Syrian army repels jihadist advance on key air base
AFP, Beirut :Syrian troops have repelled an attack by jihadists from the Islamic State group on a key military airport in the eastern province of...
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CIA torture report to spur violence abroad
AP, Washington :Foreign governments and U.S. intelligence agencies are predicting that the release of a Senate report examining the use of torture by the CIA...
Israel bombs Syria
AFP, Damascus :Syria accused Israel of bombing its main international airport on Sunday as the UN announced talks with rebel leaders on a ceasefire in...
135 arrested for ‘terrorism’ in Saudi Arabia
AFP, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia said Sunday it has arrested 135 suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s participation in air strikes against Islamic State group...
US hands over senior militant to Pakistan
AFP, Islamabad :US troops in Afghanistan have handed over three Pakistani detainees to Islamabad, a statement said Sunday, and a security source said one of...
Over 4,000 security forces guarding Modi’s rally
Ians, Srinagar :Authorities on Monday deployed more than 4,000 security personnel to secure the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally in Srinagar. “We are...
US, UK join major nuclear weapons conference
AFP, Vienna :The US and Britain took part Monday for the first time in a conference of some 800 delegates from more than 150 countries...
Prison break frees 200 inmates in central Nigeria
Reuters, Abuja :Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said.The...
Putin expresses hope for permanent Ukraine ceasefire
AP, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he hopes a permanent ceasefire will soon be agreed in Ukraine, after talks in Moscow with French...
Uber taxi driver allegedly rapes woman in India
AFP, New Delhi :An Uber taxi driver allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman in the Indian capital before threatening to kill her if she alerted police,...
China slams Philippines over South China Sea case
Reuters, Beijing :China denounced the Philippineson Sunday for putting it under political pressure with aninternational arbitration case over disputed waters, and refusedagain to participate a...
Syria using chlorine gas on ISIL: HR
Al Jazeera :The Syrian government has been accused of using chlorine gas against the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the latest...