US to welcome 5,000 to 8,000 Syrian refugees in 2016
The United States expects to accept between 5,000 and 8,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, officials said Monday.State Department spokesman John Kirby also said 15,000 Syrian...
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North, South Korea agree to defuse crisis after marathon talks
AFP, Seoul :North and South Korea reached agreement Tuesday, following marathon talks, on ending a tense military stand-off that had pushed the two rivals to...
Record number of refugees enter Hungary from Serbia
Agencies, Roszke :A record number of refugees streamed into EU member Hungary from Serbia, police said, just days before Hungary completes a border fence.A total...
Erdogan officially calls snap elections
AFP, Ankara :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called snap polls after his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to form a coalition...
Merkel, Hollande urge unified EU response to refugee crisis
AFP, Berlin :A new wave of migrants began entering the European Union from Serbia Monday as the leaders of France and Germany called for a...
Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen`s Taiz
Reuters, Sanaa :Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensified for control of Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz,...
Typhoon Goni hits Okinawa after killing 19 in Philippines
AP, Tokyo :Typhoon Goni lashed the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa with heavy rains and winds on Monday, as the death toll rose to 19...
Protester dies during demonstrations in Beirut
Al Jazeera News :A protester has been killed during anti-corruption demonstrations in Beirut, the first fatality since mass demonstrations began in the Lebanese capital on...
Turkey`s Erdogan expected to call new elections
AP, Ankara :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to formally call new elections for Nov 1 and re-appoint Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form...
Thai police defuse bomb week after blast killed 20
Reuters, Bangkok :Thai police found and defused a bomb on Monday a week after an explosion killed 20 people in the country’s worst-ever bomb attack...
ISIL suspected of using mustard gas in Syria`s Aleppo
Al jazeera News :The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group is suspected of having used mustard gas against civilians in Syria’s northern...
South Korea`s Park hardens line with North, demands apology
AFP , Seoul :South Korea’s president hardened her line with North Korea on Monday, demanding an unequivocal apology for recent provocations as the two rivals...