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Iran Sends 1,100 Tonnes of Food To Qatar Daily
Iran is shipping more than 1,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Qatar every day after Gulf countries led by Saudi...
‘Trump Factor’ Seen In Naming of New Saudi Crown Prince
Closer ties between Saudi Arabia and US President Donald Trump's administration helped pave the way for a succession...
UN Experts Urge Egypt To Halt Executions After ‘flawed Trials’
A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday demanded that Egypt halt the planned executions of six men sentenced to...
India Protests Threaten Darjeeling Tea Industry
Protests that have shut down Darjeeling in eastern India threaten to derail the tea harvest just as the leaves are at...
Sri Lanka’s Malinga In Hot Water Over ‘monkey’ Comment
Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga faced an investigation Thursday after he compared a government minister to a...
IS Destroys Iconic Mosul Minaret As Iraqi Forces Advance
Mosul's trademark leaning minaret was missing from its skyline for the first time in centuries Thursday after desperate...
Top S.Africa Court Okays Secret Ballots In Zuma No-Confidence Vote
South Africa's highest court on Thursday ruled that lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in...
Ghanaians Take Aim At Corruption
Ghana's government is facing growing calls to keep its promises after it won elections on a pledge to stamp out...
UAE Runs ‘informal Prisons’ In Yemen
The United Arab Emirates runs at least two "informal detention facilities" in Yemen and has reportedly transferred...
Wanda Shares Suspended After Rumours Trigger Drop
Shares in a film unit of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group were suspended from trading in Shenzhen after a...
Iran’s Zagros Airlines Agrees To Buy 28 Airbus Planes
Iran's Zagros Airlines has agreed to buy 28 planes from Airbus, the European aircraft maker said on Thursday at the...
Turkey Sends First Cargo Ship With Aid For Qatar
Turkey on Thursday sent its first ship loaded with aid for its embattled regional ally Qatar which has been hit by...
20 Dead As Car Bomb Hits Bank In Southern Afghanistan
Twenty people were killed Thursday when a powerful car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city as...
Removing Assad No Longer Priority In Syria
France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President...
‘Multiple Casualties As Car Bomb Hits Bank In South Afghanistan’
A powerful car bomb Thursday struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city when civilian and military government...
Civilian Killed At Funeral For Slain Kashmir Rebels
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a...
Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call
A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his...
Heavy Clashes Rock City In Eastern DR Congo
Clashes erupted early on Thursday in Beni, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with residents reporting the...
Defence Minister Accuses Abbas of Wanting Israel-Hamas War
Israel's defence minister on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of trying to spark a fresh conflict...