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Isis jihadists pull out of town in Iraq’s Anbar

The Islamic State group (Isis) today pulled its fighters out of Rutba, a desert town in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, an army general and the mayor said. The pullout, if confirmed, would...

Polish minister blames foul play in 2010 president’s jet crash

Poland's defence minister appeared to suggest the death of president Lech Kaczynski in a 2010 plane crash in western Russia was the result of foul play, an allegation that is likely to test...

China terror convictions nearly doubled in 2015

Convictions for state security crimes including "violent terrorism" nearly doubled in 2015, figures from China's top court showed today, following a "strike hard" campaign to quell unrest in the...

Germanwings probe seeks ‘clearer rules’ on pilots’ mental health

French investigators probing the Germanwings plane crash called today for clearer rules on the lifting of medical confidentiality if pilots show signs of pyschological problems. The plane was...

4 lives derailed by Syria’s brutal war

A promising student, a humble merchant, a skilled craftsman and a young builder – these are just four of the millions of lives thrown into turmoil by Syria's brutal five-year war. The peaceful...

Second body found after Gaza tunnel collapse

A second Gazan was found dead today after the collapse of a tunnel on the Egypt border, the interior ministry in the Islamist Hamas-run enclave said. On Thursday, rescue services said seven men...

Pakistan rains leave 28 dead

The death toll from torrential rain in Pakistan rose to 28 today after more homes collapsed in the southwest and northwest, officials said. They said 17 people lost their lives over the past...

Saudi puts murderer to death in 72nd execution of 2016

Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals convicted of murder today, bringing to 72 the number of people put to death in the conservative kingdom this year. Hadian al-Qahtani was found guilty...

Al-Qaeda in Syria clashes with rebels, seizes weapons

Al-Qaeda fighters and allied jihadists clashed with a rebel faction overnight in northwestern Syria after storming its weapons depot, the group and a monitor said today. In Tweets posted this...

At least 17 militants killed in southern Yemen

Air strikes killed at least 17 suspected al-Qaeda militants overnight in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, witnesses, medics and a security official said today. The air strikes hit...

India’s hardline Hindus abandon trademark shorts

A hardline Indian Hindu movement announced today it was abandoning its trademark khaki shorts to try to modernise the dress code, 91 years after adopting the austere military-style...

Wild bear kills 3 people in India before being shot

A bear killed two villagers and a wildlife officer sent to tranquilise it before being shot dead in a forest in central India, police said today. The sloth bear mauled the villagers late...

Discarded Congo street children strangers to mining boom

Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from...

Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi women trapped in Syria

Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise "something had gone very wrong". Frequently beaten with...

Filipino kidnapper of Australian ex-soldier, Irish priest slain

The leader of a southern Philippine gang behind the kidnapping of an Australian ex-soldier and an Irish priest was shot dead by security forces today, the military said. Waning Abdusalam was...

Massive anti-government protests set to shake Brazil

More than a million people are expected to flood Brazil's streets today in massive anti-government protests calling for President Dilma Rousseff's ouster over a corruption scandal and the...

Amid sea disputes, China to set up maritime ‘judicial centre’

hina plans to set up an "international maritime judicial centre" to help protect the country's sovereignty and rights at sea, its top judge said today. Giving a work report at the annual...

Cruz crushes Trump in Wyoming Republican caucus

Republican White House hopeful Ted Cruz easily defeated frontrunner Donald Trump in the race to be the party nominee for the 2016 presidential election in yesterday’s caucus in Wyoming. With...

Investigators to publish Germanwings co-pilot crash report

French investigators will today publish their final crash report on the Germanwings plane deliberately flown into a French mountainside by its co-pilot in a tragedy that raised unprecedented...

Four suspected attackers dead in Jakarta, area being secured, say police

Indonesian police shot dead four suspected militants who were part of a bomb and gun attack in the capital, Jakarta, today and the area is being secured, a police spokesman said. "We are...