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Turkey warns US to make or break strained ties 12 Feb 2018 - 01:23 pm

Istanbul: Turkey on Monday warned the United States it was time to either make or break ties between the NATO allies that have...

London City Airport scraps Monday flights as WW II bomb found 12 Feb 2018 - 12:48 pm

London City Airport, an important hub for business travelers, canceled all flights on Monday after the discovery nearby of an unexploded World War...

France FM visits Iraq to discuss reconstruction 12 Feb 2018 - 09:51 am

Baghdad, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Iraq on Monday to discuss the war-torn country's reconstruction with Iraqi officials after Baghdad declared...

Tonga declares state of emergency as cyclone looms 12 Feb 2018 - 09:50 am

Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Tonga declared a state of emergency Monday and imposed a curfew in the capital Nuku'alofa as the Pacific island kingdom braced...

Florida bill would let bullied students go to private school 12 Feb 2018 - 09:28 am

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., From third to fifth grade, Alyson Hochstedler says bullies slammed her son into lockers and punched him. One threatened to...

Five star poster boy must convince Italy he won’t trash economy 12 Feb 2018 - 09:10 am

Luigi Di Maio sits straight as a board and glances down at his notes as he aims to convince some 400 business leaders...

Gas spill sparks highway inferno in China 12 Feb 2018 - 08:34 am

Beijing, A Chinese highway transformed into a raging inferno after an overturned tanker coated the road in liquid natural gas, creating a potential...

Sec Def Mattis admits that PYD/PKK mobilizes in Afrin 12 Feb 2018 - 08:00 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis late Sunday acknowledged that some of the terrorist PYD/PKK-led SDF elements shifted to Afrin amid Turkey’s...

Revenge awaits families of IS fighters in Iraq's Anbar 12 Feb 2018 - 07:31 am

Ramadi, Iraq, In Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, residents struggling to rebuild after years of Islamic State group rule are adamant: there will be...

Seoul seeks communication, lower military tension ahead of possible N.Korea summit 12 Feb 2018 - 07:16 am

SEOUL, South Korea said on Monday it will try to arrange more reunions for families divided by the Korean War and seek to...

Merkel defends painful coalition concessions, denies authority waning 11 Feb 2018 - 09:47 pm

BERLIN: Angela Merkel on Sunday defended "painful" concessions she has made to the Social Democrats (SPD) to win a fourth term as German...

Cured French nun named as 70th miracle in Lourdes 11 Feb 2018 - 09:35 pm

Lille, France: The case of a French nun who recovered from a decades-old back problem that prevented her from walking normally has been...

South Africa marks 28 years of Mandela’s prison release 11 Feb 2018 - 08:01 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africans on Sunday celebrated 28 years since late President Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years for opposing...

Mosque comes under attack in northern Netherlands 11 Feb 2018 - 06:57 pm

DRACHTEN, Netherlands: A mosque in northern Drachten town has come under an arson attack, according to the manager of Islamic Center Drachten Foundation...

Two bodies found at Russian plane crash site 11 Feb 2018 - 06:28 pm

MOSCOW: Two bodies have been found at the site of a Russian plane crash on Sunday, an official at the Russian Emergency Situations...

Putin, Abbas to discuss Middle East settlement in Sochi tomorrow 11 Feb 2018 - 06:02 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the Middle East settlement and cooperation issues during their meeting...

71 feared dead in Saratov Airlines plane crash outside Moscow 11 Feb 2018 - 05:35 pm

Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, killing everyone...

Saratov Airlines crashes outside Moscow carrying 71 people 11 Feb 2018 - 03:52 pm

Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, Russian media...