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Islamic State leader believed dead in US military assault
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is believed dead after being targeted by a US military raid in Syria.
Police say Indonesian couple carried out Philippine suicide bombing
Associated Press, Published on 24/07/2019
» JAKARTA: Police believe an Indonesian husband and wife, who had taken part in a government deradicalization program, carried out the suicide bombing of a cathedral in the southern Philippines in January that killed more than 20 people.
War Elephants to face neighbours in World Cup qualifiers
Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand’s national football team will face three other Southeast Asian nations -- Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia – along with top-seeded United Arab Emirates in Group G of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Australia to ban returning extremist citizens for 2 years
Associated Press, Published on 04/07/2019
» CANBERRA: The government has tabled new laws that would prevent extremist Australian citizens from returning home for up to two years as the country prepares for the return of Islamic State group supporters from the Middle East.
Iraqi lawmakers demand US withdrawal after Trump visit
Associated Press, Published on 27/12/2018
» BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded US forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Merkel quitting as CDU leader
Associated Press, Published on 30/10/2018
» BERLIN: Angela Merkel set off Monday on what could be a three-year countdown to the end of her leadership of Germany, a stint that has made her the European Union's longest-serving leader and a key figure in facing the continent's many crises.
West accuses Russia of global cyber-plots
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2018
» BRUSSELS: The United States and other Western nations levelled a torrent of new allegations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency on Thursday, accusing its agents of hacking anti-doping agencies, plane crash investigations and a chemical weapons probe as well as launching cyberattacks that rocked America's 2016 election and crippled Ukraine in 2017.
Unrepentant Trump sets off to rattle UN
Associated Press, Published on 23/09/2018
» BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey: President Donald Trump is poised to redouble his commitment to "America First" on the most global of stages this week.
US ends funding for Palestinian refugees aid unit
Associated Press, Published on 01/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States is ending its decades of funding for the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees, the State Department announced Friday, a week after slashing bilateral US aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza.
UN council to mark Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 02/08/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is planning to commemorate the first anniversary of Myanmar's violent crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh at a meeting later this month.