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Montenegro arrests 20 Serbs for planning vote day attacks 16 Oct 2016 - 03:10 pm

Podgorica, Montenegro: Montenegro police said they had arrested 20 Serbs for allegedly planning to carry out attacks after voting closes in parliamentary elections...

Iraqi army drops leaflets over Mosul in preparation for offensive 16 Oct 2016 - 02:40 pm

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents that an offensive to recapture...

Cities, towns and territory retaken from Islamic State 16 Oct 2016 - 02:28 pm

Beirut: Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured the northern town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group on Sunday, a monitoring group and rebels said....

Three police officers killed in blast in Turkey's Gaziantep - sources 16 Oct 2016 - 02:09 pm

ISTANBUL: Three police officers were killed by an explosion in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep on Sunday, hospital sources said. The blast was...

Jordanians charged with killing sisters for 'honour' 16 Oct 2016 - 01:04 pm

Amman: Two Jordanian brothers were charged with murdering their two sisters in apparent "honour killings", a court official said Sunday. The men, aged...

2 Americans freed in Yemen, flown to Oman 16 Oct 2016 - 12:51 pm

MUSCAT: Two Americans held captive in war-torn Yemen have been freed and flown to the Omani capital, Muscat, the Omani state news agency...

Free Syrian forces drive Islamic State from 2 villages 16 Oct 2016 - 12:34 pm

AZAZ, Syria: The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has taken control of two northern Syrian villages from Islamic State, including one symbolically important to...

OIC welcomes UNESCO resolution on Al Aqsa Mosque 16 Oct 2016 - 12:13 pm

Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 16 Palestinians in West Bank and Jerusalem 16 Oct 2016 - 11:58 am

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday16 Palestinians after storming and raiding several areas in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces also...

Trump declares himself friend of Hindus, Indians 16 Oct 2016 - 11:38 am

Edison, New Jersey: Declaring he will be a "true friend of the Indian and Hindu community", Republican Party's presidential candidate Donald Trump contrasted...

Philippine president says will raise arbitration ruling on China visit 16 Oct 2016 - 11:07 am

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he would raise a controversial arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with China's leaders,...

Trump challenges Clinton to drug test, says vote 'rigged' 16 Oct 2016 - 11:02 am

Portsmouth, United States: Donald Trump has challenged his rival Hillary Clinton to a drug test before their next debate, suggesting the Democrat was...

Four killed when balcony collapses in France 16 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am

Angers, France: Four people were killed and 14 injured when a balcony collapsed in western France as young people were attending a housewarming...

Arrests of 48 students from south worry Thai Muslims 16 Oct 2016 - 10:32 am

BANGKOK: Thai Muslim organizations have denounced a series of recent “arbitrary arrests” by Bangkok police of youths from the country’s insurgency-plagued south, after...

Myanmar army: 2 women killed in Rakhine operations 16 Oct 2016 - 10:22 am

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar’s military said Sunday that three suspected attackers -- two of them women -- were killed and four others captured by...

Thailand in mourning: A primer for visitors 16 Oct 2016 - 10:16 am

Bangkok: With Thailand grieving the death of beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the famous welcome extended to visitors in the "Land of Smiles" will...

Russia: All talks participants agreed Syrians must decide own future 16 Oct 2016 - 10:09 am

MOSCOW: Russia's foreign ministry said all participants in talks in Lausanne on Saturday had agreed that Syrians alone should decide their future through...