Syria army push IS out of Hasakeh city
AFP, Beirut :Syrian troops and Kurdish fighters ousted the Islamic State group from Hasakeh on Tuesday, more than a month after the jihadists attacked the...
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Afghan govt, Taliban resume peace talks in Murree on Friday
Dawn.com, Peshawar :Representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban are set to meet again for the second round of peace talks on Friday, senior Pakistan...
Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died, Afghan officials say
Agencies, Kabul :Mullah Omar, whose Taliban regime in Afghanistan sheltered Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda for years before the September 11th attacks, has died,...
Rajapaksa ‘ready for struggle’ in Lanka comeback bid
Reuters, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed on Tuesday to reclaim power in a general election, eight months after he was ousted as...
End of an era: ‘Missile man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
First Post India, Shillong :Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the ‘missile man’ who came to be known as ‘People’s President’ died on Monday after he...
EU’s Mogherini in Tehran to talk nuclear deal, regional issues
Reuters, Ankara :The European Union’s top diplomat arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss implementation of a nuclear deal reached between Iran and six major...
Taliban seize Afghan district HQ in north
Taliban fighters have seized the headquarters of a northern district in Afghanistan, officials say.The militants captured the Kohistanat district in Sar-e-pul province after a night...
Libyan court sentences Gaddafi son Saif, eight other ex-officials to death
Reuters, Tripoli :A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and...
Two Bahraini policemen killed in bombing
Reuters, Dubai :A bomb attack killed two Bahraini policemen on duty in the mainly Shi’ite village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, the Interior...
NATO backs Turkey’s fight against Islamic State
Reuters, Istanbul :NATO offered political support for Turkey’s campaign against militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, and President Tayyip Erdogan...
Obama addresses African Union HQ
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama is addressing the African Union (AU) in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to...
Russia revises navy doctrine over NATO’s ‘inadmissible’ expansion
AFP, Moscow :Russia aims to boost the strategic positions of its navy on the Black Sea and seek to maintain an Atlantic and Mediterranean presence,...