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US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Near North Syria Town
US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters around a key northern Syrian town on Monday, a monitor said,...
Syria Fighters ‘take Control’ of IS-Held Airbase Near Raqqa
A US-backed force of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the...
Hamas Partially Reopens Gaza Crossing After Assassination
Hamas authorities partially reopened the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Monday, after a one-day closure...
Russia Opposition Leader Navalny Arrested
Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in the...
Russia Opposition Leader Arrested
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in the...
Jehovah Witness Governing Body Appeals Against Ban In Russia
The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses is inviting the over eight million (8,000,000) Witnesses worldwide to...
Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom In Washington DC
Following mid-March's bitter cold snap which killed about half of Washington DC's cherry blossoms, the US capital's...
United Airlines Bars Girls With Leggings, Ignites Twitter Storm
United Airlines found itself at the center of a social media storm after it barred two girls from boarding a flight in...
Syria Rebels ‘take Control’ of IS-Held Airbase Near Raqqa
US-backed Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its...
Opposition Leader Navalny and Hundreds Others Arrested
Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in the...
Mass Moscow Arrests An ‘affront’ To Democracy
The United States criticized Moscow on for arresting hundreds of people demonstrating against corruption, calling the...
Red Tape Delays Ethiopian Migration To Israel
Thousands of Ethiopians with family members in Israel have again had attempts to join them delayed, this time by a...
Fighting Puts Syria IS-Held Dam Out of Service
Fighting at a dam held by the Islamic State jihadist group in northern Syria put it out of service Sunday, risking...
Pentagon Enjoying Greater Leeway Under Trump
The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is enjoying greater freedom to run its wars the way it wants -- and not...
NATO Troops Race Winter To Give Afghan Forces A Morale Boost
The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Afghanistan have...
Bangladesh Anti-Terror Raids
At least two civilians and one policeman killed during the operation at a residential building in Sylhet city. At least...
US Admits Mosul Air Raids Where Civilians Were Killed
Coalition says it struck area in west Mosul where officials say scores of civilians were killed by aerial bombardment....
One Killed On Las Vegas Strip, Gunman Barricades Self
One person was killed Saturday and another wounded in a shooting on the busy Las Vegas strip as police surrounded a bus...
Russia Spurns French Claim IS Bastion Raqa ‘surrounded’
Russia's army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, was surrounded...