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Raqqa campaign will accelerate, US envoy says 07 Jun 2017 - 10:30 am

BAGHDAD: The U.S.-backed campaign to capture Raqqa, Islamic State's de-facto capital in Syria, will accelerate, the U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting...

Gunmen attack Iran parliament and mausoleum, killing at least one - state media 07 Jun 2017 - 10:02 am

LONDON: Armed men launched two attacks in Iran's capital on Wednesday morning, killing a guard at the parliament and wounding several people in...

French police shoot attacker outside Notre Dame in Paris 07 Jun 2017 - 09:39 am

Paris: French police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer with a hammer outside Paris's Notre Dame cathedral Tuesday, as he...

Man opens fire in Iranian parliament, injures guard - witness 07 Jun 2017 - 09:38 am

LONDON: A man opened fire in the Iranian parliament on Wednesday and injured a guard, a witness said. The semi-official Tasnim news agency...

Third London attacker named as anger grows over security flaws 06 Jun 2017 - 08:28 pm

London: Police on Tuesday identified the third attacker in the weekend terror assault in London amid mounting anger, two days before an election,...

Police shoot, injure attacker outside Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral 06 Jun 2017 - 06:42 pm

Paris: French police shot and injured a man who had attacked an officer with a hammer outside Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday, prompting...

Death toll in Yemen cholera outbreak hits nearly 700 - WHO 06 Jun 2017 - 04:04 pm

GENEVA/DUBAI: A cholera epidemic in Yemen has killed at least 681 people and the outbreak has yet to peak, according to World Health...

DR Congo's tainted ex-police chief made national hero 06 Jun 2017 - 04:03 pm

Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo's former police chief John Numbi, believed by regime critics to be prime suspect in the murder of a...

Third London attacker had been detained en route for Syria 06 Jun 2017 - 03:24 pm

Rome: A third man arrested for carrying out Saturday's deadly attack in central London is an Italian-Moroccan who was arrested last year on...

Suspected bomb kills 7 outside mosque in Afghanistan's Herat 06 Jun 2017 - 02:41 pm

HERAT, Afghanistan: A suspected bomb outside a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat killed at least seven people and wounded 15 on...

African park ranger hits out at Hong Kong ivory trade 06 Jun 2017 - 01:26 pm

Hong Kong: A frontline park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday delivered an emotive testimony to legislators against the ivory...

Five facts on targeted IS-held Syrian city of Raqa 06 Jun 2017 - 01:23 pm

Beirut: As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first time, here...

Foreign delegations meet in Afghan capital after bloody week 06 Jun 2017 - 12:01 pm

KABUL: Afghan leaders met officials of two dozen foreign governments and institutions on Tuesday, launching a so-called Kabul Process aiming to set the...

Man charged over Australia flight scare 06 Jun 2017 - 11:54 am

Sydney: Passengers on an Australian domestic flight left the plane via an emergency exit Tuesday after a man allegedly left a threatening note...

Anger over known extremist as Britain mourns attack victims 06 Jun 2017 - 11:48 am

London: Anger mounted in Britain Tuesday over how one of the London attackers slipped through the surveillance net as Prime Minister Theresa May...

Heavy explosion heard in Kabul 06 Jun 2017 - 11:36 am

Kabul: A relatively heavy explosion was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. The Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib Danish confirmed a...

Syrian Observatory: U.S.-backed force attacks eastern edge of Raqqa 06 Jun 2017 - 11:09 am

BEIRUT: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched an attack on an eastern district of Islamic State-held Raqqa and on a military base...