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Jihadists Occupy Civilian Homes As Mosul Battle Rages
After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in...
Bahrain Bans Newspaper For ‘sowing Division’
The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on...
Prince Harry Starts Visit In Singapore
Britain's Prince Harry began a goodwill visit to Asia on a subdued note Sunday following a deadly terror attack in...
Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS
Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...
Ceasefire Hopes For Civilians In War-Torn Philippine City
Philippine authorities said Sunday they were trying to negotiate a ceasefire in a war-torn southern city to rescue up...
Local Cambodia Polls Test Strongman’s Popularity
Millions of Cambodians started voting in local polls on Sunday, testing the political temperature of a country rife...
Syria’s Assad Says War’s ‘worst Is Behind Us’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of...
27 Dead As Yemen Army Closes In On Taez Palace
Yemeni government forces fought Saturday to capture a rebel-held presidential palace in the southwestern province of...
Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a...
Joint Patrols Off Mindanao To Fight Militants
Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in waters off the Mindanao region this month to...
Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank
Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...
FBI Helping Qatar In ‘hacking’ Probe
The FBI is helping Qatar investigate the source of an alleged "hack" of state media which sparked diplomatic tensions...
Bangladesh Rescues 24 More Cyclone Survivors From Sea
The Bangladesh navy said Friday it has rescued 24 more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, bringing the total to 80 since...
US Backsliding On Paris Deal A Gift For China
The US exit from the Paris climate pact is a gift to China's ambitions to become world leader on everything from trade...
Mattis Arrives In Singapore As N. Korea Tensions Swirl
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis arrived in Singapore on Friday ahead of a key defence summit where longstanding US allies...
Huge Rally For Cambodian PM As Key Poll Looms
A sea of pro-government supporters rallied in the Cambodian capital in support of strongman PM Hun Sen on Friday, two...
For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream
Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...
Coalition Forces Reinforce At Key Tanf Garrison In Syria
US-led coalition forces in Syria are reinforcing their garrison near the crucial Al-Tanf border crossing amid a buildup...
Earth Is On the Brink of A Sixth Mass Extinction
Earth is now on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and human activity is to blame, experts have warned. In a series...