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Turkey orders arrest of 267 Gulen-linked suspectsReuters, Istanbul Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 267 people, mostly military officers and defense industry staff, for suspected...
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Islamic State not defeated, just transforming: Experts
Even as the last pockets of resistance in eastern Syria hold their ground, the Islamic State group is shapeshifting into a new, but no less...
30 m premature, sick borns globally every year: Study
Xinhua, United Nations :Nearly 30 million babies are born prematurely or become sick every year and of those 2.5 million die, mostly from preventable causes,...
Trump considering son-in-law Jared Kushner for next chief of staff
HuffPost, Washington :Having run through his first choices for his chief of staff vacancy without any luck, President Donald Trump is considering his own son-in-law...
US-backed forces retake IS hub in east Syria
AFP, Beirut :Kurdish-dominated forces backed by air strikes by a US-led coalition retook full control of a key jihadist hub in eastern Syria on Friday,...
US Senate votes to end support for Saudi-led Yemen war, blasts crown prince
The US Senate dealt President Donald Trump a double blow over Saudi Arabia on Thursday, approving a resolution to end US military support for Riyadh’s...
Sri Lanka court verdict expected on Parliament’s dissolution
AP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court is set to deliver a much-anticipated verdict Thursday on whether President Maithripala Sirisena’s order to dissolve Parliament and calling...
India’s ruling party aware it must tackle problems after state poll setbacks
Reuters, New Delhi :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party officials are gathering on Thursday for talks on a general election due by May, with...
Pompeo says journalist Khashoggi`s death still being probed
Reuters, Washington :U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said investigations into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were still ongoing but that...
May hit by leadership challenge over Brexit deal
AFP :British MPs launched a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Theresa May over her Brexit plan on Wednesday but she vowed to fight off the...
Trump says he stands by Saudi crown prince
Al Jazeera News :US President Donald Trump has reiterated his support for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, despite CIA assessment that...
France hunts gunman after three killed at Strasbourg Christmas market
AFP :Hundreds of police hunted Wednesday for a gunman who shot dead three people and wounded 13, eight seriously, at a famed Christmas market in...