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Iraqi intelligence officer killed in suicide attack

MOSUL: A senior Iraqi army intelligence officer along with three of his bodyguards was killed in a suicide attack in the Iraqi city of...

Gunmen kidnap 45 people, mostly women and children in Syria: report

Some unidentified gunmen kidnapped around 45 people mostly women and children in Syria while they were traveling in a bus from Idlib province to...

Senior Iranian official killed in Syria

BEIRUT:  A senior Iranian official was shot dead in Syria by assailants while he was travelling by road towards the Lebanese capital from Damascus...

Middle East is drying–NASA alert: Middle East loses freshwater reserves size of Dead Sea in 7 years

The Middle East is headed towards a water shortage crisis, as NASA satellites show that reserves the size of the Dead Sea have been...

Britain lost 447 military drones in Iraq and Afghanistan, accepts British defense ministry

LONDON: Britain lost 447 of its military drones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drones crashed, were hit the enemy or went missing during the missions.447 small...

President Zardari takes notice of Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Taking note of media reports about the plight of nearly 700 Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia allegedly because of invalid visas, President Asif...

PIA plane escapes disaster at Muscat airport

KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 737 carrying 150 passengers narrowly escaped a disaster after its landing gear broke prior to landing at...

26 dead, scores injured in car bombs targeting Shiites in Iraq

BAGHDAD: At least 26 people were killed and over 60 were wounded in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in markets...

OIC summit calls for ‘serious dialogue’ in Syria

CAIRO: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) leaders called on Thursday for a "serious dialogue" between the Syrian opposition and government officials on a political...

Number of Syria Refugees could touch 1.1 million by June: UN

TOKYO: The number of Syrian people who are eluding the fighting in their country could hit 1.1 million by June, the United Nations said...

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