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Messaging app Line soars in Wall Street debut

Shares in the Asian hit messaging app Line surged 33 percent in the first day of trade in New York Thursday in a market...

John Lewis to enter Middle East with Dubai store

John Lewis, Britain's largest department store group, is to enter the Middle East market, opening an outlet in Dubai next year as it steps...

I don't fear Russia, says Turkish alleged killer of pilot

A Turkish citizen fighting in Syria who Moscow has accused of killing a Russian pilot said Friday he was not scared Russian forces are...

Yemen counter-terrorism mission shows UAE military ambition

The United Arab Emirates, one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East, is deploying its military against al Qaeda in Yemen, and in...

Obama urges NATO to stand firm against Russia despite Brexit

U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, saying...

France demands a halt to Russian and Syrian operations

Syria and Russia must stop military operations against civilians and in particular put an end to the "ordeal" taking place in the besieged city...

Lebanon PM holds emergency meeting as nation mourns bomb victims

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam held an emergency meeting with his security cabinet and military chiefs on Friday as the nation mourned 44 people...

Air strikes on Syrian camp kill 28

Air strikes on a camp housing Syrians uprooted by war killed 28 people near the Turkish border on Thursday, a monitoring group said, and...

Truck bomb blast kills dozens in northeast Syria city

A large truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State (ISIS) killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of...

Saudi Arabia's new jihadists poorly trained but hard to stop

Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts suggests jihadis have the...

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