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Mexico quietly marks 10 years of drug war 10 Dec 2016 - 02:21 pm

Mexico City: Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with...

Officer hurt in Athens shootout: police source 10 Dec 2016 - 02:07 pm

Athens: A Greek police officer was injured Saturday by a gunman who apparently killed himself to evade arrest after a shootout in central...

Landmine blast kills 5 soldiers in southern Yemen 10 Dec 2016 - 02:01 pm

ADEN, Yemen: Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion Saturday in the southern city of Aden. A military vehicle struck a...

Cancer also threatens post-coup Egypt's prisoners 10 Dec 2016 - 01:57 pm

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Amid reports of mass abuses against anti-regime opponents, cancer is adding to the plight of thousands of political prisoners languishing in...

Egypt reopens Gaza crossing for 3 days 10 Dec 2016 - 01:38 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Egyptian authorities on Saturday exceptionally reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip for three days. "The terminal...

S. Korea protests take on celebratory mood after Park ouster 10 Dec 2016 - 01:29 pm

Seoul: A day after South Korean lawmakers successfully impeached scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye, hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take to...

Gambian president rejects election result 10 Dec 2016 - 01:19 pm

Banjul: The Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh has rejected the outcome of last week’s election, which he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow, calling...

Suspected car bomb kills 2 policemen at checkpoint near Somali capital 10 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm

MOGADISHU: A suspected car bomb killed at least two policemen when it exploded at a checkpoint near the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday,...

New raids on rebel Aleppo ahead of talks to save city 10 Dec 2016 - 01:10 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Fresh air strikes pummelled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo on Saturday ahead of parallel talks in France and Switzerland aimed...

Sri Lanka navy breaks up dock worker strike 10 Dec 2016 - 01:05 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces fired warning shots Saturday to disperse striking dock workers who have prevented a Japanese vessel from leaving the...

Turkish jets kill 4 IS terrorists in northern Syria 10 Dec 2016 - 12:57 pm

ANKARA: Turkish jets killed at least four Islamic State terrorists Saturday in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military...

US-led coalition strikes 168 IS oil tankers in Syria 10 Dec 2016 - 12:51 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition destroyed 168 oil tanker trucks belonging to the terror group near Palmyra, Syria, American Central Command announced...

56 killed, 177 injured in northeast Nigeria bombings 10 Dec 2016 - 12:46 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Fifty-six civilians were killed and 177 others were injured in two suspected suicide blasts in northeastern Nigeria’s Madagali town on Friday,...

Turkish organizations launch aid campaigns for Aleppo 10 Dec 2016 - 12:39 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's aid campaign for the besieged people of Aleppo continued on Friday with several nongovernmental organizations sending food, water and clothing. Turkish...

6 Egyptian police personnel killed in Cairo blast 10 Dec 2016 - 12:36 pm

CAIRO: Six security personnel were killed and another three injured on Friday when an improvised explosive device went off near two security checkpoints...