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Israeli forces storm towns and villages in Jenin 07 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation soldiers stormed a number of towns and villages in the West Bank city of Jenin early Saturday and erected military...

Entering Mosul from north, Iraqi army faces gruelling urban combat 07 Jan 2017 - 01:28 pm

NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq: In the morning, spirits were high among Iraqi troops battling Islamic State for control of Mosul as they advanced...

Repair teams poised to begin work restoring Damascus water 07 Jan 2017 - 01:24 pm

Beirut: Repair teams were poised to enter a restive region near Damascus on Saturday to begin work on restoring the Syrian capital's water...

Myanmar to talk Rohingya repatriation with Bangladesh 07 Jan 2017 - 01:11 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar is preparing to send a diplomatic team to Bangladesh to discuss the growing political headache of what to do with...

438 injured from Syria's Aleppo treated in Turkey 07 Jan 2017 - 01:07 pm

HATAY: The number of injured civilians from Syria’s war-torn Aleppo city sent to hospitals in Turkey has reached 438, according to a Turkish...

Pakistan abolishes military courts 07 Jan 2017 - 01:02 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s controversial military courts will no longer be functioning from Saturday after completing their two-year term, officials said. “The military courts’...

Turkish forces 'neutralize' 21 IS terrorists 07 Jan 2017 - 12:56 pm

ANKARA: At least 21 Islamic State terrorists were “neutralized” in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation...

Human trafficking on rise in Vietnam, says government 07 Jan 2017 - 12:52 pm

HANOI: Vietnamese state security forces have reported a 12.8 percent increase in Vietnamese human trafficking victims for 2016, according to state media. Despite...

Death toll rises as Mexico gasoline protests continue 07 Jan 2017 - 12:50 pm

MEXICO CITY: At least five people have been killed in weeklong nationwide protests and looting over a sharp increase in gasoline prices that...

Heavy snowfall paralyses Istanbul 07 Jan 2017 - 12:44 pm

Istanbul: A heavy snowstorm paralysed life in Istanbul on Saturday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and the Bosphorus closed to shipping traffic. The...

French court convicts 4 PKK members 07 Jan 2017 - 12:41 pm

PARIS: A French court sentenced Friday four members of the PKK terrorist organization to two months in prison. The convicts aged between 25...

US Congress certifies Trump's Nov. 8 victory 07 Jan 2017 - 12:38 pm

WASHINGTON: A joint session of Congress on Friday certified Electoral College returns, cementing Donald Trump as the country’s president-elect. The proceedings were largely...

Pres. Jammeh sacks Gambia’s ambassador to Senegal 07 Jan 2017 - 12:33 pm

DAKAR: Gambia’s embattled President Yahya Jammeh has fired the country’s Ambassador to Senegal after the Ambassador urged him to accept defeat and hand...

Defeated opp. leader urges dialog to end crisis 07 Jan 2017 - 12:30 pm

BANJUL, Gambia: Mamma Kandeh, a defeated Gambian opposition leader who went to polls with President elect Adama Barrow and President Yahya Jammeh has...

IS kills 13 coalminers in northern Afghanistan 07 Jan 2017 - 12:24 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least 13 coalminers were killed and four others wounded in a Islamic State terrorist attack on Friday in Baghlan province of...

Investigators search for motive in Florida airport shooting 07 Jan 2017 - 11:50 am

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.: Federal investigators will on Saturday pursue all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker...

Clashes kill 9 near Damascus despite truce 07 Jan 2017 - 10:55 am

Beirut: At least nine people, among them seven government soldiers, were killed in fighting near the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, despite a fragile...

Gunmen kill eight Hazara miners in Afghanistan 07 Jan 2017 - 10:22 am

KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local...