Philippines marks Typhoon Haiyan
BBC Online :Thousands of people have taken part in a memorial walk on the anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan which ravaged central parts of the Philippines...
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US to deploy 1,500 addl troops to Iraq
Al-Jazeera.com :US President Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq in order to help train and advise government...
Houthi expansion puts Yemen on edge of civil war
Reuters, Sanaa :An advance into Yemen’s Sunni Muslim heartland by Shi’ite Houthi fighters has galvanised support for al Qaeda among some Sunnis, deepening the religious...
Iran’s uranium stockpile grows before deadline for nuclear deal
Reuters, Vienna :Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8 percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, UN atomic inspectors say,...
US launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria
Reuters, Washington :The United States said it conducted air strikes on Wednesday night against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked militant faction based in...
Japan governor approves first reactor restart
AFP, Tokyo :The final obstacle to restarting two nuclear reactors in Japan was removed Friday when local politicians granted approval for a plant to go...
Trio of Myanmar leaders guilty of war crimes
Al-Jazeera.com :Military activities carried out by Myanmar’s powerful minister of home affairs when the country was under army dictatorship could constitute war crimes, a new...
Series of blasts strike Fatah targets in Gaza
Reuters, Gaza :A series of small explosions targeted the homes and vehicles of officials from President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip on...
Pak ‘blasphemer’ killed by police
Al-Jazeera.com :Pakistani police say an an axe-wielding officer killed a Shia man in police custody, claiming he had committed blasphemy by insulting companions of the...
Israel reassures Jordan amid al-Aqsa tension
Al-Jazeera.com :Israel’s prime minister has assured Jordan’s king over the phone that he would not yield to increasing demands by Jewish hardliners to allow Jews...
Jihadis using cruise ships to reach Syria, Iraq
AP, Monaco :Would-be jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass...