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All parties must commit to Aleppo aid truce: UNReuters, United Nations The United Nations is ready to deliver aid into Syria’s Aleppo, but needs commitments...
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Obama heads to flood-hit Louisiana
Fresh from a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama visits flood-hit Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics.Obama has...
Iraq forces launch push to retake town south of Mosul
AF, Kirkuk :Iraqi special forces led an operation on Tuesday aimed at retaking the jihadist-held town of Qayyarah, a key staging base for operations to...
Turkey strikes IS as Syria border tensions flare
AFP, Istanbul :Turkey on Tuesday pounded Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria with new artillery strikes as expectations grew of a major Ankara-backed offensive against...
Doctors in India remove 40 knives from man’s stomach
AP, New Delhi :Doctors in northern India have surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of a man who had swallowed them over the past...
Trump demands closure of ‘corrupt’ Clinton Foundation
Donald Trump has demanded that Hillary Clinton shut down the charitable foundation founded by her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, branding it a “corrupt...
Merkel wants migrant return deals with N African states
AFP, Berlin :German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday on the EU and North African countries to do deals modelled on a controversial agreement with Turkey...
Turkey vows to fight IS after attack kills 53, many children
AP, Ankara :Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that his country is determined to fight Islamic State group extremists both inside Turkey and in...
40 dead as floods hit central, eastern India
AP, Lucknow :At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India,...
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Israel OKs more Jewish homes in HebronAP, Jerusalem Israeli authorities have granted preliminary permission for the planning of new Israeli homes in the city of...
Kurdish militia launches assault to evict Syrian army from key city of Hasaka
Reuters, Hasaka :The Kurdish YPG militia launched a major assault on Monday to seize the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka...
Japanese first lady pays tribute at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
AP, Tokyo :Japan’s first lady has visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for the first time to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack...