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Missing UK schoolgirls, who fled Britain...

Missing UK schoolgirls, who fled Britain to join Islamic State, seen in Syr...

A video footage, believed to be of the Bethnal Green schoolgirls, giving glimpse of their life in Syria has surfaced months after they fled Britain to join the Islamic State. In the video footage, accessed by the Daily Telegraph, two out of the three British schoolgirls are seen shopping for... read more »

America’s new military strategy singles ...

America’s new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as...

A sombre report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warns of a “low but growing” probability of the United States fighting a war with a major power with “immense” consequences. Russia has “repeatedly demonstrated that it does not... read more »

Twin blasts kill 10 in northeast Nigeria

Twin blasts kill 10 in northeast Nigeria

Two suicide bomb blasts along a highway in northeast Nigeria killed at least 10 people on Thursday afternoon, state police said, the latest in a string of almost daily attacks by suspected Islamist militants. A female suicide bomber killed seven and injured 13 at a village called Malari on the main... read more »

Turkish PM denies plans for imminent int...

Turkish PM denies plans for imminent intervention in Syria

Turkey has no plans to intervene militarily in Syria anytime soon, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, refuting media speculation about an imminent operation to create a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. “No one should expect that Turkey will go into Syria tomorrow or in the near... read more »

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Singapore man jailed for three years for cyber-stalking

Singapore man jailed for three years for cyber-stalking

Singapore – A man in Singapore was sentenced to three years in jail Friday for cyber-stalking US singer Leandra Ramm for six years from 2005 to 2011. Colin Mak Yew Loong, 38, had pleaded guilty... read more »

India, Pakistan, Afghanistan can only be friends: Sharif

India, Pakistan, Afghanistan can only be friends: ...

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said India, Afghanistan and Pakistan have no other option but to become good... read more »

Musharraf seeks forgiveness, says will not flee country

Musharraf seeks forgiveness, says will not flee country

Islamabad – Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf has sought “forgiveness” for any wrongs he may have committed during his nine-year... read more »

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea

Seoul – North Korea has threatened to attack South Korea without any advance notice, responding to anti-Pyongyang rallies on the second death anniversary... read more »

Iran to hold military drills in Persian Gulf

Iran ready to play constructive role in Geneva talk

Tehran – Iranian air force will start military drills over the Persian Gulf Friday, Xinhua reported Thursday. Deputy Commander of Iran’s air force... read more »

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Air Strike on Islamic State-Run Refinery in Syria Kills 30

BEIRUT: A US-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday, killing 30 people, the Syrian Observatory... read more »

A day of remembrance for the women of Turkey and Syria

Turkey marked International Women’s Day yesterday with nationwide events where problems women face were highlighted and debated. For Turkish women, domestic violence and... read more »

40 killed as Kurds battle for Daesh-controlled town in Syria

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India and Australia condemn woman killing in Sydney

India’s foreign ministry has said it has taken up the murder of an Indian woman in a Sydney park with the premier of New South Wales. Prabha Arun Kumar, 41, died in a stabbing attack... read more »

Dimapur rape and mob justice: Five lessons from this double-crime

Several sobering lessons need to be learnt from the lynching of 35-year-old Syed Farid Khan in Dimapur on 5 March, allegedly for the rape of a 20-year-old Naga girl last month. A mob running into... read more »