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Half the Number of Bodies From Myanmar Plane Crash Recovered
Search crews in Myanmar have now recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week's military plane...
US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...
US-Backed Force Says Seized First Western District In Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters captured their first western district of the Islamic State group's bastion Raqa on Sunday,...
Gunmen Shoot Dead Three Policemen In Southwest Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle killed three policemen at a checkpoint in southwest Pakistan on Sunday before...
Qatar Says Gulf Citizens Can Stay Despite Crisis
Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome...
Israel Plans Most Settlement Homes Since 1992
Israel has so far this year advanced its highest number of settlement projects since 1992, the defence minister said...
Australia Builds Separate Prison Wing For Extremist Inmates
Australia's largest state Sunday said it was building a separate prison wing for extremist inmates to tackle...
Kadhafi’s Son Seif ‘set Free’ In Libya
Seif al-Islam, the second son and heir apparent of the late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, is said to have...
India Bowl Against South Africa In Champions Trophy Clash
India captain Virat Kholi won the toss and elected to bowl in his side's make or break Champions Trophy clash with...
Morocco Detains Four As Rif Protests Persist
Moroccan police have detained four people in northern Morocco, an official and an activist said, as protests continued...
Australian Bodyboarder Survives Bump From Shark
A bodyboarder swimming close to shore survived a close encounter with a large shark Sunday after being bumped by the...
US-Backed Syria Force Fights For IS-Held Base Near Raqa
US-backed fighters battled on Sunday to dislodge jihadists from a key military base north of Raqa city, the heart of...
Infantino ‘confident’ In 2022 Despite Qatar Crisis
FIFA is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the...
Israeli Court Awards Netanyahus $32,500 In Libel Case
An Israeli court Sunday awarded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife $32,500 in a libel case over a...
Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...
Iran Has Sent Five Planes of Food To Qatar
Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar, Iran's national carrier told AFP on Sunday, days after Gulf countries cut...
Qatar Tells Gulf Residents They Are Free To Stay
Qatar has said citizens of states that have cut ties with the emirate will be allowed to stay in the country despite...
Chastened Brazil To Take No Chances Against Australia
The world's number one team Brazil will not be under-estimating Australia as they bid to rebound from their...
Fans In Focus At Major E3 Video Game Trade Show
Video game giant Electronic Arts on Saturday courted fans with titles such as "Star Wars Battlefront" and snatched the...