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Philippines’ Duterte Offers Muslim Self-Rule To Counter IS
President Rodrigo Duterte offered self-rule to the Philippines' Muslim minority on Monday in an attempt to defeat...
Muslims Heed Calls To Avoid Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures
Muslims heeded calls Monday not to enter a Jerusalem holy site and protested outside after Israeli authorities...
Jordan Soldier Who Killed US Trainers Jailed For Life
A Jordanian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for killing three US military trainers last...
Jordanian Soldier Gets Life For Killing 3 US Trainers
A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment over the killing of three American military...
Malaysia Arrests Vietnamese Man For ‘ivory Smuggling’
Malaysian authorities have arrested a Vietnamese man and seized a stash of elephant ivory worth almost $70,000, an...
Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High
The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their...
India Defends Shelling After 4 Pakistan Troops Killed
India has defended shelling across a disputed border that allegedly killed four Pakistani soldiers, saying Monday it...
Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High In 2017
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured,...
This Is Good News For Our Cocoa Sector
LAST week President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that Switzerland has agreed to assist Ghana to increase its...
Thai ‘hermits’ Harness Web To Go Global
From communing with forest spirits to whipping up love potions, Thailand's cave-dwelling hermits once conducted their...
S. Korea Seeks Rare Talks With North To Ease Military Tensions
South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang...
Pakistan Says India Cross-Border Fire Kills Four Soldiers
Pakistan's military on Sunday accused India of hitting a military vehicle and killing four soldiers in cross-border...
Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000
More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them...
Egypt Says 9 Militants Killed In Sinai
Security forces have killed nine militants in the Sinai Peninsula and also destroyed 15 vehicles transporting weapons...
French FM In Kuwait For Gulf Crisis Talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks with top officials in Kuwait on Sunday in a bid to bolster the...
Yemen Troops Killed In Suspected Qaeda Attack
Five Yemeni soldiers were killed and three wounded Sunday when gunmen suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda opened fire on a...
Israeli Bill Seeks To Safeguard Control of Jerusalem
Israeli ministers gave initial approval Sunday to a bill aimed at making it more difficult for the government to hand...
Four Islamist Extremists Surrender After Shootout In Bangladesh
Four suspected Islamist extremists surrendered Sunday after a night-long standoff with Bangladeshi police in which they...
Israel Reopens Sensitive Holy Site, But Muslims Refuse To Enter
Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim...