Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visit
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan: US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan ‘fairly shortly’, after…
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At least 7 killed in S Korea bus terminal fire
GYEONGGI-DO: At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured on Monday when a fire broke out at a…
Boko Haram kill 24 in Nigeria village raid
KANO, Nigeria: At least 24 people were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram gunmen raided a village in northeast Nigeria,…
Thai anti-coup protesters defy junta ban
BANGKOK: Public anger at the Thai military’s coup grew yesterday as more than one thousand protesters shouting ‘Get Out!’ marched…
Pope Francis says Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘unacceptable’
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at Israel’s towering West Bank separation wall in Bethlehem yesterday after…
Two Israelis killed in Belgium museum attack
BELGIUM： Two of the three people shot dead in an attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels were Israeli tourists,…
Hundreds wounded as strong quake sparks panic in Turkey
TURKEY: More than 250 people were wounded on Saturday when a 6.9 magnitude undersea earthquake sparked panic in northwestern Turkey.…
Libya ex-general says people mandated him to crush jihadists
BENGHAZI: Renegade ex-general Khalifa Haftar said Saturday the Libyan people have given him a “mandate” to crush jihadist militants in…