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Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’
Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State...
Pakistan’s Yasir To Face Afghanistan Cricket Team At Lord’s
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah will complete an impressive international line-up when MCC face Afghanistan in the new...
IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul
A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...
Power Hit In Hamas-Run Gaza As Rivals ‘stop’ Payments
Power supplies haven taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival...
Israel Envoy Urges Hungary To Halt Anti-Soros Campaign
Israel's ambassador in Budapest called on Hungary on Saturday to halt a nationwide poster campaign targeting US...
Martial Arts Expert Clinches Mongolian Presidential Election
A brash businessman with martial arts skills clinched Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election Saturday after...
UK Foreign Minister Urges Arab States To End Qatar Boycott
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds...
Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai
Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive...
35 Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libya
Thirty-five migrants, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank on Saturday off...
England See Off Dangerman de Kock In First Test
Quinton de Kock made a superb counter-attacking fifty only to fall shortly before lunch on Saturday's third day at...
Separatists Say One Killed Amid Violence In India’s Darjeeling
Fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling Saturday after a separatist group accused police of killing a supporter, prompting...
Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead
US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was...
German, US Doctors Visit Ill Chinese Nobel Winner
China has faced international pressure to let Liu Xiaobo (L) travel abroad to get treatment since he was transferred...
Bangladesh Police Arrest Top Militant Over Cafe Attack
Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant over last year's deadly Dhaka cafe siege, officials said Saturday,...
Eritrea’s ‘city of Dreams’ Given UNESCO Heritage Listing
The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN...
Dickwella, Gunathilaka Steer Sri Lanka To 300-6 Against Zimbabwe
A record double-century stand between openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka guided Sri Lanka to 300-6 in...
At Least 9 Dead In Latest Attack On Kenya Coast
At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya's coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack...
Philippine Air Strikes Target High-Rise Snipers
Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing Philippine forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State...
Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...