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Venezuelan officials say several people have been killed in a police operation to arrest a fugitive ex-officer who stole a police helicopter and attacked government buildings six months ago. The police operation resulted in a shootout that left several people dead, according to Venezuelan officials [Marco Bello/Reuters] A former elite police officer and a pilot, […]

The Turkish president has called US-backed Syrian Border Force using Kurdish fighters a “terrorist army,” vowing to “drown” it before it’s complete. He also added that military preparations against Kurdish-held Afrin are ready. FILE PHOTO: Turkish army tanks and military personal are stationed in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey. […]

Twin explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources said. Monday’s attacks were carried out by two suicide bombers, who detonated their belts in a crowd of workers at the Al Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman Saad […]

PRESIDENT Donald Trump of the United States has denied that he is racist, after a row broke out over his alleged use of the word “shithole” to describe African nations. Trump reportedly used the term last week during a bipartisan meeting on immigration reform at White House. US President, Donald Trump But in his interaction […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signaled Sunday a military operation against the PKK terror group’s Syrian offshoot Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria’s Afrin, located at the border with Turkey. Speaking at the provincial congress of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the central province […]

Trump, saying the Palestinian Authority (PA) will never accept the US president’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. During the PLO council meeting, Mahmoud Abbas called on Palestinians to come together [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters] During the PLO council meeting, Mahmoud Abbas called on Palestinians to come together [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters] The PA president made his comments on […]

Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi official said. Reuters Archive Phot Prince Alwaleed, whose net worth has been estimated by Forbes magazine at $17 billion, is chairman […]

Rep. John Lewis on Sunday said he believes President Donald Trump is a racist in the wake of racially charged remarks the president reportedly made last week about people coming to the United States from “shithole” countries. “In good conscience, I can not and will not sit there and listen at him as he gives […]

A passenger jet with over 160 on board slid off the runway in the Turkish city of Trabzon Saturday night and was left precariously perched atop a cliff edge, saved only by the freezing mud. A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane is seen struck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off […]

An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and sank on Sunday, eight days after a collision with a cargo ship off China. Iranian officials said available evidence indicates that all crew members were killed in the first hour of the accident. The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tons of light crude oil from […]