ADDIS ABABA (AP)- Ethiopia's state-affiliated broadcaster says that a bus plunged into a ditch, killing 38 people in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region. Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that the bus veered off the road and went into the trench. It said an additional 10...
BERLIN (Reuters)- A conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that if Russia fails to cooperate in the investigation into a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in Britain, there should be a joint Western response. "The behavior of the British...
VIENNA (AFP)- The Austrian of Egyptian origin who was shot dead Sunday night after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies, authorities said. Preliminary indications suggest that the 26-year-old man "clearly had...
CAIRO (AP)- Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to use to bring attention to any media reports they perceive as undermining the country's security or hurting public interest. The publication of the numbers - listed in a statement issued late on...
BAGHDAD (AFP)- Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the airports of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah were "again open to international...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey will grant families of dead Free Syrian Army fighters the Turkish citizenchip along with more merits, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Mustafa Seijeri, head of the Political Bureau in Liwa' al-Mutassem, revealed that a Turkish-Syrian committee had been formed...
Arrest warrants were issued for 25 soldiers in the capital Ankara on Tuesday as part of a FETO/PDY (Fetullah Terror Organizaiton/ Parallel State Structure) probe into the General Commandership of Gendarmerie. Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued the arrest warrants, which...
The Turkish parliament has ratified Tuesday a bill which paves the way for electoral alliances among political parties. After a 20 hours of deliberation, lawmakers approved the 26-article bill that sets up the framework for forging electoral alliances in the country. The bill,...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 troops from central Homs and Hama provinces killed in the batterned Eastern Ghouta, local activists said. Most of the slain fighters were from Mesyaf, the key town of al-Ghab Plain, the main manpower supply for the regime army and its backed militias....
ISTANBUL (AFP)- Thirteen people including children were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a Turkish passenger bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck in northern Anatolia, state media reported. The bus, which was travelling from Istanbul to the northern city of Tokat,...
DOHA (AFP)- State-owned Qatar Petroleum announced Tuesday it has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi to operate the shared Al-Bunduq offshore oil field, despite a bitter diplomatic rift. "We are delighted to sign this concession agreement, which will ensure the continued development and...
The Russian military will respond to a U.S. strike on Syria, targeting any missiles and launchers involved in such an attack, the RIA news agency reported Tuesday. RIA cited Valery Gerasimov, head of the General Staff, as saying that Moscow would retaliate if the lives of Russian...
An explosion occurred on a Gaza road shortly after a convoy carrying Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah passed by on Tuesday, a border official said, but live television showed he was unhurt and attending a scheduled event. The cause of the blast was not immediately known....
(AFP)- The White House Monday condemned the chemical attack on a former Russian spy in Britain as "an outrage," breaking a week-long silence. "The use of a highly lethal nerve agent against U.K. citizens on U.K. soil is an outrage," press secretary Sarah Sanders said. "The attack was...
The United States has called an urgent meeting in Jordan out of concern about reports of strikes in southwestern Syria within the boundaries of the de-escalation zone negotiated last year, a U.S. State Department official said on Monday. If true, the reported strikes would be a clear violation...
BERLIN (Reuters)- German security agencies are on alert for signs of violence against Turkish facilities in Berlin, Stuttgart and other cities, the Interior Ministry said, after fires damaged several Turkish-run mosques over the weekend. Firefighters battled for over 90 minutes to...
OTTOWA, Canada (AFP)- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday accused China of flooding global markets with cheap steel, adding that Canada has already taken steps to prevent "dumping" in this country. "We are very concerned about the actions taken by China and the dumping of steel and...
ANKARA (Reuters)- Turkey will soon clear the Syrian town of Afrin of militants and has already gained control of more than half the area, a government spokesman said Monday. "We have cleared an area of 1102 kilometer square from terrorists in Afrin. We will soon reach the town center...
Thousands of families are sleeping in the open in the streets of the biggest town of Eastern Ghouta enclave, where there is no longer any room in packed cellars to shelter from government bombardment, local authorities said. The regime army's onslaught in Eastern Ghouta, backed by air...
PARIS: France is prepared to launch targeted strikes against any site in Syria used to deploy chemical attacks that result in the deaths of civilians, President Emmanuel Macron said. Shortly before the United Nations was due to discuss Syria, Macron said Moscow, a close ally of Syrian...
