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  • Kurdish militants claim responsibility for Istanbul attack that killed 38

    An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility on Sunday for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul soccer stadium, an attack for which the Turkish government vowed vengeance. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which has claimed several other deadly attacks in Turkey this year, said.. More

  • Turkey submits constitutional change bill to parliament

    A bill to change Turkey’s constitution and governing system has been submitted to parliament on Saturday. Justice and Development [AK] Party's Group Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitas submitted the bill to Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman with 316 signatures, total number of ruling party's seats. The move came following an agreement struck with.. More

  • Scores killed in suicide attack in Yemen's Aden

    A suicide bomber from a local affiliate of ISIL has killed at least 48 Yemeni soldiers at a military base in the southern port city of Aden, in another major attack claimed by the group. A security official told Reuters news agency that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives on Saturday as troops were waiting to collect their salaries at the entrance.. More

  • Blasts kill dozens near Istanbul's Besiktas stadium

    Two explosions have hit the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing at least 29 people, mostly police personnel, and wounding more than 160 others, according to authorities. Al Jazeera's Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Istanbul, quoted security sources as saying that they have detained 10 people in connection with the bombings. Most of those killed were.. More

  • Pakistan: No survivors in PIA PK 661 plane crash

    All 48 people on board a Pakistani passenger plane, which crashed in the country's mountainous north, have died, the airline's chairman has confirmed. Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) PK 661 went down on a domestic flight from the city of Chitral to the capital Islamabad on Wednesday. "There are no survivors, no one has survived,".. More

  • Indian forces accused of blocking care for Kashmiris

    Indian security forces have been accused of blocking medical treatment for wounded protesters in the disputed region of Kashmir by holding up ambulances and harassing hospitalized patients. Physicians for Human Rights said not only did police and paramilitary forces use excessive force during months of unrest, they also hindered people from seeking.. More

  • At least 25 people killed in Indonesian earthquake

    At least 25 people have died and dozens were feared trapped in rubble after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials and local media said. The chief of the district nearest the epicenter of the shallow 6.5-magnitude undersea quake, that hit early on Wednesday, said that 25 people have been killed in his.. More

  • Knesset approves Jewish-only outposts

    Israel's parliament gave initial approval on Monday to a controversial bill that would legalese unauthorized Israeli settlement outposts built on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The proposed law, which has already drawn sharp international condemnation and strained relations within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing right-wing.. More

  • Turkey launches second military surveillance satellite

    Turkey launched its second military surveillance satellite -- the Gokturk 1 -- from the Kourou Launch Center in the French Guiana on Monday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan along with several other top Turkish officials witnessed the launch of the communication satellite during a ceremony at the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) in Ankara. The satellite.. More

  • Russia, China veto 7-day Aleppo truce

    Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have provided respite to Syrians as desperately-needed humanitarian aid flows into the battled city of Aleppo. The plan to hold up a seven-day cessation of hostilities fell by the wayside after the two of the five permanent members of the Council, as well as a as a non-permanent.. More

  • Dozens of Rohingya missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh

    Dozens have been reported missing, feared drowned, after a boat packed with Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and trying to reach Bangladesh sank in a border river, according to the AFP news agency. A Bangladeshi fisherman told AFP that he had rescued on Monday one woman, who told him that the "overcrowded" boat had sunk in the.. More

  • UN to vote today on Aleppo ceasefire resolution

    The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution demanding a temporary ceasefire in Aleppo and humanitarian access to residents trapped in the fighting, diplomats said on Sunday. Egypt, New Zealand and Spain drew up the text calling for a truce of at least seven days following lengthy negotiations with a highly resistant Russia, a staunch ally.. More

  • Turkey moves to do trade in local currency: Erdogan

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Sunday that Turkey has taken steps to do its foreign trade in its national currency. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony in the central province of Kayseri, Erdogan said: "We have taken steps also to do trade with Russia, China, and Iran in our local currency." The president also reminded that Prime.. More

  • Suspected Russian warplanes bomb Idlib, dozens killed

    At least 46 people have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes on several areas of Idlib province in northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as regime forces advanced in fierce clashes with revolution fighters in east Aleppo. The Britain-based monitor said on Sunday at least three locations were bombed in the northwestern.. More

  • Malaysian PM leads protest over Rohingya crisis

    Thousands of people gathered in Malaysia’s capital Sunday for a rally led by Prime Minister Najib Razak to protest violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, where recent violence has left dozens dead and tens of thousands displaced. Among those present at the rally -- organized by the government -- were Deputy.. More