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Turkey, Jordan call for serious Mideast talks 22 Aug 2017 - 12:18 am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reviews the guard of honour at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, yesterday.
Lebanon foiled suicide bomb attack on Australia-Abu Dhabi flight 21 Aug 2017 - 10:51 pm
Earlier this month an Australian man was detained in Sydney during raids to disrupt what authorities described as an Islamic State-inspired plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight.
Danish submarine inventor 'buried Swedish journalist's body at sea' 21 Aug 2017 - 09:02 pm
This family handout photo released on August 12, 2017 shows Swedish journalist Kim Wall who was allegedly on board a submarine south of Copenhagen before it sank on August 11, 2017.  AFP Photo/Tom Wall
Police kill man who could be Barcelona attack fugitive: source 21 Aug 2017 - 06:24 pm
 Younes Abouyaaqoub
Hezbollah using weaponised drones against IS in Syria 21 Aug 2017 - 06:17 pm
(File Photo). Reuters
Philippines’ Duterte says there could have been abuses in war on drugs 21 Aug 2017 - 05:43 pm
Rodrigo Duterte
Putin appoints Anatoly Antonov new ambassador to US: Kremlin 21 Aug 2017 - 03:28 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 05, 2016 shows then Russia's Deputy Minister of Defence Anatoly Antonov speaking during plenary session at the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. / AFP / ROSLAN
Lebanese army continues anti-IS operation for third day 21 Aug 2017 - 03:20 pm
A handout picture released by the Lebanese Army on August 20, 2017, shows Army Commander Joseph Aoun (C) speaking soldiers in Ras Baalbek during an operation against jihadist fighters.
Erdogan says top Turkish general must accept demotion 21 Aug 2017 - 02:58 pm
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) holds a press conference prior to his official visit to Jordan before his departure with the presidential plane at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey on August 21, 2017. ( Kayhan Özer - Anadolu
Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Tal Afar 21 Aug 2017 - 02:40 pm
Iraqi army fire against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq, August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Floods, landslides kill more than 800 people across South Asia 21 Aug 2017 - 02:32 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 17, 2017 shows an Indian one-horned rhinoceros wading through flood waters at the flooded Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in India's northeastern Assam state. AFP / Biju BORO
One dead after car hits people at Marseille bus stop 21 Aug 2017 - 02:27 pm
French forensic police officers and security personnel gather near a vehicle following a car crash in the southern Mediterranean city of Marseille on August 21, 2017. AFP / BERTRAND LANGLOIS
Raqqa families make daring escapes from Islamic State stronghold 21 Aug 2017 - 02:18 pm
A boy walks past a sign which reads 'Islamic State in Iraq and Syria' as fighting continues between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Finnish court identifies Turku stabbing suspect 21 Aug 2017 - 02:06 pm
Candles and flowers have been left at the makeshift memorial for the victims of Friday's stabbings at the Turku Market Square, Finland on August 19, 2017.   AFP / Lehtikuva / Vesa Moilanen
12 Villages liberated from ISIS control in Tal Afar 21 Aug 2017 - 12:23 pm
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Missing Swedish journalist died in accident aboard DIY sub: Danish police 21 Aug 2017 - 12:20 pm
A unit of the Swedish Sea Rescue Society searches for the missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, at the Lundakra Bay between Barsebaeck and Landskrona on August 15, 2017. Picture: Johan NILSSON / Sweden OUTSource:AFP.
Finland's knife attack suspect to appear in court, may be via video link 21 Aug 2017 - 12:16 pm
People attend a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of Friday's stabbings at the Turku Market Square in Turku, Finland August 20, 2017. / Reuters.
South Asia floods claim more than 750 lives 21 Aug 2017 - 10:12 am
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