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Senior IS commander in Syria likely killed 27 Dec 2016 - 12:13 pm

BEIRUT,: One of Islamic State's top commanders in Syria was probably killed in combat as the jihadists sought to stave off an advance...

South Sudan pins hope on national dialogue for peace 27 Dec 2016 - 11:47 am

JUBA, South Sudan: The announcement earlier this month by South Sudan’s president of the start of a national dialogue in the war-torn country...

Israel’s Lieberman urges Jews to leave France 27 Dec 2016 - 11:39 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday called on French Jews to leave their country to protest a Paris-hosted conference planned for...

Philippines searches for 18 crewmen of ship sunk by typhoon 27 Dec 2016 - 11:37 am

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine coast guard has pressed the search for 18 missing Filipino crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the...

Activists begin march from Berlin to Aleppo 27 Dec 2016 - 11:29 am

BERLIN: More than 300 activists have begun Monday their long march from Berlin to the war-battered Syrian city of Aleppo, to draw international...

Life sentences reinstated for Palestinian freed in 2011 27 Dec 2016 - 11:17 am

RAMALLAH, Palestine: An Israeli court on Monday reinstated two life sentences handed down earlier against a Palestinian prisoner who had been freed as...

2016: Top 10 fake news forwards that Indians (almost) believed 27 Dec 2016 - 11:04 am

From currency to salt-very little escaped the reach of fake or fabricated news in 2016. Rumours spread from WhatsApp and other social media...

Colombia probe finds human error, lack of fuel in air crash 27 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am

BOGOTA, Colombia: A series of human errors caused an airliner to run out of fuel and crash in Colombia last month, killing 71...

Myanmar newspaper sued for defamation apologizes 27 Dec 2016 - 10:20 am

YANGON, Myanmar: A leading local newspaper in Myanmar and its chief executive officer have apologized to a senior government official over an opinion...

Indian state orders poultry cull after bird flu outbreak 27 Dec 2016 - 10:08 am

BHUBANESWAR, India: An eastern Indian state ordered the cull of more than 2,500 chickens and other poultry after four dead crows and three...

Iraqi forces capture five members of Islamic State in Mosul 27 Dec 2016 - 09:29 am

NINEVEH, Iraq: At least five Islamic State members were captured alive in an operation carried out Monday by the Iraqi army’s 16th division...

Activists begin march from Berlin to Aleppo 27 Dec 2016 - 09:24 am

BERLIN: More than 300 activists have begun Monday their long march from Berlin to the war-battered Syrian city of Aleppo, to draw international...

Russia finds black box from military plane crashed in the Black Sea - TASS 27 Dec 2016 - 09:20 am

MOSCOW: A black box has been found in the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday,...

Brazil says 19 migrants feared drowned off Bahamas 27 Dec 2016 - 09:11 am

Brasília: At least 19 Brazilian migrants are feared drowned off the Bahamas as they tried to cross illegally to the United States, officials...

Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea 27 Dec 2016 - 09:06 am

Sochi, Russia: Russian divers were scouring the Black Sea Tuesday for more debris and bodies from a Syria-bound military plane after finding the...

Syrian army escalates campaign to capture Damascus water supply 27 Dec 2016 - 08:58 am

AMMAN: The Syrian army escalated aerial bombing of a rebel-held valley northwest of Damascus in an offensive begun last week to recapture the...

Seven missing after freak rains drench Australia's outback 27 Dec 2016 - 08:50 am

MELBOURNE: Unusual torrential rain in Australia's outback turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods, and seven...

Tunisian security dismantles 'Terrorist' Cell 27 Dec 2016 - 08:39 am

Tunis: A three-member "terrorist" cell, including a woman, was dismantled in the Tunisian province of Jendouba delegation by the national guard's investigation and...