IS suicide bombings target Libya pro-govt forces in Sirte
AFP, Tripoli :The Islamic State group carried out three suicide car bombings Sunday against forces allied with Libya’s unity government battling to retake the city...
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West slams Syria`s regime over Daraya bombings
AFP, Beirut :Western powers lashed out at Syria’s government, accusing regime forces of dropping barrel bombs on the town of Daraya hours after it received...
India, US, Japan begin joint naval exercise close to South China Sea
AP, New Delhi :India, Japan and the US today began their marine war games, Malabar Exercise, near Okinawa Island – about 400 kilometres from the...
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Little support for Trump in Arab world: PollAFP, JerusalemAn Israeli college has conducted an opinion poll of attitudes inside Egypt and Saudi Arabia and found...
Wars and poverty force Gaza children to work
AFP, Gaza City :Instead of going to school, Walid and Ibrahim spend hours each day rummaging through houses destroyed in Gaza’s wars in search of...
Dilma calls for referendum on early polls
Reuters, Brasilia :Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff said she would call a referendum on holding early elections if she is reinstated as president, an offer analysts saw...
Libyan forces ‘retake port’ in jihadist bastion Sirte
AFP, Tripoli :Forces allied with Libya’s unity government said Saturday they had recaptured the port in the jihadist stronghold of Sirte from Islamic State group...
Hillary overtakes Trump in latest polls
PTI, New Delhi :The contest between the two presidential candidates in the United States is getting tighter and is likely to get nastier as well.According...
West Africa marks end of deadly Ebola outbreak
AFP, Monrovia :Liberia said today it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases in west Africa of the tropical virus that...
Obama approves broader role for US forces in Afghanistan
Reuters, Washington :President Barack Obama has approved giving the US military greater ability to accompany and enable Afghan forces battling a resilient Taliban insurgency, in...
Arab-Kurd forces cut main IS Syria-Turkey supply route
AFP, Beirut :Arab-Kurdish fighters backed by the United States on Friday cut the Islamic State group’s main supply route between Syria and Turkey, a monitor...
Air pollution may cause more premature deaths in India, China: Report
PTI, New Delhi :Air pollution could cause 6-9 million premature deaths by 2060, with India and China facing threat of maximum number of such mortalities,...