Balkan border restrictions `untenable`, refugees at risk
AFP, Geneva :The United Nations warned Friday that tightening restrictions imposed by countries along the migrant route through the Balkans is creating an increasingly untenable...
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Four Paris attackers were on US watchlistsReuters, WashingtonAt least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the United...
US House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees despite Obama veto threat
Reuters, Washington :The United States (US) House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend...
Gunmen take 170 hostages in Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital
Agencies, Bamako :Two gunmen have taken 170 people hostage in the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in the Mali capital Bamako on Friday, the group that...
Chinese police shoot dead 28 in Muslim Xinjiang region
AFP, Beijing :Chinese police have killed 28 members of a “terrorist group” in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced Friday, in the bloodiest such...
Russia conducts third day of `massive` Syria strikes
AFP, Moscow :Russian’s military on Thursday blasted targets across Syria with long-range strategic bombers for a third day, the defence ministry said, as Moscow pressed...
X-mas festivities `a charade` with world at war: Pope
AFP, Vatican City :Christmas festivities will seem empty in a world which has chosen “war and hate”, Pope Francis said Thursday.”Christmas is approaching: there will...
Malaysia, US to bolster coop to fight terrorism
AP, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia and the U.S. on Thursday signed an agreement to boost cooperation to fight terrorism, as a minister voiced concerns that deadly...
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IS attacks claim over 800 lives this yearAP, Beirut The Islamic State group has dramatically expanded its theatre of operations from its hub in Syria and...
Extremists may strike with chemical, bio arms again: French PM
AP, Paris :With France still reeling from last week’s deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some...
Obama says Syria settlement needed to eliminate IS
Reuters, Manila :US President Barack Obama said on Thursday it may take some months for Russia, Iran and the Syrian ruling elite to accept that...
Suu Kyi pledges to pay special attention to ties with China
Reuters, Naypyitaw :Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to pay “special attention” to ties with China when her party takes office after its election triumph,...