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Rockets hit Russian embassy compound in Damascus: AFP 13 Oct 2015 - 11:45 am

People, holding up Syrian flags, gather near the Russian embassy in Damascus. DAMASCUS: Two rockets struck the Russian embassy compound in Damascus on...

Inquiry finds MH17 shot down by BUK missile: Dutch paper 13 Oct 2015 - 11:01 am

The Hague: International investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern...

Israel says two 'stray' rockets from Syria hit Golan 13 Oct 2015 - 10:24 am

Jerusalem: Two rockets fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on Tuesday, Israel's military said, the latest of a...

27 Palestinians killed, 1400 injured and 400 arrested in October 13 Oct 2015 - 09:31 am

The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 27 Palestinians, including three killed in Jerusalem on Monday,...

Iran parliament approves nuclear deal with world powers 13 Oct 2015 - 09:07 am

Tehran: Iran's parliament approved a historic nuclear deal with world powers on Tuesday, effectively ending debate among lawmakers over the agreement and paving...

Philippines dismisses reports MH370 wreckage found on remote island 13 Oct 2015 - 09:04 am

Zamboanga, Philippines: Philippine authorities insisted Tuesday a Malaysian Airlines jet that went missing last year had not crashed onto a remote Filipino island,...

Okinawa governor revokes controversial US base approval 13 Oct 2015 - 09:00 am

Tokyo: The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest...

Indian police arrest six over ink attack 13 Oct 2015 - 08:56 am

Mumbai: Indian police said Tuesday they had arrested six members of a far-right political group over an ink attack on an activist who...

EU to suspend sanctions on 'Europe's last dictator' after vote 13 Oct 2015 - 08:51 am

Minsk: The European Union agreed Monday to suspend sanctions against the regime of Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko after he won a fifth term...

Italian Senate to vote on own demise in coup for PM Renzi 13 Oct 2015 - 08:48 am

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory Tuesday as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power...

Landslide kills 17 in Myanmar: state media 13 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Yangon: A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more,...

Man survives on ants for six days in remote Australia 13 Oct 2015 - 08:44 am

Perth, Australia: A man missing for six days in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water was found Tuesday after surviving...

Syria regime advances, US drops ammo to anti-IS rebels 13 Oct 2015 - 08:40 am

Beirut: Syrian regime troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks on Monday, as US-led coalition forces...

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of 'war crimes 13 Oct 2015 - 08:32 am

Beirut: Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish forces operating in Syria's north and northeast amount to "war crimes,"...

Pakistan's landslide leaves 13 people dead 13 Oct 2015 - 08:28 am

Islamabad: Thirteen people were dead as a result of a landslide that buried shanties in Gulsitan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi early on Tuesday. According...

First phase of Battle Bihar ends, 57 percent voting 13 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Women wait in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station in Samastipur district in the eastern state of Bihar, India. ...

Yemenis protest in Qaeda-held city 13 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Aden: Hundreds of people demonstrated on Monday in Mukalla to demand the withdrawal of Al-Qaeda fighters who overran Yemen's southeastern coastal city months...

Resurgent Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city 12 Oct 2015 - 06:57 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture...