No Australian combat troops to fight in Middle East
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group is weak and Australia has no plans to send combat troops to fight it, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.Mr...
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Marium Mukhtiar, Pakistani female fighter pilot, dies in crash
A female Pakistani fighter pilot has died after her aircraft crashed in Punjab province.Marium Mukhtiar was on a routine training mission when her plane met...
Thai military court charges Bangkok blast suspects
Al Jazeera News :A military court in Thailand has charged two men with carrying out a deadly August bombing at a Bangkok shrine that left...
Refugees sew lips in Greece-Macedonia border protest
Al Jazeera News :A group of refugees stranded at the Greece-Macedonia border have launched a hunger strike in protest against a filtering system by some...
Nuclear club eyes Indian inclusion, but risks Pakistan`s ire
Reuters, New Delhi :Diplomats have quietly launched a new push to induct India into a club of nuclear trading nations, but rather than increasing stability...
Bleak outlook for Nepal`s urban refugees
Al Jazeera News, Kathmandu :Refugees have organised sit-in protests in the Nepali capital demanding that UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, which provides for them, revokes...
Palestinian attacks
Reuters, Jerusalem :U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a one-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday by describing a wave of...
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Jordan’s King, Putin to discuss Syria warReuters, AmmanJordan’s King Abdullah, a US ally, will hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
US special forces to land in Syria ‘very soon’
AFP, Washington :Dozens of US special operations forces will arrive in Syria “very soon,” as promised by President Barack Obama’s administration, a senior official said...
Cameron pledges support to France over post-attacks strategy
AFP, Paris :British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday pledged his support for France’s stepped-up efforts to bomb Islamic State jihadists in Syria after the...
Eastern Europe fears closer French-Russian ties amid Ukraine crisis
AFP, Palanga :Several Eastern European countries are becoming increasingly worried that the West may abandon Ukraine in return for Russian backing in Syria, as Paris,...
Russian airstrikes aiding Syrian troops: Assad
AFP, Damascus :Syrian government troops are advancing on “nearly every front” thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar al-Assad said in...