China deploys missiles on disputed South China Sea island: Report
Reuters, Taipei :China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, Taiwan and...
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Austria says migrant flow to be slowed `step by step`
Reuters, Vienna :The flow of migrants through the Balkans and towards Germany will be slowed progressively as part of a coordinated “domino effect” of restrictions...
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Tatars step up resistance to Russian ruleAP, UrozhayneElnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic Tatar, is in jail....
Russia’s air blitz to dictate peace terms
AP, Moscow :Moscow joined the fight in Syria to return to relevance in international diplomacy. It has succeeded by anyone’s measure – and Russia hopes...
Hillary courts Las Vegas, seeking rebound in White House race
AFP, Las Vegas :Hillary Clinton is courting Las Vegas, visiting the workaday back rooms of Sin City’s glitzy casinos to rev up her White House...
Syrian hospital bomb blast death toll rises to 50
AFP, Beirut :Hopes for a ceasefire in Syria were fading on Tuesday, after dozens were killed in air strikes on hospitals that France branded war...
3000 flee homes
AFP, Yangon :Over 3,000 people have fled their homes in northern Myanmar following clashes between two ethnic rebel groups, the United Nations said on Tuesday,...
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Iran exports first oil shipment to EuropeAP, TehranIran says it has exported its first crude oil shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark nuclear...
Turkey will continue to strike back at Kurdish fighters in Syria: Davutoglu
AFP, Ankara :Turkey will continue to strike back at Kurdish fighters of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told German...
Dutch minister to EU members: Don’t shut borders to migrants
AP, Skopje :Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders has urged EU member states not to close their borders to migrants, suggesting that “effective border control is...
Russia to deliver S-300 missile systems to Iran
Reuters, Moscow :Russian will start the delivery of S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran in “the nearest time”, RIA news agency quoted today Russia’s...
Russian PM says military won’t stay in Syria for ever
Reuters, Moscow :Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview that Moscow does not plan to maintain its military presence in Syria indefinitely.In an...