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Syria reports Israeli airstrikes against central airbase

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian air defenses opened fire late Wednesday on missiles launched by Israeli warplanes at a military airbase in the central...

Palestinians ask ICC to investigate alleged crimes by Israel

Accusing Israel of systematic crimes, including apartheid in the occupied territories, Palestinians on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court to open an investigation that...

100 Libyan MPs back unity government and demand new vote

A majority of lawmakers from Libya's internationally recognised parliament said Wednesday that they supported a UN-backed unity government but had faced intimidation before a...

Turkey 'will regret' downing Russian bomber in Syria: Putin said

Russian President Vladimir Putin has castigated Turkey's leaders, warning that they will regret shooting down a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria. In a state of...

UK Should Join France In Syria Strikes: PM Cameron

David Cameron has given the French Air Force the use of Britain's RAF base in Cyprus as he promised the UK would do "all...

Iraqi doctor bets on plasma treatment in search of COVID breakthrough

In a hospital ward in Iraq, doctor Ali Salam Abdullah and a smiling patient hold up a large blood bag full of the yellow...

Obama accuses Donald Trump of campaigning by 'scapegoating'

President Barack Obama says Donald Trump is waging a White House campaign based on "simplistic solutions and scapegoating." In an interview Tuesday on NBC, Obama...

Oil producers keep output freeze revival on standby if prices weaken

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has a contrarian message for those who question the wisdom of freezing global levels of oil output. Despite the collapse...

Famine threatens half of Yemen

Nearly half of Yemen's 22 provinces on the verge of famine as result of the war there and more than 13 million people need...

Syrian Turkmens cross to Turkey, fleeing advances of pro-Assad forces

Hundreds of mostly Turkmen refugees fearing intensifying clashes between Syrian pro-government forces and the opposition in coastal Latakia province have fled to Turkey, footage...

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