MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine Russia and said in a key speech that Crimea…
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IS advance in east Syria kills 19 troops, militia: monitor
BEIRUT: An Islamic State group advance spearheaded by a suicide bomber on a government-held enclave in eastern Syria killed at least 19 government troops and…
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View More Julies Hersheys Cookies going globalFrench pair jailed for Israel hit-and-run death
PARIS: A Frenchman who killed a young Israeli woman in a hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv and immediately fled the country, sparking huge outrage, has…
View More French pair jailed for Israel hit-and-run deathS. Korea reports fresh foot-and-mouth case
SEOUL: South Korea said Thursday it had confirmed a fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease in a pig farm, nearly four months after the last case…
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KIEV: The Ukraine military reported Thursday more than 70 rebel attacks on its positions in the past 24 hours. To continue reading the rest of…
View More 70 rebel attacks in east Ukraine: militaryBodies of missing Turkish miners retrieved
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkeys state-run Anadolu Agency says search teams have recovered the bodies of the last five miners who were among 18 who died when…
View More Bodies of missing Turkish miners retrievedAustralia considers temporary visas for refugees
CANBERRA, Australia: Australias Parliament on Thursday appeared close to passing a bill creating a new class of temporary visas for refugees that will allow them…
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FRANKFURT: Pilots at Lufthansa started their second strike this week on Thursday, grounding about half of scheduled long-haul flights at the German flagship carrier, in…
View More Pilot strike grounds half of long-haul flights at LufthansaChina to end prisoner organ transplants on Jan 1
BEIJING: China says it will cease transplanting organs taken from executed prisoners on Jan 1 in response to human rights concerns, although uncertainties linger over…
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