As Islamic State pushes on Iraq's Ramadi, 2000 families flee

BAGHDAD: Clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants pressing their offensive for Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar province, has forced more than 2,000 families to flee from their homes in the area, an Iraqi official said Thursday.The...

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Chinese president to visit Pakistan, hammer out $46-billion deal

ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China cements links with its old ally and generates opportunities for firms hit by slack growth at home.Also...

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Alice from Wonderland- The new fashion icon

LONDON: The world has found a new fashion icon - Alice from Wonderland.The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of one of the most-loved children's books, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.British curators have...

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Kerry: still confident US can conclude Iran nuclear deal

LUEBECK (GERMANY) : US secretary of state John Kerry said Wednesday he is confident that the US administration can conclude a nuclear deal with Iran after president Barack Obama agreed to sign legislation giving Congress the right to reject an agreement.Kerry...

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Egypt, Saudi mull military exercise amid Yemen airstrikes

CAIRO: Egypt and Saudi Arabia are considering whether to hold joint military exercises in the kingdom as airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded Shia rebels in Yemen on Wednesday.The airstrikes targeting Yemeni rebels known as Houthis began on March...

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Iraq's Yazidis, haunted by war, mark a New Year

LALISH(IRAQ): Only miles from the front lines of the war against the Islamic State group, thousands of Iraq's besieged Yazidis lit candles at their most revered shrine to mark the start of their New Year, which began Wednesday.Traditionally, members...

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Islamic State militants target Moroccan embassy in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya: A Libyan official says a bomb placed in a garbage bin targeted the Moroccan Embassy in the capital, Tripoli. There were no casualties in the attack, which was claimed by Libya's Islamic State affiliate.Security spokesman Essam al-Naas...

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Hillary hits the road after declaring run for White House

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton-spotting is the hottest activity in the US and world media right now after one of America's most recognizable people, who has been the First Lady, a New York Senator, and Secretary of State, hit the road after declaring on...

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ISIS releases video, warns US of another 9/11 like attack

NEWYORK: Isis has released a video which states there is now "no safety for any American on the globe'" and that there will be another 9/11-style attack against the US.The film features gruesome beheading scenes and clips of Isis forces in combat, in...

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Seven bodies found inside pickle factory in Pakistan

KARACHI: At least seven persons, including wner of a pickle factory, were found dead today in a chemical tank of the same plant here in Pakistan, police said."Seven bodies have been found inside a chemical tank at a factory in Korangi Industrial area,"...

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Turkey summons Vatican ambassador over pope's genocide comment

ANKARA: Turkey has summoned the Vatican's ambassador in Ankara over the pope's comments describing the massacre of Armenians a century ago as "genocide", a senior official told Reuters on Sunday.Turkey, which has yet to make an official statement on...

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Video: Islamic State group destroys ancient ruins of Nimrud

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century BC, an online militant video purportedly shows.The destruction at Nimrud,...

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Former Maldivian defence minister jailed for 10 years

MALE: A former Maldivian defence minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of detaining a senior judge, the same case in which ex-president Mohamed Nasheed has also been jailed under an anti-terrorism law.Tholhath Ibrahim was sentenced...

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Bangladesh to hang top Islamist for 1971 massacre

Bangladesh is set to hang a top Islamist leader on Saturday for overseeing a massacre during the nation's 1971 independence war, officials said, after he refused to seek clemency from the president.Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, the third most senior figure...

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Obama, Castro poised for landmark talks

PANAMA CITY: Hours after shaking hands, US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro head into historic talks in Panama today in their efforts to bury decades of animosity.Taking their bid to restore diplomatic ties to a new level, Obama and...

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PM Modi: India values Unesco but progress won’t be judged by cold statistics

PARIS: "UNESCO's initiatives to preserve the world's cultural heritage, including in India are inspiring," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his opening speech in its 70th anniversary year. "I feel specially privileged to visit this great institution...

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Modi in Paris: India values Unesco but progress won’t be judged by cold statistics

PARIS: "UNESCO's initiatives to preserve the world's cultural heritage, including in India are inspiring," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his opening speech in its 70th anniversary year. "I feel specially privileged to visit this great institution...

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PLO says no to military action in Syria's embattled Yarmouk

RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestine Liberation Organization said it will not be drawn into military action in an embattled Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, rejecting claims that Palestinians would join Syrian troops in driving Islamic State militants...

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Palestinians back joint Yarmuk operation with Syria army: PLO

DAMASCUS: A group of 14 Palestinian factions said on Thursday they backed a joint military operation with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State group jihadists from the Yarmuk camp in southern Damascus.After a meeting of the factions in the Syrian...

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Man behind US police shooting video reveals what wasn't shown in the footage

The witness hailed as a hero for capturing the shooting of Walter Scott on camera has come forward to speak publicly about the incident for the first time.Identified by NBC News as Feidin Santana, the man whose video made headlines around the world described...

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Iran's Khamenei says no guarantee of final nuclear deal

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that last week's hard-won framework accord with world powers was no guarantee of a final nuclear deal and that much work remained.And President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic...

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IS frees more than 200 Yazidis in Iraq: Kurd officer

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group released more than 200 Yazidis on Wednesday after holding them for eight months, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, the latest mass release of captives by the extremists.Gen. Hiwa Abdullah, a peshmerga commander...

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Toll from 'IS car bombs' in Syria's Aleppo rises to 32

BEIRUT: The toll from two alleged Islamic State group car bombings overnight of rebels in Syria's Aleppo province has risen to at least 32 people, a monitor said on Wednesday.Three local commanders were killed in one of the attacks, the Syrian Observatory...

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Islamic State group releases 216 Yazidi prisoners in Iraq

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group released more than 200 Yazidis on Wednesday after holding them for eight months, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, the latest mass release of captives by the extremists.Gen. Hiwa Abdullah, a peshmerga commander...

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20 Muslim bodies in Hong Kong plead for 'peace' amid reports of ISIS hiring

BEIJING: More than 20 Muslim organizations in Hong Kong have jointly released an open letter calling for religious tolerance and solidarity. The "peace letter" comes amid reports that ISIS is recruiting Muslim migrants working in the city."We request...

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Singapore boy warned for posting fake report of Lee's death

SINGAPORE: Singapore police on Tuesday issued a "stern warning" to a boy here, who posted a fake statement online about the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew five days before his demise.The minor student who is below 16 years, identified as...

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Iran to discuss Yemen crisis with Pakistan, Oman

TEHRAN: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarf will tour Pakistan and Oman to convey Iran's deep concern about the humanitarian plight in Yemen due to the Saudi-led air raids, foreign ministry spokesperson Marzieh Afkham said on Tuesday.The Saudi...

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Hungry sea lion pulls man holding fish off boat in California

A man was injured on Sunday after he was pulled into the water by a sea lion that jumped from the water at a San Diego marina and grabbed a fish he was holding, authorities said.The sea lion jumped onto the railing of a boat at the Hyatt Mission Bay...

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Hungry sea lion pulls man holding fish off boat in California

A man was injured on Sunday after he was pulled into the water by a sea lion that jumped from the water at a San Diego marina and grabbed a fish he was holding, authorities said.The sea lion jumped onto the railing of a boat at the Hyatt Mission Bay...

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Male panda refuses sex in live show on China TV

BEIJING: A Chinese TV channel which promised audiences a live show on panda sex failed to meet the expectations as the male panda developed "stage fright" in the middle of the act.The iPanda channel of China Network TV showed the 50-minute encounter...

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African leaders to hold Boko Haram summit on April 8

ABUJA: Leaders of central and west African states will hold a summit on April 8 to try to draw up a joint strategy against the threat posed by Boko Haram militants, a statement from organizers said on Sunday.The meeting in Malabo, capital of Equatorial...

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Turkish president to visit Iran despite tensions

TEHRAN: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Iran on Tuesday despite a war of words between the neighbouring countries over conflicts from Syria to Yemen, Tehran confirmed.There had been calls from Iranian conservatives for the visit to...

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Kenya in Easter mourning for massacre victims

NAIROBI: Kenya on Sunday began three days of national mourning for the 148 people, mostly students, massacred by Somalia's al-Shabaab jihadists at a university in Garissa.Easter church services throughout Kenya included prayers for the victims of Thursday's...

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Obama presses case for Iran nuclear deal in weekly address

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama assured Americans on Saturday that a newly negotiated framework for a nuclear pact with Iran was a "good deal" as he sought public support for a diplomatic breakthrough that many in Congress oppose.A day after placing...

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Islamic State takes 90 per cent of Damascus refugee camp

BEIRUT: Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday.The hardline group's...

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Iran eases ban on women attending sports matches

DUBAI: Iran has partially lifted a ban on women attending men's sports matches, the deputy sports minister said on Saturday, days after a court pardoned an Iranian-British woman who had been jailed for protesting against the law.Iran's Islamic law bars...

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Saudi king hopes final Iran deal will boost security

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman told US President Barack Obama that he hoped a final nuclear deal between world powers and Iran would strengthen regional and world security, official media said.In a phone call with Obama on Thursday, Salman "expressed his...

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Syria says 15,000 antiquities at risk in militia-run Idlib

DAMASCUS: Around 15,000 antiquities locked away in safes around the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib are at risk of being sold on the black market, the head of antiquities and museums Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters on Friday.The al-Qaida-linked Nusra...

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Iraq PM orders arrest of vandals in Tikrit

BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered Iraqi forces to oppose vandalism in the city of Tikrit, retaken from the Islamic State group this week, and arrest those responsible, his office said on Friday.Security and military forces were ordered...

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15 soldiers, 2 civilians killed in Egypt attacks

CAIRO: At least 15 soldiers and two civilians were killed today in separate attacks by Islamic militants in Egypt's restive North Sinai governorate, the deadliest clashes in the recent months.The attacks took place in the wee hours after militants stormed...

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Islamists seize Christian hostages in Kenya university attack; at least 15 killed

GARISSA (Kenya): Al Shabaab gunmen on Thursday seized Christian hostages at a Kenya university near the border with Somalia, in an pre-dawn attack that killed at least 15 people and wounded scores more.A spokesman for Somalia's al-Qaida-linked Shabaab,...

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Second black box found at Germanwings crash site

MARSEILLE: The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search, prosecutors said on Thursday. Authorities are hoping to unearth more clues about the disaster from the black...

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IS seizes most of Yarmuk refugee camp in Damascus: PLO

DAMASCUS: Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group seized control of most of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus Wednesday, a local Palestinian official told AFP."Fighters from IS launched an assault this morning on Yarmuk...

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US targets overseas cyber attackers with new sanctions program

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Wednesday launched the first-ever sanctions program to financially punish individuals and groups outside the United States that are engaged in malicious cyber attacks.US President Barack, in an executive order,...

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