Blinken: US to give $150m in aid for Syria, Iraq at Saudi conference on combating Daesh group
DUBAI: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the US would provide nearly $150 million in aid for areas in Syria and…
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Tunis: A Tunisian army helicopter with four people on board is missing and feared crashed hours after vanishing from radar screens, the defense…
Bangladesh power cuts may last two more weeks on fuel shortages
DHAKA: Bangladesh could face power cuts for two more weeks, its power minister said late on Sunday, as higher electricity consumption because of…
Shootout between Pakistani troops and insurgents in border region kills 2 soldiers, 2 militants
PESHAWAR: Pakistani troops and militants exchanged fire in a northwestern region along the border with Afghanistan in a shootout that killed two soldiers…
China says warship crossing in front of US destroyer was ‘safe’
BEIJING: The maneuver of a Chinese warship in the Taiwan Strait during an encounter with a US destroyer was completely reasonable, legal, professional…
At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir
SRINAGAR: A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skid off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing…
Clash between Somalia army and Al-Shabab kills 17, witness says
MOGADISHU: Fighters from Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgent group attacked a military base on the outskirts of a town in the center of the country,…
Iranian Embassy siege commando dies
LONDON: A former UK Special Air Service soldier who took part in the 1980 storming of the Iranian Embassy in London has died….
Saudi Arabia, Arab nations condemn Israeli security minister’s Al-Aqsa visit
RAMALLAH: Israel’s ultra right-wing national security minister has been condemned as “provocative” and “dangerous” after visiting Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday….