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Syria rebels call for Aleppo truce, civilian evacuation 07 Dec 2016 - 01:50 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syrian rebels in Aleppo city called Wednesday for an immediate five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians to other opposition-held territory...

Turkey says pushing Aleppo talks between Russia, Syria opposition 07 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Moscow: Ankara is doing "everything possible" to facilitate negotiations between Moscow and Syrian opposition groups to halt the bloodshed in Aleppo, Turkey's premier...

Israeli missiles hit near airbase outside Damascus: Syria media 07 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

Damascus: Several Israeli missiles struck the notorious Mazzeh airbase outside Damascus overnight without causing any casualties, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday. "At...

Armed groups take control of Libyan town of Ben Jawad, close to major oil ports 07 Dec 2016 - 01:31 pm

BENGHAZI, Libya: Armed groups took control on Wednesday of the Libyan town of Ben Jawad, close to some of Libya's major eastern oil...

Aides to Korean 'Rasputin' testify to her power 07 Dec 2016 - 01:16 pm

Seoul: Friends and associates of the woman at the heart of a corruption scandal engulfing South Korean President Park Geun-Hye told a hearing...

Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97 as more bodies found in rubble 07 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm

Meureudu, Indonesia: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia Wednesday has nearly doubled to 97, the military said, as...

Turkish air strikes kill 23 Islamic State militants in Syria's al-Bab region 07 Dec 2016 - 01:07 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes pounded 12 Islamic State targets in the al-Bab region of northern Syria on Wednesday, killing 23 militants, the military said....

Ghana votes in tight election amid economic slump 07 Dec 2016 - 12:53 pm

Accra: Ghanians voted Wednesday in tight presidential and parliamentary polls that are seen as a litmus test of stability for Africa's most secure...

Aleppo rebels call for five-day ceasefire, talks about city's future 07 Dec 2016 - 12:48 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in besieged easternAleppo called for an immediate five-day ceasefire, negotiations about the future of the city and for medical and...

2 Turkish soldiers killed in bomb attack in Syria 07 Dec 2016 - 12:40 pm

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against 12 Islamic State targets in the al-Bab region of northern Syria on Wednesday and killed...

More than 50 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen 07 Dec 2016 - 12:04 pm

Aden: More than 50 people are missing and just two have been rescued after a cargo vessel sank off Yemen's Socotra island, authorities...

Suitors, husbands spurn Middle Eastern women disfigured by war 07 Dec 2016 - 11:56 am

AMMAN: Ahzan was shopping in a market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when an explosion ripped through the street, lifting her off...

South Sudan deports AP journalist, agency says it is over his reporting 07 Dec 2016 - 11:52 am

NAIROBI: South Sudan has deported a journalist working for the international Associated Press news agency, and the reporter said on Wednesday that it...

Myanmar halts workers to Malaysia as Rohingya crisis grows 07 Dec 2016 - 11:46 am

Yangon: Myanmar has stopped sending workers to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour over a bloody military crackdown on the Buddhist country's Rohingya minority....

Iran protest to UN on US congress recent extension of sanctions 07 Dec 2016 - 11:31 am

New York: Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced Iran's...

Turkey set to have 54 missions in Africa 07 Dec 2016 - 11:26 am

ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey is set to have 54 diplomatic missions in 54 African nations to strengthen relations...

29 killed by regime airstrikes over Idlib and Aleppo 07 Dec 2016 - 11:22 am

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 29 civilians were killed and scores of others were injured on Tuesday in airstrikes launched by the Assad regime’s...

Female Afghan cyclists push boundaries one wheelie at a time 07 Dec 2016 - 11:21 am

KABUL: Brushing aside suicide bombings and public scorn, the young women of Afghanistan's first freestyle cycling club hope their pop-a-wheelies, bunnyhops and backflips...