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UN Syria envoy seeks Aleppo truce
No aid convoys have reached civilians trapped in besieged areas of Syria this month and a humanitarian task force has been suspended as a warning to big powers to double down on securing a...
Qatar Airways says plane lands safely in Istanbul after emergency landing
Qatar Airways said that an aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday landed safely and that passengers had disembarked as normal.
"Today's QR240 from Istanbul Ataturk Airport...
2 car bombs in eastern Turkey kill 6, wound over 120
Two car bombings targeted police stations in Turkey, killing at least six people and wounding over 120, officials said Thursday.
A car bombing attack on a police station in the eastern province of Van late...
Oil dips in Asia amid Saudi Arabia output boost reports
Oil prices eased slightly in Asia Thursday amid reports OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia would further raise output in August.
Prices hit five-week highs this week, supported by hopes that a Russian-Saudi cooperation may reach a...
Saudi facing ‘long’ Yemen war after talks fail
Six months after Saudi Arabia said its war in Yemen was winding down, air strikes are again pounding rebels and rockets flying across the border, with no end to the conflict in sight.
Facing criticism...
Masked gunmen kill policeman in Qatif
A policeman was shot dead by masked gunmen in the Qatif district in Saudi Arabia's oil-producing Eastern Province on Wednesday, state news agency SPA said, the latest in a string of attacks there this...
Burkini banned in France, PM supports
France's prime minister is expressing support for local bans of burkini swimsuits, saying the swimwear is based on the "enslavement of women" and therefore not compatible with French values.
However, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said...
Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup
Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands of people suspected of links to last month's attempted coup burden overstretched jails.
The reform,...
Body launches probe into airstrikes on Yemen school, hospital
Air strikes by Saudi-led forces in Yemen that hit a school and a hospital are being investigated by a body set up by the coalition to look into civilian casualties, a spokesman said on...
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting support for ISIS
Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile radical preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support for Islamic State (ISIS).
Choudary, 49, was convicted at London's Old...
