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Turkey arrests three former diplomatsAFP, Istanbul A Turkish court on Saturday placed under arrest three former top diplomats, including an advisor to ex-president Abdullah Gul,...
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Hillary confident emails, charity links won’t derail WH bid
AFP, Washington :Hillary Clinton today said she was certain no revelations from emails or foreign entities’ ties to her husband’s charitable foundation will derail her...
US seeks to soothe Turkey ties, press fight against IS
Reuters, Istanbul :The last time U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Tayyip Erdogan: his...
No Arab Spring in Zimbabwe: Mugabe warns protesters
AFP, Zimbabwe :Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Friday warned that the Arab Spring style of protests would fall flat in Zimbabwe after police fired teargas...
NKorea submarine missiles not ready until 2018: Experts
AFP, Seoul :North Korea is making progress on a submarine-launched ballistic missile system but any deployment of the technology is years away, a US think...
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Casualty rate soars for Afghan security forcesAFP, WashingtonAfghan security forces are being killed or wounded in attacks by the Taliban and other groups in even...
11 cops killed, 78 wounded in Turkey car bomb attack
Reuters, Turkey :A car bomb at a police headquarters in Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast killed at least 11 and wounded dozens on Friday, ministers said,...
Brazil’s Senate begins Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial
Reuters, Brasilia :Brazil’s Senate began the trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday after a lengthy impeachment process that has paralyzed the politics of...
Flood waters stabilize in India, but thousands evacuated
AP, Varanasi :About 3,000 people were evacuated in India’s remote northeast after a lake created by an earlier landslide threatened to collapse and flood their...
Zawahri urges Iraqi Sunnis to wage guerilla war
Reuters, Baghdad :Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Thursday called on Iraq’s Sunnis to prepare for a “long guerrilla” war as Islamic State militants lost...
Russia backs 48-hour Aleppo truce, UN wants other sides to commit
Reuters, Geneva : Russia has agreed to a 48-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo to allow aid deliveries, but security guarantees...
N Korea test-fires sub-launched missile close to Japan
AFP, Seoul :North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a submarine-launched missile 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) towards Japan, marking what weapons analysts called a clear step...