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Brazilian police return to work after strike triggers violent chaos 12 Feb 2017 - 06:33 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Several hundred police returned to their patrols on Sunday after eight days of strikes in a southeastern Brazilian state that...

Trump administration officials may be deposed over immigration order 12 Feb 2017 - 06:26 pm

WASHINGTON: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Sunday he will depose Trump administration officials to uncover “what truly motivated” President Donald...

Turkish troops inside IS bastion Al-Bab: Erdogan 12 Feb 2017 - 03:55 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies have entered the centre of the Islamic State-held...

Australia warns of 'Catastrophic' fire conditions amid heatwave 12 Feb 2017 - 02:46 pm

Sydney: Australian authorities ordered the evacuation of some sparsely populated rural areas of New South Wales on Sunday (Feb 12) as bushfires, fanned...

Top Taliban leader killed in northeastern Afghanistan 12 Feb 2017 - 02:40 pm

Kabul: A top leader of the Taliban group was along with several local and foreign insurgents in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. According...

Settlers continue to storm Al-Aqsa mosque 12 Feb 2017 - 02:34 pm

Occupation Jerusalem: Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli special forces, resumed Sunday their provocative incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque from Magarebah gate and tried...

Grenade explosion kills two children in NW Pakistan 12 Feb 2017 - 02:21 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two children were killed and another critically wounded in a grenade explosion in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The children...

Cambodian opposition prepares for polls without leader 12 Feb 2017 - 02:11 pm

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's opposition party will head into local elections without a president after its founder's shock resignation, a party spokesman said Sunday,...

Germany to elect 'anti-Trump' Steinmeier as new president 12 Feb 2017 - 02:07 pm

Berlin: Billed as Germany's "anti-Trump", centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to be elected Sunday as the new ceremonial head of...

At least five protesters killed in Saturday's demos in Baghdad 12 Feb 2017 - 02:03 pm

BAGHDAD: At least five protesters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed, and 174 others wounded, in clashes that happened Saturday with...

Seven killed in militant battle in India's Kashmir 12 Feb 2017 - 01:58 pm

New Delhi: Seven people including a civilian and two soldiers were killed in gunfight in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday, police said....

IOF arrest three Palestinians in West Bank 12 Feb 2017 - 01:50 pm

Ramallah: Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Sunday morning have arrested three Palestinians during a wide raid and arrest campaign. The three were arrested...

42 IS terrorists 'neutralized' in northern Syria 12 Feb 2017 - 01:06 pm

ANKARA: At least 42 Islamic State terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation...

Suu Kyi urges rebels to sign Myanmar peace deal 12 Feb 2017 - 12:54 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday has urged ethnic rebels to sign the cease-fire agreement with the government as...

6 killed in clashes in disputed Kashmir 12 Feb 2017 - 12:49 pm

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir: Four pro-independence militants and two Indian army soldiers were killed in a gun battle on Sunday morning in the...

Philippines: 3 dead in clashes with Maoist rebels 12 Feb 2017 - 12:43 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Fighting between government troops and communist rebels in different provinces of southern Mindanao since Saturday have left three people dead...

N. Korea test-fires suspected ballistic missile: Seoul 12 Feb 2017 - 12:39 pm

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired what is believed to be a ballistic missile Sunday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missile...

Nigeria seizes $37.5m home from ex-petroleum minister 12 Feb 2017 - 12:24 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has seized a home worth $37.5m allegedly owned by a former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke who has been under government...