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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...

Macedonia votes hoping to end political crisis 11 Dec 2016 - 02:59 pm

Skopje: Macedonians were voting Sunday in an early general election in a bid to end a deep political crisis that has roiled the...

Three Ukrainian troops killed in rebel east: officials 11 Dec 2016 - 02:57 pm

Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded in the country's rebel east, the bloodiest day for government forces in more than...

3 Philippine troops dead in fighting in troubled south 11 Dec 2016 - 02:50 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: At least three soldiers have been killed and seventeen others injured in clashes with a Islamic State-linked militant group...

Small girls stage suicide attack at market, 17 hurt 11 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and...