Four members of a Kurdish-led security force in northern Syria were killed Thursday morning in a Turkish drone strike, the area’s top military figure said, as Turkey steps up its threats to conduct a full-scale operation against Syrian Kurdish forces. …
Afghanistan: 100s internally displaced by war return east
Hundreds of internally displaced Afghans who had taken refuge in the capital left for their homes in the country’s eastern provinces on Thursday, almost a year after the war that forced them to flee ended. Millions migrated inside Afghanistan over two …
Macron ‘will raise human rights’ in dinner with MBS: aide
French President Emmanuel Macron will raise human rights issues and “individual cases” with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a working dinner on Thursday, a senior aide said. “The president will raise the issue of human rights as he does o…
Making the impossible possible: When Iraq won the Asian cup
The 21st century has been difficult for Iraq. A Western invasion, the ‘war on terror’ and a sectarian divide were all fundamental factors to the decline of living standards nationwide. Any substantial aid provided was at the mercy of western corruption…
Turkey stoking east Med tensions, say Greece, Cyprus
Greece and Cyprus accused rival Turkey on Thursday of stoking tensions as Ankara prepared to dispatch a drill ship to the Mediterranean next month in a search for natural gas. Relations between Athens and Ankara are strained over a raft of issues rangi…
North Korea ready to mobilise nuclear war deterrent: Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and for any military clash with the United States, state media reported on Thursday, amid signs it could conduct its first nuclear test since 2017….
Militants kill 15 soldiers, 3 civilians in two Mali attacks
Islamist militants killed 15 soldiers and three civilians during two separate attacks in southwest Mali on Wednesday, the army said in a statement. Six soldiers died and 25 were wounded when militants assaulted a military camp in Sonkolo, a rural commu…
Sweden, Finland yet to extradite ‘terror’ suspects: Turkey
Sweden and Finland have yet to extradite the suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges despite signing an accord to lift Ankara’s veto to its NATO membership last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The two No…
US made offer to Moscow to free detained Americans: Blinken
The United States has made “a substantial offer” to Moscow to bring home US citizens detained in Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding that he would be pressing his Russian counterpart in a planned conversation in the c…
Israel accuses Hamas of hiding weapons depots near civilian buildings
Israel published images on Wednesday which officials said showed weapons depots and tunnels in Gaza near a school, a Pepsi factory and other buildings and accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of deliberately hiding them in civilian areas. The m…