Turkey must accept it needs Israel, says Tayyip Erdogan
AFP, Istanbul :Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash out a...
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IS counterattacks target Iraqi troops in Ramadi
AP, Baghdad :Islamic State group militants continue to launch a series of counterattacks against Iraqi government forces on the edges of the western city of...
Mexico mayor slain a day after taking office
AP, Mexico City :The mayor of a city south of Mexico’s capital was shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after taking office,...
Hillary emails (almost) name ‘biggest jerk’ in US diplomacy
AFP, Washington :Who is the biggest jerk in US diplomacy? America was left guessing after a tantalizing near-revelation in the latest batch of Hillary Clinton’s...
As 2016 dawns, Europe braces for more waves of migrants
AP, Greek :Bitter cold, biting winds and rough winter seas have done little to stem the seemingly endless flow of desperate people fleeing war or...
Two IAF men killed as gunmen storm Indian air force base
AFP, New Delhi :Suspected militants attacked an Indian Air Force (IAF) base near the border with Pakistan early Saturday, security officials said, with at least...
China restructures military as Xi eyes ‘strong army’
Reuters, Beijing :China has created three new military units and will update equipment as well as modernising its command structure, state media said on Friday,...
Saudi Arabia executes 47, including Shiite cleric
Reuters, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, mostly said to be Al Qaeda members but also a prominent Shia Muslim cleric,...
Obama pledges to act unilaterally on US gun control
Agencies, Washington :United States President Barack Obama has indicated he may bypass Congress in his bid to increase gun control in the final year of...
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Floods swamp Missouri, IllinoisReuters, MissouriRecord flooding from rain-swollen rivers has washed out hundreds of structures in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, forcing thousands to...
Hollande says terror threat remains at highest level
Reuters, Paris :The threat of further militant attacks in France remains at its highest level, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday.“We’re not finished with terrorism,”...
Germany shuts Munich rly stations on warning of New Year suicide attack
Reuters, Berlin :Germany shut down two train stations in Munich about an hour before midnight on Thursday following a tip from the intelligence service of...