Syria army `regains control of southern airbase`
AFP, Beirut :Syrian army troops regained full control of an airbase in southern Sweida province on Friday, a day after rebels overran large parts of...
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2 S. Korean hospitals shut over MERS fears; 11th person dies
AP, Seoul :Authorities in South Korea temporarily closed two hospitals amid persistent fears over the MERS virus outbreak, which killed an 11th person Friday, though...
Merkel phone tapping probe dropped
Reuters, Berlin :Germany’s top public prosecutor closed a year-long investigation into the suspected tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone by U.S. spies, saying there...
Afghanistan gets ‘mini-Pentagon’ as troops struggle
AP, Kabul :They call it the “mini-Pentagon” — a white marble building in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital built with U.S. funds to serve as...
Russia steps up military modernisation plan
AP, Russia :It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it feel “like playing a video...
Xi meets Suu Kyi in Beijing
AFP, Beijing :Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, state media said, during her closely watched first visit...
Time for Greek ‘happy ending’: EU
BBC Online :EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has said a Greek debt deal is close but needs a “happy ending”, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
US to send hundreds of extra troops to train Iraqi army
Al Jazeera.com :US President Barack Obama has ordered the deployment of up to 450 more US troops to Iraq to advise and assist local forces...
Three ISS astronauts to return to Earth after month-long delay
BBC Online :Media caption Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti hugged their colleagues before the hatch closedThree astronauts are due to return to Earth...
Sir Tim Hunt resigns from university role over girls comment
BBC Online :A Nobel laureate has resigned from his position as honorary professor at a UK university after he made comments about the “trouble with...
South Korea confirms new MERS cases
Al Jazeera. Com :South Korea has confirmed 14 new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus as the economic damage caused by the...
Hundreds cross into Turkey from Syria
AL Jazeera.com :Hundreds of people have fled from Syria into Turkey as moderate fighters and Kurdish forces battle the Islamic State of Iraq and the...