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Nine Turkish soldiers killed in car bombing 09 Oct 2016 - 02:41 pm

Ankara: Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded on Sunday in a car bomb attack in the restive southeast which was...

Malaysia arrests 16 for suspected militant links 09 Oct 2016 - 02:40 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Sunday they have arrested 16 people for suspected militant links after a two-week operation across the country....

Syria regime keeps up Aleppo assault after UN fails on truce 09 Oct 2016 - 02:32 pm

Beirut: Syrian government forces Sunday kept up their blistering assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a divided UN Security Council failed to agree...

Russia says can protect its Syria assets if U.S. carpet bombs 09 Oct 2016 - 02:31 pm

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that Russia had the means to protect its assets in Syria if the United...

Ethiopia declares state of emergency to stop protests 09 Oct 2016 - 02:25 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in...

Analysis: Why are Republicans dropping Trump now? 09 Oct 2016 - 02:21 pm

SYRACUSE, N.Y.: Why now? And why this? For the legion of Republicans who abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, recoiling in horror from comments...

IOF Issue administrative detention orders against 31 palestinians 09 Oct 2016 - 02:20 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation authorities issued administrative detention orders against 31 Palestinian detainees, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Sunday. PPS lawyer...

UK police seek help on 'racially motivated' attack on Muslim 09 Oct 2016 - 02:13 pm

LONDON: London police are asking for help finding two men who pulled off the headscarf of a Muslim woman in what is being...

Danish paper to defy court ban and publish book on ex-spy chief 09 Oct 2016 - 02:07 pm

Copenhagen: A Danish newspaper said Sunday it will defy a court ban and publish excerpts of a book about the country's former intelligence...

Pressure on Trump likely to be intense at second debate with Clinton 09 Oct 2016 - 01:48 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, facing eroding support from his party over lewd remarks about women, goes into a second presidential...

Some South African universities to reopen despite student fee protests 09 Oct 2016 - 01:36 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Most South African universities will reopen on Monday despite on-campus clashes between police and students protesters earlier this week, though some, including...

Eight Turkish soldiers killed in car bombing: report 09 Oct 2016 - 12:39 pm

Ankara: Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack on a security post on Sunday blamed on Kurdish militants in the...

Several people wounded in shooting attack in Jerusalem - Israel Radio 09 Oct 2016 - 10:38 am

Jerusalem: A shooting attack in Jerusalem on Sunday left at least three people wounded, including two seriously, with the assailant killed by police,...

Turkish military says 31 Islamic State militants killed in northern Syria 09 Oct 2016 - 10:36 am

ISTANBUL: Thirty one Islamic State militants have been killed in clashes and U.S.-led coalition air strikes in northern Syria over the last 24...

Weakened Hurricane Matthew still packs potent punch as it hits North Carolina, Virginia 09 Oct 2016 - 09:53 am

CHARLESTON, S.C./SAVANNAH, Ga.: Hurricane Matthew slammed into North Carolina and Virginia on Sunday, packing a diminished yet still potent punch as it caused...

Black vote key for Clinton in N. Carolina, battlegrounds 09 Oct 2016 - 09:30 am

Charlotte: Under a canvas tent, African-American businessman and chef Santi Jones was offering barbeque pork tacos to tailgaters outside a Carolina football game...

Seven dead as Afghan army copter crashes: officials 09 Oct 2016 - 09:21 am

Kabul: An Afghan army helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the defence ministry said, citing technical...