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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 deep...
Read morePakistan 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 Lahore despite...
Read moreKuwait 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 raise petrol...
Read moreGunaratne 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, clinching their...
Read moreSpaceX 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...
Read moreKuwait 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...
Read morePope 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...
Read moreIraq 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 protect...
Read moreIsrael-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...
Read moreUS 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...
Read moreNetanyahu, 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 John...
Read more‘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...
Read moreTrump Refers To Non-Existent Sweden Terror Incident
US President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters on Saturday when he apparently referred to the Scandinavian country as the...
Read moreMogadishu 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...
Read moreIsrael’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 sides are...
Read moreIraq 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 Sunday in...
Read moreTurning 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...
Read moreUN Envoy Questions US Engagement On Syria
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Sunday questioned US President Donald Trump's engagement in solving the Syrian conflict, just days...
Read moreSteve Smith Replaces MS Dhoni As IPL Team Skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been sacked as skipper of his Indian Premier League team with Australia's Steve Smith replacing him...
Read moreThe Battle For Mosul
Iraqi forces on Sunday advanced on the west bank of Mosul from the south, retaking five villages and marking a...
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