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After Aleppo, Syria’s Assad still far from regaining his state 11 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

BEIRUT: When President Bashar al-Assad turns from the wreckage of Aleppo to assert his authority across a fractured Syria, it will be as...

Philippines HIV prevention policies leave behind MSM: rights group 11 Dec 2016 - 10:04 pm

HONG KONG: The Philippines is not doing enough to tackle soaring HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men by offering greater...

Forecasting, commodity futures, new crops needed to break Southern Africa’s cycle of hunger 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 pm

ROME: Breaking the cycle of drought and hunger in Southern Africa, where 39 million people are suffering a drought-induced food crisis, will need...

Women’s rights in danger in US states and by Trump, activist Gloria Steinem warns 11 Dec 2016 - 09:37 pm

NEW YORK: Women’s rights advocates must pay attention to threats in individual U.S. states where policies could set back abortion availability and health...

African governments urged to help 3.5 million people uprooted from their homes in 2015 11 Dec 2016 - 09:28 pm

ADDIS ABABA: As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and natural disasters...

Car bombs in Iraq’s Falluja kill eight people: police and medics 11 Dec 2016 - 07:54 pm

BAGHDAD: Eight people were killed in two car bombings in the Iraqi city of Falluja west of Baghdad on Sunday, police and hospital...

Who are Egypt's Coptic Christians? 11 Dec 2016 - 07:38 pm

Cairo: Egypt's Copts, targeted in a church bombing that killed at least 25 people in Cairo Sunday, are the Middle East's largest Christian...

Trump questions "one China policy" without Beijing concessions 11 Dec 2016 - 07:30 pm

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump questioned in an interview broadcast Sunday whether the United States should continue its "one China policy" unless Beijing makes...

Syria army advances in Aleppo but rolled back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 07:28 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syrian forces pushed forward in Aleppo Sunday as thousands fled rebel-held areas, but they lost ground to the south where the...

Kyrgyzstan approves controversial constitution reform 11 Dec 2016 - 07:14 pm

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Voters in Kyrgyzstan Sunday approved a raft of constitutional changes that strengthen the hand of President Almazbek Atambayev, suggesting a drift...

For all his threats, Trump is seen by businesses as key ally 11 Dec 2016 - 06:54 pm

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has lost no chance to bash or threaten individual companies that cross him. Yet much of corporate America appears...

Algerian blogger jailed over Facebook poem dies 11 Dec 2016 - 06:23 pm

Algiers: A British-Algerian journalist died Sunday after having staged a hunger strike to protest a two-year jail term for offending Algeria's president in...

Regime airstrikes kill 9 in northwestern Syria 11 Dec 2016 - 04:42 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At least nine people were killed in a regime airstrike on the northwestern Idlib province on Sunday, according to a pro-opposition...

Syria army advances in Aleppo but rolled back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 04:27 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syria's army pushed forward in Aleppo on Sunday as thousands fled rebel-held areas but its forces lost ground to the south...

Erdogan vows to continue fight against terrorism 11 Dec 2016 - 04:20 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed his "determination in the fight against terrorism" following Saturday's deadly terror attack in Istanbul, which left...

Turkey strongly condemns terror attack in Istanbul 11 Dec 2016 - 03:11 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish political leaders issued statements on Sunday, condemning Saturday's terror attack near a football stadium in Istanbul that martyred at least 38...

IS retakes Palmyra after Syria army withdrawal 11 Dec 2016 - 03:04 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State jihadist group recaptured Palmyra on Sunday after Syrian armed forces pulled out of the desert city, the Syrian Observatory...