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With healthcare faltering in Gaza, care in Israel is sought after 06 Apr 2017 - 08:20 pm

GAZA: For many patients suffering from life-threatening diseases in the Gaza Strip, treatment in neighbouring Israel or the occupied West Bank is a...

Toxic attack could wreck Assad's political gains 06 Apr 2017 - 08:08 pm

BEIRUT: President Bashar Assad took an enormous gamble if his forces were behind the chemical weapons attack that killed dozens in northern Syria:...

Aung San Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing of Rohingya 06 Apr 2017 - 08:08 pm

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied security forces carried out ethnic cleansing of the country's Rohingya Muslims, despite the UN and...

“Fight to the death”: snipers slow down Iraqi forces in Mosul’s Old City 06 Apr 2017 - 07:14 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Taking aim through a telescope on his rifle, the police officer opened fire on an Islamic State sniper from the top...

Iraqi helicopter downed in fight to retake Mosul 06 Apr 2017 - 07:11 pm

Arbil, Iraq: The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter operating over Mosul Thursday, as security forces announced they recaptured another neighbourhood...

Idlib: Last Syrian rebel stronghold 06 Apr 2017 - 05:36 pm

Beirut: The northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, site of a presumed chemical attack, is the last remaining rebel bastion after six years of...

Two Iraqi pilots killed when helicopter shot down over Mosul by Islamic State 06 Apr 2017 - 04:31 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: Two Iraqi army pilots were killed on Thursday when their helicopter was shot down over the city of Mosul by Islamic...

UN asks for 72-hour cease-fire in Syria to deliver aid 06 Apr 2017 - 03:55 pm

GENEVA: United Nations on Thursday urged the U.S., Russia, Turkey and Iran to help establish a 72-hour cease-fire in Syria in order to...

Loud explosion heard in St Petersburg building, no one hurt 06 Apr 2017 - 03:49 pm

ST PETERSBURG: A loud explosion was heard on Thursday in a residential building close to the site in St Petersburg where explosives were...

100,000 Bangladesh Muslim clerics rally against extremism 06 Apr 2017 - 03:43 pm

Dhaka: More than 100,000 clerics and preachers rallied in the Bangladeshi capital against Islamist extremism Thursday after a resurgence of attacks by militant...

Turkey says chemical weapons used in Syria attack 06 Apr 2017 - 03:05 pm

Ankara: Turkey said Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been...

Syria 'chemical' attack: what we know 06 Apr 2017 - 02:35 pm

Beirut: An air strike hit rebel-held Khan Sheikhun in northwestern Syria on Tuesday morning, leaving dozens of civilians dead from a suspected chemical...

Bangladesh, Myanmar to remove border mines 06 Apr 2017 - 02:24 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border forces have agreed to work together to remove mines and improvised explosive devices near the shared border,...

Syrian govt sets terms for any inquiry into gas attack 06 Apr 2017 - 02:22 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian government set conditions on Thursday for any international inquiry into a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of people in ...

Assad regime did the chemical attack: Turkish Dep. PM 06 Apr 2017 - 02:03 pm

ANKARA: Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Thursday that the Assad regime is responsible for Tuesday’s chemical weapons attack in Syria which killed more...

French soldier killed in Mali in clash with militants 06 Apr 2017 - 01:20 pm

PARIS/NOUAKCHOTT: A French soldier was killed in Mali after a clash with armed militants, French President Francois Hollande's office said on Thursday, highlighting...

Gambia: Polls open in first post-Jammeh election 06 Apr 2017 - 01:14 pm

BANJUL, Gambia: In their first election since the fall of strongman Yahya Jammeh, Gambians have gone to polls on Thursday morning to elect...

Australia, New Zealand warn of Gallipoli terror threat 06 Apr 2017 - 12:32 pm

Sydney: Australia and New Zealand Thursday warned terrorists could target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey this month, and urged...