Multiple Jihadist attacks kill more than 30 in Iraq
AFP, Baghdad :Jihadist gunmen and bombers killed at least 12 people in a busy market area of Baghdad while a double blast at a cafe...
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New french camps soon
BBC Online :Plans to move thousands of migrants into more permanent camps in northern France are expected to be given the go-ahead later on Monday.Several...
Birzeit University rises up against Israel`s arrests
Al Jazeera News, Birzeit :National songs echoed throughout the West Bank’s Birzeit University campus as students met during a demonstration on December 21 in solidarity...
Fears grow over Saudi-Iran row
Al Jazeera News :The war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia has escalated, with the two Middle East rivals swapping accusations about endangering regional...
Manhunt for foreigners in Cologne
AFP, Cologne :Police say a group of Pakistanis and a Syrian have been attacked in Cologne amid tensions over New Year’s Eve assaults in the...
Obama eyes top UN job
Dawn.com, Washington :US President Barack Obama has set his sights on becoming the next Secretary General of the United Nations when he leaves the White...
Putin says he wants global cooperation against terrorism
Reuters, Moscow :Russia wants to fight terrorism jointly with the rest of the world, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Monday, while...
US B-52 bomber flies over South as Koreas slide into cold war standoff
AFP, Osan Air Base :A powerful US B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea today, a clear show of force from the United States as...
US Navy releases video of ‘provocative’ Iran rocket fire
AP, Dubai :The U.S. Navy on Saturday released footage it said showed Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels firing rockets near warships and commercial traffic in the...
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Air strike kills 60 in Syria AFP, Beirut Russian air strikes Saturday on an Al-Qaeda run prison in Syria killed nearly 60 people, a monitor...
2 dead as firefighters battle huge Australia bushfire
AFP, Perth :Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said today, as firefighters...
Saudi-led coalition denies cluster bomb use in Sanaa
AFP, Riyadh :The Saudi-led coalition bombing rebels in Yemen denied Sunday renewed accusations of dropping cluster munitions in the country after UN chief Ban Ki-moon...