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BEIRUT, Apr 17: Mothers Noha, a Shi'ite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side...

Turkey will discuss extending emergency rule today, Deputy PM says

ANKARA, Apr 17: The state of emergency imposed on Turkey after a failed coup last July could be extended further...

S Korea charges ousted leader Park and Lotte chief with bribery

SEOUL, Apr 17: South Korean prosecutors today charged ousted president Park Geun-hye and Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin with bribery...

Russia says hopes USA will not act unilaterally against North Korea

MOSCOW, Apr 17: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that Moscow could not accept North Korea's "reckless nuclear actions"...

Trump says China working with US on North Korea problem

Undated, Apr 16: US President Donald Trump today defended his reversal on whether to call China a currency manipulator, saying...

Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 16: Pakistani police opened a hate speech investigation involving two Muslim clerics today after the killing of...

With Trump pick aboard, top US court tackles religious rights

WASHINGTON, Apr 16: The US Supreme Court is set this week to hear a closely watched case testing the limits...

Death toll from Aleppo bomb attack at least 112 – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

BEIRUT Apr 16: The death toll from a bomb blast on a crowded Syrian bus convoy outside Aleppo reached at...

China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration

April 13, 2017

BEIJING/PYONGYANG, Apr 13: Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said today, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged...

Syria says US strike hit IS poison gas depot, killed hundreds; US denies