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Movement of buses out of Syrian city resumes after harsh weather and obstacles disrupted effort on Wednesday. Thousands of civilians and fighters are still waiting to be evacuated from the last rebelbastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather are complicating the finalphase of...

National passenger carrier Air India will enhance a codeshare agreement with Ethiopian Airlines. According to a statement, the expanded codeshare agreement will allow its passengers to access Ethiopian Airlines’ network in Africa. On the other hand, Ethiopian Airlines’ passengers will be able to access Air India’s...

Arab-Islamic-American summit condemns perpetrators that commit terrorist acts in the name of religion. Riyadh summit discusses ways of rooting out terrorism US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries kicked off their Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh on Sunday, focusing on unity...

EDAM’s latest analysis covers Ankara’s military basing strategy beyond its borders, that currently consists of military bases in Northern Cyprus, Qatar and Somalia, as well as deployments in Iraq and Syria. The report finds that the political-military rationale is different in each case, presenting a...

Rebecca Samervel| Aug 2, 2017, 01:05 PM IST MUMBAI: A special court on Tuesday convicted 15 Somali pirates, nabbed in 2011, and sentenced them to seven years in jail. The accused who have spent six and a half years in jail will be deported to...

RIYADH Saudi Arabia's highest-ranking cleric has warned of the "depravity" of cinemas and music concerts, saying they would corrupt morals if allowed in the ultra-conservative kingdom. "We know that singing concerts and cinemas are a depravity," Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh said in a television interview cited...

Dual nationals might not be welcome in Australia's parliament – the Barnaby Joyce citizenship saga has reminded us all of that. But meet Ibrahim Ahmed Reigal, an Australian who sits in the parliament of Somaliland. Mr Reigal divides his time between his constituency in the breakaway...

Bombing raids kill 22 people as Russia announces new round of Syria ceasefire talks with the US and regional powers. Missiles slammed into the biggest market in rebel-held Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and leveling buildings, as rescuers sifted through rubble from...

An apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the coast of Yemen highlights the need for accountability on the second anniversary of the Yemeni armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.Several witnesses reported that on March 16, 2017, a helicopter...

Saudi Arabia has dismissed a number of senior ministers and detained nearly a dozen princes in an investigation by a new anti-corruption committee, state media reported on Saturday. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a billionaire businessman who owns investment firm Kingdom Holding, was among those held,...