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Syria Regime Shelling ‘bloody Message
The leading Syrian opposition body on Sunday lambasted escalating attacks by government forces as a "bloody message"...
Pence Pays Somber Visit To Nazi Concentration Camp
US Vice President Mike Pence paid a somber visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany on Sunday,...
Mediator Seeks Heads of State Summit On Burundi Crisis
The mediator in Burundi's nearly two-year political crisis on Sunday asked regional leaders to call an urgent summit as...
Pakistan T20 Final Must Be In Lahore, Says ICC Task Force Chief
A top international cricket official insisted Sunday that the final of Pakistan's Twenty20 league must be held in...
Kuwait MPs Fight Back Against Govt Price Rise Plans
A parliamentary panel in Kuwait on Sunday approved draft legislation calling for the scrapping of government plans to...
Gunaratne Blasts Sri Lanka To A Last-Ball T20 Win Over Australia
Asela Gunaratne slammed a pulse-racing 84 to power Sri Lanka to a last-ball victory against Australia on Sunday,...
SpaceX Blasts Off Cargo From Historic NASA Launchpad
SpaceX on Sunday blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, packed with food and supplies...
Kuwait Jails Senior Official For Joining IS Jihadists
Kuwait's supreme court on Sunday sentenced a top bureaucrat to 10 years in jail for joining and fighting with the...
Pope Calls For Quick Accord To End DR Congo Violence
Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to act quickly to resolve its political crisis...
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench Around City of Ramadi
Security forces in Iraq's western region of Anbar began digging a trench around the provincial capital Ramadi Sunday to...
Israel-US Team To Discuss Settlements Says Netanyahu
Israel and the US will set up a joint team to discuss Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Prime Minister...
US Deploys Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea Despite Tension
The US has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol the South China Sea, days after Beijing told Washington...
Netanyahu, Kerry Held ‘secret Arab Peace Meeting’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state...
‘Race Against Clock’ To Prepare For West Mosul Exodus
The United Nations said Sunday as Iraqi forces launched their offensive to retake west Mosul that it was rushing to...
Trump Refers To Non-Existent Sweden Terror Incident
US President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters on Saturday when he apparently referred to the Scandinavian...
Mogadishu Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 14’
At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection in...
Israel’s Lieberman Insists Land Swaps Key To Two-State Solution
A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict must include exchanges of people and land to ensure the two...
Iraq Reports Increased Oil Reserves of 153 Bln Barrels
Iraq's proven oil reserves have increased by 10 billion barrels to 153 billion, Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi announced...
Turning 93, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Rules Out Retirement
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no...