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Damascus :  Syrian tribesmen killed 18 Islamic State (IS) fighters in the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria Saturday, media reports said. The  succeeded in freeing their leader Sheikh Khalil Jadan, who was kidnapped by IS…
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Tripoli : Libya's Islamist militants' coalition Libya Dawn announced Saturday that they have taken the Tripoli international airport, a crucial stronghold for the Zintan pro-secular militias, a TV report said. An Al Nabaa TV report showed…
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Baghdad :  At least 22 people were killed and 132 wounded in three bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Saturday, a police source said. Three suicide car bombers targeting headquarters of Kurdish forces blew themselves in…
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Islamabad : At least 400 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protestors have been booked for staging anti-government rallies in Pakistan, media reported Sunday. The PTI workers had staged a sit-in in Faisalabad city of Punjab province and…
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Beijing: China's top anti-graft agency has sent 13 inspection teams across the country in its fresh crackdown on official misconduct. Inspectors will oversee the performance of officials in the provincial-level regions of Guangxi,…
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Washington: The US space agency is set to announce Thursday the instruments that will be carried aboard the agency's Mars 2020 mission rover. The announcement will take place at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC. The new "roving…
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Fresh Israeli bombardments rocked Gaza in the early hours of Wednesday, killing two children, as Palestinian factions were to head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian ceasefire. As the…
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Washington/New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry will on Wednesday arrive in India on a visit expected to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-awaited September visit to Washington. With Kerry's visit, the US…
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Kathmandu: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's three-day trip to Nepal set the "political tone" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-anticipated official visit here, a leading Nepal daily said Monday. "Looking ahead to…
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Islamabad:  The communal violence in Indian town of Saharanpur should be halted at once before it spreads and becomes uncontrollable, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial. The violence was a result of a land dispute between the Muslim…
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