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New Thai king pardons prisoners in 'first show of mercy' 12 Dec 2016 - 01:33 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn has pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners, a first act of "mercy" as monarch as he reaches...

School bomb kills nine-year-old in Pakistan: officials 12 Dec 2016 - 01:28 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: A nine-year-old girl was killed and three other children were wounded Monday when a bomb exploded near their school gate in...

British-Algerian journalist dies after hunger strike in Algiers 12 Dec 2016 - 01:17 pm

ALGIERS: A British-Algerian journalist had died six months after staging a hunger strike in Algiers over his detention for publishing articles seen as...

Death toll in Istanbul terror attack rises to 44 12 Dec 2016 - 01:11 pm

ISTANBUL: The death toll in Saturday's Istanbul terror attack has risen to 44, Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag said Monday. Among the dead,...

Arab lawmakers in Israel slam vote comments by Likud MP 12 Dec 2016 - 01:03 pm

JERUSALEM: Palestinian lawmakers in the Knesset (Israel's parliament) have slammed assertions by a senior figure in Israel's ruling Likud party that Palestinians with...

Wembley Stadium arch in red after Turkish terror attack 12 Dec 2016 - 12:58 pm

LONDON: The arch at Wembley Stadium was illuminated in the colors of the Turkish flag Sunday to show solidarity with Turkey in the...

EU officials avoid ‘terror’ condemning Istanbul attacks 12 Dec 2016 - 12:50 pm

BRUSSELS: Three high-ranking European Union leaders failed to use the word of “terror” while condemning deadly attacks near a football stadium in Istanbul....

Turkey condemns terror attack in Egypt 12 Dec 2016 - 12:47 pm

ANKARA: The foreign ministry on Sunday strongly condemned a terror attack in Egypt's capital that killed at least 25 victims. "We convey our...

Turkish family’s home attacked by PKK in Zurichb 12 Dec 2016 - 12:41 pm

ZURICH: PKK terrorists attacked the home of a Swiss-Turk here on Sunday, the victim told Anadolu Agency. Mehmet Cek said the culprits harassed...

Japan protests China over jet interference claim 12 Dec 2016 - 12:37 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo has lodged a protest with Beijing over a claim that Japanese fighter jets interfered at close range with Chinese military planes...

Police detain 20 opposition HDP members in Istanbul 12 Dec 2016 - 12:33 pm

ISTANBUL: Anti-terrorism police detained at least 37 members of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in two separate operations in Istanbul and Ankara...

10 IS-linked fighters dead in clash in Philippines 12 Dec 2016 - 12:29 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: At least 10 members of a Islamic State-linked militant group have been killed in clashes with government forces in...

Bomb injures 4 police officers in Thailand’s south 12 Dec 2016 - 12:26 pm

BANGKOK: Four border patrol police officers were hospitalized in Thailand’s Muslim majority south on Monday, when a remote controlled bomb exploded near their...

Fresh airstrikes kill 31 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo 12 Dec 2016 - 12:21 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 31 people were killed and dozens injured in fresh airstrikes on opposition-held areas in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo...

Mortar fire kills 15 in Iraq’s Mosul 12 Dec 2016 - 12:12 pm

BAGHDAD: At least 15 civilians were killed Sunday when mortar shells struck their homes in Mosul amid an ongoing offensive to oust Islamic...

Turkish warplanes hit over 130 IS targets in Syria 12 Dec 2016 - 12:03 pm

ANKARA: Turkish jets continued to hit Islamic State targets in northern Syria on Monday, hitting over 130 objectives, the military said. The air...

Turkish air force bombs Islamic State targets in Syria 12 Dec 2016 - 11:36 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes struck 29 Islamic State targets in northern Syria on Sunday while four of the radical militants and two Turkish-backed Syrian...

Iraqi Christians confront painful memories in town's clean-up 12 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am

QARAQOSH, Iraq: For decades, the Immaculate Conception Church in Qaraqosh was the heart of Iraq's largest Christian town. After two years under Islamic...