Syria bombardment resumes after ceasefire deal breaks down
Al Jazeera News :The Syrian government and its closest military ally – Russia – have intensified their bombing campaign in the southern province of Deraa,...
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Israeli forces assault Palestinians, prepare to demolish village
Al Jazeera News :Israeli forces have assaulted dozens of Palestinians protesting the demolition of a Bedouin village near occupied East Jerusalem and the forcible transfer...
SPD coalition partner will back migrant centers
Reuters, Berlin :Germany’s interior minister said on Thursday he was confident center-left coalition partners would back setting up border zone transit centers for migrants under...
Indonesia arrests ex-rebel turned governor in Aceh over graft
Reuters, Jakarta :Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency has arrested the governor of Aceh province over accusations that he took illegal fees for projects funded from more than...
British police probe new Novichok nerve agent case
AFP :British police scrambled on Thursday to determine how a couple were exposed to the same nerve agent used on a former Russian spy earlier...
Inside Qatar’s charm offensive to win over Washington
Reuters, Washington :There was much bonhomie as a few dozen people, including members of Congress and U.S. administration officials, gathered last week for dinner in...
Polish Supreme Court’s top judge defies ‘purge’
AFP : Poland’s Supreme Court chief justice showed up at work on Wednesday in defiance of a retirement law pushed through by the right-wing government...
Rescuers vow to take ‘no risks’ in evacuation of Thai cave boys
AFP : Thai rescuers vowed to take a “no risk” approach to freeing 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave, as fresh...
9 dead, dozens injured in road accident in Kenya
Reuters, Nairobi : Nine people were killed and dozens injured when a bus and truck collided early on Wednesday on a busy highway southeast of...
Turkey transfers some powers to president
Reuters, Istanbul : Turkey issued a decree on Wednesday transferring some powers to the president, in line with its move to an executive presidential system...
Russia’s top diplomats to meet after Putin-Trump summit: Russian foreign minister
Reuters, Moscow : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow and Washington had agreed that he would meet U.S. Secretary of State...
Tehran to remain in N deal if its benefits are guaranteed: Rouhani
Reuters, Vienna : Iran will remain in its 2015 nuclear deal only if its benefits are guaranteed by other signatories after the United States withdrew...