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Turkey vows to remove Gulen movement "by its roots" after failed coup

Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, after an already deep purge of...

Turkey's Erdogan says no one has right to "slander" over ISIS oil claims

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday no one had the right to "slander" Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from Islamic State,...

In Yemen war, hospitals bombed to rubble, starvation spreads

Elderly Hamama Yousif was rushed to the main hospital in one of Yemen's largest cities after an artillery round lashed her chest with shrapnel,...

Pakistani murderer of Indonesian couple punished in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed a Pakistani convicted of murdering an Indonesian couple. The interior ministry said Amal Jan Hajji had been found guilty of...

Pakistan to receive $497mn tranche of IMF loan

The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it would release the latest instalment worth $497 million of a three-year economic bailout package to Pakistan, while...

Soldiers pour into european capitals on new year terror alert

Tight security will be in place to protect New Year’s Eve revelers around the world after a year when Islamist terrorism spread far beyond...

Iran fires 2 missiles marked with 'Israel must be wiped out'

Iran reportedly test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" written in Hebrew on them, a show of force...

Bahrain slams British and U.S. interference in internal affairs

Bahrain on Monday dismissed as "unacceptable interference" U.S. and British criticism of its decision to dissolve the main Shi'ite Muslim opposition party, as senior...

Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' main base in Somali capital

Two suicide attackers set off bombs outside the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near the airport on Tuesday, police said. The...

Saudis told to stay 20 km away from Northern Border

RIYADH: Citizens and residents have been advised to keep a distance of 20 km from all unprotected boundaries of the Kingdom. Spokesman of the General...

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