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New 72-hour ceasefire comes into effect in Gaza

GAZA CITY: A new 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brokered by Egypt following intense diplomacy in Cairo has come into effect in the...

Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkey’s first direct presidential election

ANKARA, Turkey: The Turkish incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country’s first direct presidential election as he got almost 52 percent...

NATO convoy attacked in Kabul, four civilians killed

KABUL, Afghanistan: A convoy carrying supplies for the US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan was attacked in Kabul on Sunday that left at least four...

Voting begins for Turkish first direct presidential election

ANKARA, Turkey: The Turkish first direct presidential election is being held on Sunday while opinion polls show that the incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

US will not allow Islamic militants to create caliphate in Syria, Iraq: Obama

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama has said that the United States will not allow Islamic militants to create a caliphate in Syria and...

Egyptian court orders dissolution of Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing

CAIRO, Egypt: A court in Egypt on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the Freedom and Justice Party,...

Israel continues air strikes in Gaza

GAZA: The Israeli military carried out another round of attacks in a second day of violence in Gaza on Saturday after Egyptian-mediated talks failed...

Afghan presidential candidates agree to form national unity govt

KABUL, Afghanistan: The two feuding presidential candidates in Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai have agreed to form a national unity government. The candidates...

US airlines banned from flying over Iraq

WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday issued a Notice-To-Airmen (NOTAM) restricting US operators from flying in the airspace above Iraq due to...

US military conducts airstrike against artillery used by ISIL in northern Iraq

WASHINGTON, United States: The US military has launched an airstrike on artillery used by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the...

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