Assad seeks deal over US air strikes in Syria
Reuters, Beirut :President Bashar al-Assad has said US-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria should be subject to an agreement with Damascus and...
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Al Qaeda kill Yemeni soldier
Reuters, Aden :Al Qaeda militants attacked a military checkpoint in southern Yemen on Monday, killing a soldier and wounding two others, a local official told...
Iran FM summoned over walk with Kerry
Al-Jazeera.com :Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has been summoned before parliament to explain his recent public stroll with US Secretary of State John Kerry, according...
North-east US braced for huge snowstorm
AP, New York :Northeast residents are girding for a “crippling and potentially historic” storm that could bury communities from northern New Jersey to southern Maine...
49 Philippine cops killed after clash with rebels
AFP, Manila :Forty-nine Philippine police commandos were killed when they clashed with Muslim rebels in the south, police said Monday, a bloodbath which tested a...
WHO mulls reforms to repair reputation after bungling Ebola
AP, Geneva :The World Health Organization has proposed reforms that could overhaul its structure after botching the response to the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, a sluggish...
US troops heading to ME to train Syria rebels
Agencies, Washington :The first advance detachment of US troops responsible for training moderate Syrian opposition forces will begin arriving in the Middle East in the...
Power outage plunges Pakistan into darkness
Agencies, Islamabad :Pakistan was plunged into darkness after a breakdown of a key power transmission line in southern part of the country, another reminder of...
Failed bid to raise AirAsia fuselage
BBC Online :The Indonesian admiral in charge of operations to recover AirAsia flight QZ8501 has told the BBC the fuselage may be too fragile to...
Nine killed in clashes as Yemen protests spread
At least nine people have been killed and many others wounded in clashes that erupted between Houthi fighters and tribesmen in a village just north...
Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead
AP, Tokyo :Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless” after an online video purportedly showed that one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist...
Pressure mounts on Russia as Ukraine rebels launch offensive
AFP, Mariupol :World leaders ramped up pressure on Moscow Sunday to stop pro-Kremlin rebels from embarking on a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine after...