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Blast Kills At Least 25, Injures Dozens In Pakistan’s Lahore
An explosion killed at least 25 people and injured dozens in a busy vegetable market in the Pakistani city of Lahore...
Kuwait MP Proposes Jail Terms For Hezbollah Backers
A Kuwaiti Islamist member of parliament on Monday proposed legislation calling for members and supporters of Lebanon's...
Russia Says Has Deployed Forces To Police Syria Safe Zones
Russia has deployed military police to monitor two safe zones being established in Syria, the defence ministry in...
Erdogan In Qatar For Talks On Gulf Crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha ON Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a dispute...
Blast Kills At Least 20, Injures Dozens In Pakistan’s Lahore
An explosion killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in a busy vegetable market in the Pakistani city of Lahore...
Pan-Islamic Body To Meet Over Jerusalem Crisis
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will meet in Istanbul next week for talks on the crisis around Jerusalem's...
Indian Court Sentences Pair To Death Over Serial Killings
An Indian court sentenced a businessman and his servant to death Monday for the murder of a woman at a mansion dubbed...
Japan Marks Three Years To Tokyo 2020 As Issues Linger
Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers...
Blast Kills 15, Injures 20 In Pakistan’s Lahore
An explosion killed at least 15 people and injured 20 in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Monday, rescue officials...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Syria Border Assault ‘nearing End’
Lebanese movement Hezbollah said on Monday its fight against militant groups along the eastern border with war-ravaged...
Hospitals Overwhelmed As Sri Lanka Dengue Toll Nears 300
Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to help...
Four Killed In Northeast Nigeria Suicide Attacks
Four people were killed in suicide bomb attacks at a camp for those displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in northeast...
Jordan Seeks To Question Israel Guard Over Embassy Shooting
Jordan said Monday it was looking to question an Israeli security guard who killed two Jordanians at the Amman embassy...
Maldives Leader Shuts Parliament Amid Political Turmoil
Maldives lawmakers were locked out of parliament Monday after President Abdulla Yameen ordered it shut to prevent a...
Kushner Says Met Russians Four Times, Denies Collusion
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Monday said he had four contacts with Russian officials but denied any...
China Anti-Graft Watchdog Probes Politburo Member
The Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into a Politburo member who was once...
Swaziland Turns Around World’s Highest HIV Infection Rate
Swaziland, which bears the world's heaviest HIV burden, has halved the rate of new infections in five years by boosting...
At Least 35 Killed In Taliban Attack On Central Afghan Hospital
At least 35 people were killed when the Taliban attacked a hospital in central Ghor province over the weekend, a...
Philippines’ Duterte Vows Unrelenting Drug War
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to press on with his controversial drug war that has claimed...