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UNHCR fears 100,000 may flee Mosul for Syria, Turkey; seeks funds 17 Oct 2016 - 02:00 pm

GENEVA: Up to 100,000 Iraqis may flee to Syria and Turkey to escape the Iraqi government's military assault aimed at ousting Islamic State...

Fresh Russian airstrikes kill 16 in Aleppo, Syria 17 Oct 2016 - 01:53 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 16 people were killed, including eight children, in fresh Russian airstrikes Monday on opposition-held areas in Syria’s northwestern city...

Attack on Niger prison foiled: interior minister 17 Oct 2016 - 01:49 pm

NIAMEY, Niger: Niger's interior minister said gunmen attacked early Monday a maximum security prison in Koutoukale housing high-profile terrorists. Mohamed Bazzoum said on...

Bangladesh arrests suspect in secular activist murders 17 Oct 2016 - 01:44 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested the main suspect in the murders of a gay activist and a secular blogger who...

Peshmerga forces capture 8 villages east of Mosul 17 Oct 2016 - 01:42 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: Kurdish peshmerga forces of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on Monday captured eight villages east of Mosul from Daesh militants, according...

At least 25 inmates killed in prison clash in Brazil 17 Oct 2016 - 01:31 pm

SAO PAULO: At least 25 inmates were killed, including six who were decapitated and burned, in clashes between rival criminal factions at a...

Erdogan says Turkey to take part in Mosul operation 17 Oct 2016 - 01:29 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday indicated that Turkey would play a role in the US-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the city...

At least 56 rebels killed in weekend fighting in S.Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 12:44 pm

Malakal, South Sudan: At least 56 rebels and four government soldiers were killed over the weekend as heavy clashes erupted in northeastern South...

Refugees being driven to suicide on Nauru, rights group Amnesty says 17 Oct 2016 - 12:30 pm

SYDNEY: Many of the 410 asylum seekers held on a tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like...

Man 'blows himself up' at TV centre in Georgian breakaway region 17 Oct 2016 - 12:17 pm

Moscow: An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned TV centre in Abkhazia, a tiny Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia,...

Suicide bombing kills 10 at security check-point south of Baghdad 17 Oct 2016 - 12:07 pm

BAGHDAD: A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security check-point south of Baghdad on Monday, killing ten people and...

Who is Thailand's 96-year-old royal regent? 17 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

Bangkok: A 96-year-old former general has become temporary regent after Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, in a surprise move, delayed his own proclamation...

As Trump bashed China, he sought deals with its govt 17 Oct 2016 - 11:46 am

Beijing: Even as US presidential candidate Donald Trump aggressively condemned Beijing, his hotel firm pursued a lucrative business deal with a giant state-owned...

Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine 17 Oct 2016 - 11:45 am

Moscow: A notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, separatist officials said. The separatist Donetsk News...

Powerful earthquake hits Papua New Guinea 17 Oct 2016 - 11:28 am

Sydney: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude struck off the coast of New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the US...

1,500 Turkey-trained Iraqi forces taking part in Mosul operation 17 Oct 2016 - 11:14 am

ANKARA: Around half of some 3,000 Iraqi forces trained by Turkey at the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq are taking part in the...

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits northwest China: USGS 17 Oct 2016 - 11:05 am

Beijing: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck China's northwestern province of Qinghai on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, in an area frequently plagued...