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Turkey Sentences 40 to Life in Coup Atte...

Turkey Sentences 40 to Life in Coup Attempt Against Erdogan.

ISTANBUL, Turkey — A court in southwestern Turkey handed down life sentences on Wednesday to 40 men, including senior military officers, for trying to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It was the first high-profile verdict against those accused of plotting to overthrow him in a failed... read more »

Las Vegas shooting: Trump calls attacker...

Las Vegas shooting: Trump calls attacker ‘very sick as police search for mo...

At least 59 people were shot dead with more than 500 injured when a gunman sprayed bullets from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel at a country music festival on Monday. The incident took place during on a Sunday night performance by country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest... read more »

BSF camp near Srinagar airport attacked,...

BSF camp near Srinagar airport attacked, ASI and three terrorists killed.

SRINAGAR: Security forces foiled an attempt by the Jaish-e-Muhammed to storm a BSF camp near the high-security Srinagar airport on Tuesday, killing all three terrorists in an operation that also claimed the life of an assistant sub-inspector of the force, police said. State Director General of... read more »

Forces Launch Final Assault After Suicid...

Forces Launch Final Assault After Suicide Attack On BSF Camp In Srinagar.

SRINAGAR:Four suicide attackers carrying a massive amount of explosives broke into a Border Security Force (BSF) camp near the Srinagar airport before dawn today and opened fire, killing a soldier. Three terrorists were killed in an eight-hour operation after which security forces stormed the... read more »

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Kobane: Syrian Kurds ‘launch operation against IS’

Fighting has continued overnight around the Syrian border town of Kobane, with reports of Kurdish forces launching an operation against Islamic State At least 12 people were killed in protests by... read more »

Egypt: Army offensive kills 16 militants in Sinai

El-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian military officials say troops have killed 16 members of an al-Qaida-inspired militant group in the restive Sinai... read more »

China sacks 160,000 government employees who did not ex...

BEIJING – China has taken 160,000 “phantom” government staff off its official payroll who were receiving salaries despite not doing any work. A total... read more »

Nepal bus crash kills 29 people and injures dozens

An overloaded bus in western Nepal has fallen off a road and plunged into a gorge, killing 29 and injuring dozens, the BBC reported. Most of the passengers in... read more »

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hostage ...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join an aid... read more »

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Winter Olympics begins

SOCHI, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Sochi Winter Games officially open yesterday at a high-octane opening ceremony before 40,000 spectators at the gleaming new Fisht... read more »

Hyundai registers record sales in Middle East

MANAMA: Hyundai Motor Company has announced record sales across the Middle East region last year, for the second year in succession. The... read more »

Ford Middle East Reports 12% Rise In 2013

Ford Middle East recorded a year-on-year sales rise of 12 per cent in 2013, selling over 85,000 vehicles. The American car manufacturer, which also owns the... read more »

Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka sign labour pact

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka have signed a landmark labour pact in a renewed bid to regulate hiring of domestic workers from the island nation and... read more »

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

Damascus – Over 5,000 afflicted people were evacuated Sunday from a rebel-held Damascus suburb by the army, the Syrian government said Sunday. “The... read more »

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No drone attacks during Taliban talks: US to Pakistan

No drone attacks during Taliban talks: US to Pakistan

Islamabad – The US has assured Pakistan it would not conduct any drone strikes during peace talks with the Taliban, Pakistan’s top security advisor said Wednesday. Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan... read more »

Nawaz Sharif names judges for Musharraf's trial

Nawaz Sharif names judges for Musharraf’s tr...

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a panel of three judges for a special court for the trial of former president... read more »

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf&...

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf's treason case

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the names of three judges, including a female judge, for the special court that will... read more »

Nepal to ensure effective security for Tuesday’s ...

Nepal to ensure effective security for Tuesday's poll

Kathmandu – Khilraj Regmi, chairman of Nepal’s interim election government, has directed the country’s four security agencies to ensure that... read more »

Can India afford to run INS Vikramaditya, asks Pakitani...

Decommissioned INS Vikrant to be auctioned

Islamabad – The commissioning of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy from Russia shows how addicted the Indian establishment is to... read more »

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North Korea confirms ballistic missile launch, says aimed at testing ability to carry nucl...

Pyongang on Monday confirmed that it had indeed carried out a test missile launch on Sunday. The missile test, North Korea said, was aimed at testing the capacity to carry a large scale... read more »

Donald Trump Is CEO Of The Country, Can Fire Anyone He Wants: Nikki Haley

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may meet US President Donald Trump in person for the very first time next week at the US, Arab and Islamist Summit in Saudi Arabia, a Dawn News report... read more »

10 gunned down near China ‘Belt and Road’ projects in Pakistan

HIGHLIGHTS The attack on the Pakistani labourers took place some 20 kilometres from the emerging port city of Gwadar Gwadar’s deep-water port is the exit point for a planned route... read more »

Pak International Airlines to suspend Mumbai-Karachi flight from May 11

MUMBAI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, will suspend its service from May 11. The national flag carrier of Pakistan... read more »

World Facing ‘Largest Humanitarian Crisis’ Since 1945...

The world is facing its “largest humanitarian crisis” since 1945, said the United Nations (UN), further issuing a plea for help to avoid “a catastrophe”. read more »