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Arsenal, Chelsea crash; Bayern wins

Arsenal and Chelsea had a Champions League night to forget Tuesday as a Robert Lewandowski hat trick helped Bayern Munich crush Dinamo Zagreb. Champion Barcelona,...

Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in Brazil

Six months pregnant with her first child, Eritania Maria has a rash and a mild fever, symptoms of the Zika virus linked to brain...

China says wants deeper defence and anti-terror ties with Arab world

China wants to develop deeper defence and anti-terrorism ties with the Arab world, including joint exercises, intelligence sharing and training, the government said in...

Syrian rebels Jaysh al-Islam back Saudi move to cut ties with Iran

Syrian insurgent group Jaysh al Islam on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's rupture of ties with Iran, saying Tehran's backing of Shi'ite militias was destabilizing...

Why Washington ignored torture by Iraqi militias

It was one of the most shocking events in one of the most brutal periods in Iraq's history. In late 2005, two years after...

Turkey opposition journalists demand acquittal in terror trial

Defence lawyers for journalists from one of Turkey's biggest opposition newspapers on Wednesday called for their acquittal of terror-related charges in a case...

Algeria’s Tebboune and Macron discuss Sahel: presidency

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Sahel and Libya's conflict over the phone on Saturday,...

Israel keeps its own counsel on Assad as big powers wade into Syria

Israel is no longer taking a public position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prospects of staying in power, its defence minister said on Tuesday,...

Palestinian publicly sets himself on fire in Gaza

A 20-year-old Palestinian is in critical condition after publicly setting himself of fire in the Gaza Strip. Motives for the self-immolation are unclear Sunday. Family members...

British music legend David Bowie dies aged 69

British music legend David Bowie has died after a long battle with cancer, his official Twitter and Facebook accounts said Monday, prompting an outpouring...

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