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Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler
WASHINGTON, Apr 12: White House spokesman Sean Spicer said today he was personally and professionally pained by his comments comparing...
Islamic State claims suicide bomb attack that kills five in Kabul
KABUL, Apr 12: Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack today near the Afghan Defence Ministry that...
Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Apr 12: A Saudi woman claiming she sought asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines...
South Sudan imposes curfew across Wau state after killings
NAIROBI, Apr 11: South Sudanese authorities imposed a curfew across the whole northwestern state of Wau today, the deputy governor...
Italy urges Russia to use influence to thwart more chemical attacks in Syria
MOSCOW, Apr 11: Italy's President Sergio Mattarella urged Russia today to use its influence with Syria to thwart any more...
G7 states reach no deal on UK call for further Syria sanctions
LUCCA, Italy, Apr 11: Foreign ministers from Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations reached no agreement on a British...
Black smoke rising from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport: Reuters photographer
MOSCOW, Apr 11: A Reuters photographer at Moscow's Vnukovo airport said today there was black smoke rising from a part...
Death toll in Egypt church bombing reaches 21, 50 injured – state television
CAIRO, Apr 9: The death toll in a church bombing in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Tanta has climbed...
Hardline cleric Raisi to take on Rouhani in Iran’s presidential election
LONDON, Apr 9: Hardline Shi'ite cleric Ebrahim Raisi announced today he would run in Iran's May presidential election, challenging moderate...
Blast outside military base in Somalia capital wounds three, police say
MOGADISHU, Apr 9: A roadside bomb planted in front of a military base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has...
