Syrian air strike kills 28 in Islamic State-held town: Monitor
BEIRUT: A Syrian army air strike on an Islamic State-controlled town innorthern Syria killed at least 28 people including three children on Saturday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for...
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Released activist: what happened to me was ‘enforced disappearance’
CAIRO: Activists Khaled el-Sayed was released Friday hours after reportedly being held by Cairo airport authorities and banned from traveling to Qatar. Sayed was stopped Thursday from boarding a plane...
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Lebanon: Israeli drone crashes in port of Tripoli
BEIRUT: The Lebanese army and a security official say an Israeli drone has crashed into the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. In a statement, the army says the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft...
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Explosion heard in Nigerian city of Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI: An explosion was heard in Nigeria’s northeastern city ofMaiduguri early on Saturday, a Reuters witness and security sources said. The security sources could not immediately confirm the...
View ArticleSuicide attack rocks market in Chad’s capital; 14 killed
N’DJAMENA: A man disguised as a woman wearing a burqa detonated a bomb outside the main market in Chad’s capital Saturday morning, killing 14 people, a police spokesman said. It was the third attack...
View ArticleAirstrikes pierce new Yemen truce following ground fighting
SANAA: A new truce in Yemen was pierced within an hour as Saudi-led airstrikes hit targets in the capital Sanaa and the southwestern city of Taiz following reports of ground movement and fighting,...
View ArticleAid organizations to use Yemen truce to relieve civilians
SANAA: The World Health Organization says a new truce in Yemen will allow it and other groups to provide desperately needed aid to millions of civilians and respond to some of the country’s most...
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Iran nuke talks pass two-week mark, Monday deadline looms
VIENNA: Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program blew past the two-week mark in Vienna on Saturday ahead of a new deadline for a deal, with the United States and Iran both threatening to walk away....
View ArticleTunisia deploys 100,000 security personnel to avert attacks
TUNIS: Tunisia’s government says it has deployed 100,000 security personnel to protect the country and prevent new attacks, including 3,000 dedicated to protecting beaches, hotels and archaeological...
View ArticleIslamic State says behind bombing at Italian consulate in Cairo
CAIRO: Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack at the Italian consulate in central Cairo on Saturday, in an escalation of violence that suggests militants are opening a new front...
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Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19: medics
BENGHAZI: Around 19 people have been killed and 80 wounded in heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers and Islamist fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi in the past three days, medics said on...
View ArticleFrance says ‘decision time’ has come in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA : France’s foreign minister appeared to put pressure on the United States and Iran on Saturday to speed up nuclear talks, saying all issues were now on the table and that the time had come to...
View Articleworld must unite against terrorism after consulate blast: Egypt’s Prime Minister
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Saturday Egypt was at war and urged the world to unite against terrorism after a car bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed one person at the Italian...
View ArticleMassachusetts prosecutor to charge bomber Tsarnaev with murder
REUTERS: A Massachusetts district attorney plans to bring state murder charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death in a federal trial for a deadly bomb attack on the 2013 Boston...
View ArticleLibyan parties reach peace deal without Tripoli government
SKHIRAT: Libyan political leaders have reached a new version of a U.N.-brokered peace deal, putting pressure on the Tripoli leadership to sign on and build a unity government in hopes of ending the...
View ArticleIran’s leader calls for continued anti-US struggle
VIENNA: As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks labored to make headway, the country’s supreme leader called Saturday for the struggle against the U.S. to continue, in comments suggesting that Tehran’s...
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The rifts behind Nigeria’s mass kidnap
CHIBOK/ABUJA: When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help. As chairman of...
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