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Russian attack on Syrian market may be war crime: UN 06 Mar 2018 - 07:02 pm

Geneva: Russian forces were behind a deadly strike on a crowded market in Syria late last year, UN investigators said Tuesday, warning that...

Turkey to set up camps for 170,000 people near Syria's Idlib 06 Mar 2018 - 06:38 pm

ANKARA: Turkey is working to set up camps to settle 170,000 displaced people near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib and in Turkish-controlled...

US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin 06 Mar 2018 - 06:20 pm

Raqa, Syria: A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters announced on Tuesday it would redeploy around 1,700 members from front lines against the Islamic...

Sleepy English city rocked by spy mystery 06 Mar 2018 - 06:15 pm

Salisbury, United Kingdom: The picturesque English city of Salisbury was on Tuesday coming to terms with the "intrusion of something rather horrible" after...

Wreckage of famed US World War II carrier discovered 06 Mar 2018 - 04:15 pm

BANGKOK: A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by...

Russia lets rebels leave Syria's E.Ghouta: agencies 06 Mar 2018 - 04:03 pm

Moscow: The Russian military on Tuesday allowed rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta enclave to leave via a humanitarian corridor together with their families...

UAE now requires licenses for 'social media influencers' 06 Mar 2018 - 03:42 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates says it will now require anyone conducting "commercial activities" through social media to register for...

Bicycle-riding suicide bomber kills 3 in northeast Nigeria 06 Mar 2018 - 03:07 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Police say a suicide bomber riding a bicycle with explosive devices strapped to his body killed three people when he detonated...

Migrants march angrily in Florence after Italian kills street vendor 06 Mar 2018 - 02:58 pm

* Shooting came a day after a national election * Africans targeted last month by shooter in Macerata * League and 5-Star promised...

Japanese volcano erupts, dozens of flights grounded 06 Mar 2018 - 02:53 pm

Tokyo: A Japanese volcano which featured in a 1960s James Bond movie shot smoke and ash thousands of metres into the sky on...

India's endangered lion population increases to 600 06 Mar 2018 - 01:59 pm

Ahmedabad: The endangered Asiatic lion, which only lives in one forest in India, has fought back from the verge of extinction, with its...

One rebel group says no contact with Russia over Ghouta proposal 06 Mar 2018 - 01:46 pm

BEIRUT: One of the main Syrian rebel groups in eastern Ghouta said on Tuesday it has had no contact with Russia over its...

Greek railway workers, taxi drivers stage strikes 06 Mar 2018 - 12:48 pm

Athens, Greece: All Greek train routes have been suspended for the day as railway workers stage a 24-hour strike to protest the privatization...

Lassa fever deaths rise to 110 in Nigeria: official 06 Mar 2018 - 12:47 pm

Lagos, Lassa fever has claimed 110 lives in Nigeria since the beginning of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday,...

Maersk says loses containers off U.S. East Coast 06 Mar 2018 - 12:41 pm

Shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk said Tuesday between 70 and 73 containers had collapsed on a vessel off the U.S. East Coast, causing some...

Japan's navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron 06 Mar 2018 - 12:30 pm

TOKYO: Japan's navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries...