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Dozens of people are believed to have been killed [AFP] Multiple people have been killed inside a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, local media say. The shooting took place on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Wilson County during the 11:00am service, local television station KSAT12 reported. According to Wilson County news, the local […]

Turkey’s Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli, left, walks with his Qatar’s counterpart Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, right, following their meeting in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo) Turkey’s largest defense industry project in Qatar, a helicopter flight simulation training center, officially opened Sunday. Turkish National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli and Qatari Minister of State […]

FILE – U.S. Marines raise the American flag over the reclaimed U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, citing “specific threat information” against them. The statement issued Saturday by the U.S. State Department relates the threat information to Mogadishu International Airport, protected […]

Clashes between police and Kurdish protesters occurred over banned PKK symbols. Germany has taken a harder line against PKK symbols in response to criticism from Turkey. German police clashed with Kurdish demonstrators protesting against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the western city of Düsseldorf on Saturday. The violence erupted when police warned protesters to […]

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell has said Iraqi troops do not have orders to follow Islamic State militants in Syria. Iraqi army forces entering Kirkuk to retake the province from Kurdish troops. “It’s planned for Iraqi operations to end after controlling Iraqi international borders,” Saad al-Jayashi, head of the cell, told Al-Hurra […]

President refers indirectly to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un while addressing US troops at Yokota air base before joining Japanese PM for golf Play Video  Donald Trump has begun a tour of Asia with a warning that “no dictator” should underestimate America, in a thinly veiled reference to the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. “No one, no […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 24, 2017 (Reuters Photo) Saudi Arabia has detained 10 princes and dozens of former ministers through its newly formed anti-corruption committee, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources. The new committee, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed […]

Xi Jinping (center), chairman of the Central Military Commission, poses for a group photo with Zhang Shengmin (first left), chief of the CMC Discipline Inspection Commission, after a promotion ceremony in Beijing on Thursday. The CMC promoted Zhang to the rank of general on Thursday.LI GANG / XINHUA Zhang Shengmin, the top anti-corruption official in […]

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Japan on the first stop of his five-nation tour of Asia on Sunday, looking to present a united front with the Japanese against North Korea as tensions run high over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests. Metropolitan police officers check outside the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo on Saturday, […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a loud explosion in Riyadh, saying they fired a long-range ballistic missile that travelled more than 800km over the border with Saudi Arabia. Over 10,000 have died since Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen’s war [Courtesy of Al Masirah] A spokesman for the rebels told Al Jazeera they launched a Burkan 2-H […]