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Germany begins withdrawing troops from Turkish air base
BERLIN/ANKARA: Germany began today to pull its troops out of a Turkish air base where they have supported international operations...
Muslims are being targeted by acid attackers in London
London: A spate of acid attacks have left some Muslim residents of east London recently afraid to leave their homes....
Trump, Putin to meet for the first time in Hamburg Friday
Washington: United States’ President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to meet for the first time on Friday,...
Trials over downing of flight MH17 to be held in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM: Suspects in the downing of Malaysian airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014, in which all 298 people...
Canada offers $8 million in compensation to youngest Gitmo detainee
Ottawa: The Canadian government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around $8 million to...
Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Ecuador coast, damage limited
QUITO: A magnitude 6 point 0 earthquake struck just off the coast of central Ecuador, the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
Gunman kills doctor, wounds 6 others in Bronx hospital rampage
NEW YORK: A doctor who had lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault...
Iraqi PM declares “the end of the Daesh state of falsehood” after capture of Mosul mosque
MOSUL, Iraq: Islamic State's "state of falsehood" has come to an end, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said today, after...
Thousands protest in Pakistan to demand security after deadly bombs
PARACHINAR, Pakistan: Tens of thousands of people protested in a Pakistani town today to demand better security after twin bombings...
South African culls 260,000 birds so far to contain bird flu outbreak-minister
PRETORIA: South Africa has culled 260,000 birds so far to contain an H5N8 bird flu outbreak, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana...
