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US Wants To Steer Clear of Syrian Civil War

The United States will not be drawn into Syria's civil war, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said, despite an...

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North Korea Likens Trump To Hitler

North Korea compared US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe, amid high tensions...

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Militants Used Water Route To Beat Philippine Offensive

Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern Philippine city used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate...

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US Warns Syria Over ‘potential’ Plan For Chemical Attack

The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark...

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N. Korea Likens Trump To Hitler

North Korea likened US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe amid high tensions over...

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US Says Assad May Be Preparing Chemical Attack, Warns ‘heavy Price’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the "mass murder" of...

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Israel Strikes Hamas Bases In Gaza After Rocket

Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight, officials said, hours after a rocket...

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Trump Says N.Korea Threat Must Be ‘dealt With Rapidly’

President Donald Trump called on Monday for the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic programs to be...

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Russia FM Lavrov Urges US To Prevent ‘provocations’ In Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to prevent "provocations"...

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Key US Republican Threatens To Block Arms To Gulf

A top Republican lawmaker on Monday threatened to block US arms sales to members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation...

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US Sanctions Kashmir Militant Leader

The US State Department imposed sanctions Monday on Syed Salahuddin, the senior leader of the Kashmiri militant group...

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Zimbabwe Police Charge Protest Pastor Over Speech

Zimbabwe police arrested prominent protest pastor and anti-government campaigner Evan Mawarire on Monday after he spoke...

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UN Denounces DR Congo Tribunal’s Decision In Kasai Trial

The UN on Monday criticised a decision by a Congolese military tribunal not to prosecute seven Democratic Republic of...

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S.Africa Apartheid-Era Police Custody Death Case Opens

A policeman who was with a South African anti-apartheid activist when he fell from a 10th-storey window in the 1970s...

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Nine Dead As 7 Suicide Bombers Hit NE Nigeria

Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where...

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Iraq Forces Comb West Mosul After IS Counter-Attacks

Iraqi forces launched a house-to-house search operation Monday in parts of west Mosul after a surprise attack by...

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Flat Feet At Root of Sri Lanka Injuries

Sri Lanka's cricketers have been suffering from high levels of injuries because most players are flat footed and...

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Swede Held By Al-Qaeda In Mali Since 2011 Freed

A Swede held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been freed to head home, and is doing well although he is...

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Bahrain Accuses Qatar of ‘military Escalation’

Bahrain's foreign minister on Monday accused Qatar of a "military escalation" in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, an...