Politics

Iran enlists Afghan refugees as fighters to bolster Syria's Assad - 08/26/2015

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, Anuj Chopra- The fate of two brothers from Kabul, one grievously wounded, the other killed fighting in Syria, spotlights Iran's covert but active recruitment of Afghan refugees to...

IS blows up Palmyra temple in 'new war crime' - 08/24/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Layal About Rahal- The Islamic State group has blown up a famed temple in Syria's ancient Palmyra, in an act the UN condemned as a war crime and an "immense loss" for humanity. The...

Rare mass 'terror' trial opens in the UAE - 08/24/2015

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- A rare mass trial of 41 radical Islamists accused of seeking to overthrow the government and links with "terrorists" opened on Monday in the United Arab Emirates,...

Lebanese press demands as trash crisis exposes frustrations - 08/24/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- Activists in Lebanon vowed Monday to press ahead with protests over a trash crisis that have become an outlet for deep-rooted, broad-based frustration over political...

French investigators quiz 'dumbfounded' gunman - 08/24/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Marianne Barriaux and Pauline Froissart- French anti-terror investigators on Sunday questioned a Moroccan man accused of a foiled attack on a crowded train, but he insists he was only...

Migrant crisis may rip apart 'selfish' EU: Italy's Gentiloni - 08/24/2015

ROME, ITALY- A deepening immigration crisis is threatening to rip the "soul" out of the European Union, Italy's foreign minister warned on Sunday. In a hard-hitting interview, Paolo Gentiloni said...

France train gunman questioned over Syria links - 08/23/2015

ARRAS, FRANCE, David Courbet and Remy Bellon- Authorities on Sunday interrogated a suspected jihadist gunman who was overpowered by passengers on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train, as officials say he...

Turkey seeks to extend mandate for Iraq, Syria incursions: official - 08/22/2015

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey's government is seeking to extend for one more year a parliamentary mandate that allows the military to combat Islamist jihadists and Kurdish militants in neighbouring Syria...

Barbed wire and stun grenades welcome refugees to Macedonia - 08/22/2015

EDOMENI, GREECE, Vassilis Kyriakoulis- For the 3,000 refugees and migrants stuck on Greece's border with Macedonia, being beaten back violently by police on Friday was just the latest indignity in a...

Israel responds to Syria rocket fire with artillery, air strikes - 08/21/2015

JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED- Israel launched artillery and air strikes against Syrian army positions in the Golan Heights on Thursday night in response to rocket fire, military sources said. The army...
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