China lodges complaint with US over spy plane flight
Reuters, Beijing :China said on Monday it had lodged a complaint with the United States over a U.S. spy plane that flew over parts of...
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Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Reuters, Baghdad :Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi on Monday as security forces and Shi’ite paramilitaries renewed efforts to retake the western Iraqi city...
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert gets 8 months jail for fraud
Al Jazeera.com :Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of fraud.The sentence was handed...
Tunisian soldier shot dead after opening fire on colleagues, killing three
Reuters, Tunis :A Tunisian soldier opened fire on colleagues at a military base in the capital Tunis on Monday, killing an officer and two others...
Philippine mayor admits links to death squads
Al Jazeera.com, Manila :A Filipino mayor has admitted having links to a “death squad” accused of summary executions in the southern Philippines, and has vowed...
Nepal struggles to rebuild one month after earthquake
AL Jazeera.com :Nepal is marking the one-month anniversary of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed thousands of people and demolished more than half a million homes,...
Polish opposition cheers presidential vote win, markets uneasy
Reuters, Warsaw :Poland’s main opposition party celebrated its first national election win in a decade on Monday, after its candidate for the presidency unexpectedly defeated...
Iraqi forces regain ground from Islamic State east of Ramadi
Reuters, Baghdad :Iraqi forces regained ground from Islamic State militants in western Iraq on Sunday, advancing towards the city of Ramadi one week after it...
Nepal landslide blocks river, raises fears of flood reaching India
Reuters, Kathmandu :Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river,...
Australia considering ‘jihadi watch’ programme in schools
AFP, Sydney :Australia is set to introduce new counter-terrorism laws, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday, with the package expected to include stripping dual nationals...
Islamic State killed 400 people in Syria’s Palmyra: State TV
Reuters, Beirut :Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, most of them women and children, Syrian state...
Fighting partly destroys Yemeni Saudi border crossing
Reuters, Cairo :Saudi forces and Yemen’s Houthi militia traded heavy artillery fire which blew up part of the main border crossing between the two countries...