2016 - 09:40 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have detained twelve people over a suicide bomb attack in the northwestern city of Bursa that wounded eight, broadcaster NTV...

Yemen suicide bomber targets Aden police chief 28 Apr 2016 - 09:34 am

Aden: A suicide bomber targeted the police chief of Yemen's second city Aden on Thursday in the latest attack against senior officials in...

Israel imposes full closure on West Bank 28 Apr 2016 - 09:22 am

A Palestinian man sits atop the rubble of a house which was destroyed by Israeli troops during an Israeli raid in the West...

Australia data shows gun controls a huge success 20 years after mass shooting 28 Apr 2016 - 09:09 am

Guns that have just had their barrels crushed in Sydney are stacked after they were handed over on the last day of the...

China won't allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi 28 Apr 2016 - 08:56 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with guests after delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the fifth regular foreign ministers' meeting...

Russia launches first rocket from new spaceport at second attempt 28 Apr 2016 - 08:55 am

A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket carrying Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218 satellites leaves a trail of smoke as it lifts off from the new...

U.N. envoy urges Obama, Putin to save Syria truce, peace process 28 Apr 2016 - 08:45 am

U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference after the conclusion of a round of meetings during the Syria Peace talks at...

Poland courts and cities rebel over government reforms 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on March 10, 2016 shows parts of Constitutional Court verdict against the new law displayed on the wall of...

Greece returns 12 Syrians to Turkey; will build 4 more camps 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Children play inside a cargo train at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni...

Constitutional change gives Jordan king more powers 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Amman: Jordan's parliament passed a constitutional amendment Wednesday granting King Abdullah II the power to appoint or dismiss senior officials without consulting the...

Bulgarian town bans Islamic face veil in public 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Sofia: A Bulgarian town that is home to a Roma minority practising an ultraconservative form of Islam on Wednesday banned Islamic face veils...

Iraqi army makes modest advance south of Mosul 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

MAKHMOUR, Iraq: Iraqis armed forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air power captured a village in Nineveh province from Islamic State on Wednesday, the...