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Syria Regime Shelling of Funeral Kills 9
At least nine people were killed on Saturday when government forces launched a barrage of rockets that hit a funeral on...
Gambia Celebrates Barrow’s Inauguration
Thousands celebrated Saturday as new Gambian President Adama Barrow retook his oath of office, a month after he was...
Turkey Presents US Options For Raqa Operation
Turkey has presented two plans to the US detailing how a joint operation could retake the IS de-facto capital of Raqa...
Blind Sheikh Sentenced For Plotting 1993 WTC Attacks Dies In Prison
Blink sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting the deadly 1993 World Trade Center...
Jihadist Leader Abdel Rahman Dies In US Detention
An Egyptian girl holds a portrait of Omar Abdel Rahman, who died serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 World...
Pliskova Takes Qatar Open Title
Karolina Pliskova beat Caroline Wozniacki for the first time in her career to claim the Qatar Open title on Saturday....
Embattled Trump Returns To Strong Suit
With his presidency in turmoil and political adversaries baying for blood, Donald Trump is trading the Washington mud...
Washington Encourages Israel-Arab Alliance Against Iran
With a new leader in the White House bent on disrupting the status quo, could it also be time for a fresh approach to...
SpaceX Halts Launch of Rocket Carrying Cargo From Historic NASA Pad
SpaceX will have to wait at least another day to launch from NASA's historic moon pad. The unmanned Falcon rocket...
SpaceX Postpones Rocket Launch Due To Engine Glitch
SpaceX scrubbed its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff on...
Jim Mattis In Middle East For First Time As Pentagon Chief
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, his first trip to the Middle East...
Iraq’s Bashiqa Brings Back the Booze To Clear IS Hangover
Surrounded by the ruins of pastel-coloured buildings still bearing slogans glorifying the Islamic State's "caliphate",...
SpaceX Poised To Launch Cargo From Historic NASA Pad
An unmanned SpaceX spaceship carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station is...
US Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Defends World Slalom Title In St Moritz
American Mikaela Shiffrin re-wrote the history books Saturday by laying down two near-perfect runs to convincingly win...
New Chief of South India State Wins Bitter Confidence Vote
The new chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly Saturday, hours after...
Mexicans Form ‘human Wall’ Along US Border To Protest Trump
Thousands of Mexicans linked arms to form a "human wall" on their country's border with the United States, protesting...
China Suspends Coal Imports From North Korea
China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea for the rest of the year, Beijing said Saturday, depriving...
Roadside Bomb Kills 12 Afghans Including Children, UN Says
The UN has condemned the killing of 12 Afghans, including eight children returning from school, by a roadside bomb in...
Iran In New Military Drills Despite US Warnings
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday,...