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UN chief says suspected chemical attack shows 'war crimes' in Syria 05 Apr 2017 - 11:13 am

Brussels: A suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town shows war crimes continue in Syria, UN...

Trump has strong words after Syria attack _ but what next? 05 Apr 2017 - 11:08 am

WASHINGTON : Eager to show strength after a major provocation, President Donald Trump is forcefully denouncing a chemical attack he blames on Syrian...

Taiwan culls more than 30,000 birds after flu outbreak 05 Apr 2017 - 10:53 am

Taipei: Two poultry farms in Taiwan's Yunlin County, a major chicken supplier on the island, were confirmed to be infected with the H5N2...

All evidence points to Assad behind suspected chemical attack: UK 05 Apr 2017 - 10:16 am

Brussels: All evidence points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being behind a suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in...

Earthquake hits near Iran Shiite holy city Mashhad 05 Apr 2017 - 10:00 am

Tehran: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit near Iran's Shiite Muslim holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday, local media reported. ...

Warplanes mount fresh airstrikes in Idlib area - Syrian Observatory 05 Apr 2017 - 09:56 am

BEIRUT: Warplanes mounted five air strikes on Wednesday in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria where dozens of people were killed the day...

72 dead in suspected Syria chemical attack: new toll 05 Apr 2017 - 09:51 am

Beirut: The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, 20 of them children,...

Blast in Pakistani city of Lahore kills at least six 05 Apr 2017 - 09:48 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on army personnel that killed at least six people and wounded 18...

Islamic State says U.S. "being run by an idiot" 04 Apr 2017 - 07:27 pm

CAIRO: Islamic State said on Tuesday the United States was drowning and "being run by an idiot". In the first official remarks by...

Russian investigators confirm Akbarzhon Jalilov as man behind metro blast 04 Apr 2017 - 04:07 pm

MOSCOW: Russia's state investigative committee on Tuesday named Akbarzhon Jalilov as the man behind the St Petersburg metro blast, confirming an earlier statement ...

Turkey sends ambulances to Syria's Idlib 04 Apr 2017 - 04:04 pm

ADANA, Turkey: Turkey has dispatched 30 ambulances from the southern border province of Hatay to Syria's Idlib following the recent chlorine gas attacks...

Brazil court meets to rule on whether Temer election valid 04 Apr 2017 - 03:49 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court met Tuesday on whether to invalidate the 2014 presidential election because of illegal campaign funding --...

EU says Assad regime responsible for 'awful' Syria attack 04 Apr 2017 - 03:14 pm

Brussels: The regime of Bashar al-Assad bears "primary responsibility" for a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 people in a rebel-held...

Regime chlorine gas attack kills 70 in Syria’s Idlib 04 Apr 2017 - 02:57 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At least 70 people were killed on Tuesday when regime warplanes carried out a chlorine gas attack in Syria’s northwestern Idlib...

Turkish jets kill 4 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq 04 Apr 2017 - 02:54 pm

ANKARA: At least 4 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq, the military said Tuesday. The...

Syria support conference begins in Brussels 04 Apr 2017 - 02:51 pm

ANKARA: Turkey will not send representatives to an upcoming Brussels-based conference on Syria, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. Anadolu Agency was told Ankara...

32 killed in Syrian regime attacks near Damascus 04 Apr 2017 - 02:47 pm

DAMASCUS: The death toll from regime raids near Damascus has risen to 32, according to the pro-opposition civil defense authority. Regime warplanes carried...