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Philippine firefight leaves 'heavy casualties' 03 Apr 2017 - 02:59 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Philippine troops clashed with over a hundred IS-linked terrorists over the weekend, leading to heavy casualties on both sides, the...

Turkey's Erdogan says Turks in Europe should defy 'grandchildren of Nazism' 03 Apr 2017 - 02:53 pm

ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Turkish voters in Europe to defy the "grandchildren of Nazism" and back a referendum this...

43 IS terrorists killed in eastern Afghanistan 03 Apr 2017 - 02:50 pm

KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan: At least 43 Islamic State terrorists have been killed and 32 others wounded in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border...

Thai king to sign new constitution this week 03 Apr 2017 - 02:42 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will sign a new constitution on Thursday, the palace said, an essential step towards holding a general election...

Emotional reunion shows plight of Syria's lost children 03 Apr 2017 - 02:32 pm

DAMASCUS: When Jaafar's grandmother recognised him by his birthmark in a Turkish orphanage, months after his parents were killed fleeing Syria's civil war,...

Five charged for suspected hate crime in London 03 Apr 2017 - 01:29 pm

London: British police said Monday they had charged five people over a suspected hate crime attack on a 17-year-old Kurdish Iranian asylum-seeker in...

Car bombing kills 3 policemen in Iraq’s Fallujah 03 Apr 2017 - 12:55 pm

ANBAR, Iraq: Three police personnel were killed Monday in a suicide bombing in Iraq’s western city of Fallujah, according to a local military...

8 people hurt in bombing in Philippine south 03 Apr 2017 - 12:47 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: A bomb exploded near an electric cooperative in Central Mindanao on Monday, wounding eight people in what authorities believe is...

WFP launches $253MN food program in Zimbabwe 03 Apr 2017 - 12:44 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The World Food Programme (WFP) and Zimbabwe’s government launched a $253 million, five-year plan to end hunger on Monday, amid claims...

19 Palestinian refugees killed in Syria in March: NGO 03 Apr 2017 - 12:37 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: A total of 19 Palestinian refugees were killed in war-torn Syria in March, a London-based NGO has said. In a...

Myanmar: Fire at local karaoke bar kills 16 03 Apr 2017 - 12:32 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a local karaoke bar in central Myanmar, a local authority said...

Serbian PM Vucic declares victory in presidential vote 03 Apr 2017 - 12:29 pm

BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbia's conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday declared victory in the presidential elections. Vucic avoided a run-off by winning 55...

Airstrike hits hospital in Syria’s Idlib, injures 10 03 Apr 2017 - 12:23 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At least 10 people were injured Sunday in an airstrike on a hospital in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. The...

47,155 remanded in FETO probe since July 2016 coup bid 03 Apr 2017 - 12:17 pm

TRABZON, Turkey: Turkey has remanded 47,155 suspects accused of having links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) since July 2016 coup attempt, the nation's...

Zambia police confrontation leaves one dead in Lusaka 03 Apr 2017 - 12:12 pm

LUSAKA: One man was killed in a confrontation between Zambia police and supporters of the five opposition political parties who attempted to attend...

Turkish Deputy PM visits drought-hit Somalia 03 Apr 2017 - 12:07 pm

MOGADISHU: A Turkish delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Kaynak and his delegation...

254 dead in Colombia flooding, mudslide 03 Apr 2017 - 12:00 pm

BOGOTA, Colombia: At least 254 people have been killed in a flooding disaster in southern Colombia, the country’s military said Sunday. Nearly 400...

US, Russia back terrorists in Syria: Turkey's Bahceli 03 Apr 2017 - 11:55 am

ANKARA: Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli has accused the U.S. and Russia of supporting terror groups in Syria. Addressing a...