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Turkish army destroys Islamic State targets in Syria's north 19 Jun 2016 - 12:35 pm

By Seyit Ahmet Aytac ANKARA: Turkish army howitzers have destroyed six Islamic State targets in northern Syria, military sources said Sunday. Speaking on...

ANALYSIS - Election victory seen to restore faith in Malaysia PM 19 Jun 2016 - 12:31 pm

Supporters of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) candidate Budiman Mohamad Zohdi hold party branded umbrellas outside a polling station during a by-election in...

Israeli troops arrest 11 Palestinians in West Bank 19 Jun 2016 - 12:15 pm

AFP/ File photo Ramallah: Israeli occupation troops early Sunday arrested11 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said...

Doctors alleviate water on the brain build-up for Thai king 19 Jun 2016 - 11:49 am

File photo of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bangkok: Doctors treating Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej have performed a procedure to reduce a new...

13 Islamic State fighters killed in east of Afghanistan 19 Jun 2016 - 11:40 am

Kabul: At least 13 loyalists of Islamic State group were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Security officials said...

Russia, U.S. agree on need to improve military coordination in Syria: Russian defence ministry 19 Jun 2016 - 11:40 am

MOSCOW: Russia and the United States have agreed on the need to improve coordination to avert incidents while conducting military operations in Syria,...

US military on Okinawa fights to check stigma of crime 19 Jun 2016 - 11:16 am

This file photo taken on November 14, 2014 shows multi-mission tiltrotor Osprey aircraft at the US Marine's Camp Futenma in a crowded urban...

Defiant Hong Kong bookseller likens China detention to 'Cultural Revolution' 19 Jun 2016 - 11:03 am

Lam Wing-kee (C), one of five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing last year, is surrounded by the media after giving a speech...

Hong Kong’s stateless children lost in translation as refugee claims soar 19 Jun 2016 - 10:52 am

Shahzia (L), 5, and her sister Sanzida, 6, pose with their parents in Hong Kong June 16, 2016, after the family fled Bangladesh....

Pregnant woman and husband gunned down in Pakistan honour killing 19 Jun 2016 - 10:44 am

File photo of a protest against honour killing in Pakistan. REUTERS Islamabad: A pregnant woman and her husband have been abducted and shot...

Hezbollah, Syrian regime forces clash in Aleppo 19 Jun 2016 - 10:32 am

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij...

Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe - Luxembourg's Asselborn 19 Jun 2016 - 09:53 am

File photo of Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. Reuters BERLIN: A British exit from the European Union could trigger similar moves by other...

Mounting pressure unlikely to sway Obama on Syria 19 Jun 2016 - 09:47 am

President Barack Obama speaks in front of Cook's Meadow on June 18, 2016 in Yosemite National Park, California. David Calvert/Getty Images/AFP Washington: Exasperated...

24 dead, 26 missing in Indonesian floods, landslides: official 19 Jun 2016 - 09:36 am

Jakarta: Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia have killed 24 and left more than two dozen missing, an official said Sunday, with mud...

Rome set to elect first female mayor 19 Jun 2016 - 09:13 am

Virginia Raggi, Five Star Movement (M5S) candidate for the mayoral elections in Rome, speaks during her last campaign meeting on June 17, 2016...

Thousands protest US bases on Okinawa after Japan woman's murder 19 Jun 2016 - 08:44 am

Policemen (in blue) try to remove protestors, in front of the gate of the US Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago on the...

Egypt's Morsi sentenced to life in espionage trial 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial on espionage charges at...

Raghuram Rajan, Indian central bank chief, to step down in surprise move 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan attends a news conference after their bimonthly monetary policy review in Mumbai, India, June 7,...