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A Western official quoted by the New York Times said US warplanes carried out the strike targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major jihadist attacks in Tunisia last year. (Representationl Image)

Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems

The Israeli military denied that any planes had been hit. The Syrian government has made similar claims in the past.

19 March 2017 5:53 PM IST

Somalias government said on Monday about 200 or more Somalis may have died in the tragedy while trying to cross illegally to Europe. (Representational Image: AP)

Somalia wants Saudi probe of refugee boat attack

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack that killed more than 40 Somali refugees.

19 March 2017 4:12 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP)

Israel PM Netanyahu threatens snap polls after broadcasting row

Local papers, radio and television channels carried Netanyahu's threat to dissolve the government.

19 March 2017 2:35 PM IST

Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (Photo: AP)

Daughter of late Iran president gets 6-month prison sentence

Hashemi, who protested with others over Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election, has faced prison time before.

18 March 2017 4:46 PM IST

UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation on Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which she accused Israel of being an â€œapartheid stateâ€. (Photo: YouTube)

UN official quits over Israel apartheid' report

Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon and Washington's ambassador to the world body, Nikki Haley, welcomed Khalaf's resignation.

18 March 2017 10:59 AM IST

From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual hajj in western Saudi Arabia Saturday, undeterred by a stampede which last year killed around 2,300.

Iranians to resume hajj in Saudi Arabia after 2016 boycott

Tensions remain as Saudi accuses Iran of fuelling conflicts by supporting armed Shiite movements in Syria, Iraq, Yemen...

18 March 2017 10:52 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AFP)

Have 5 kids not 3, Erdogan tells Turkish people living in Europe

Erdogan has repeatedly accused EU states of behaving like Nazi Germany.

17 March 2017 7:57 PM IST

Turkish daily depicts Merkel as Frau Hitler on front page (Photo: AFP)

Turkish daily depicts Merkel as 'Frau Hitler' on front page

Right-wing tabloid-style daily Gunes (-"Sun-") printed the picture along with the words in German: -"#Frau Hitler-",...

17 March 2017 7:29 PM IST

European Union flag. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Trump foreign aid cuts counter global development goals: EU

The ministry of hajj and the Iranian organisation have completed all the necessary measures to ensure Iranian pilgrims...

17 March 2017 6:33 PM IST

anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man, right, runs for cover from a Syrian government forces airstrike attack, in Aleppo. (Photo: AP)

US claims Syria strike, denies targeting mosque where 46 killed

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of the dead in the Thursday evening raid on Al-Jineh were civilians.

17 March 2017 5:47 PM IST

Russian Defence Ministry images from November 2015 show a Russian fighter plane dropping a cruise missile during an airstrike in Syria (Photo: AFP)

Missiles fired from Syria at Israeli jets after airstrikes

A rare military exchange between the two hostile Mideast neighbors that was confirmed by both countries.

17 March 2017 2:50 PM IST

US claims north Syria strike against militants; denies bombing mosque

US claims north Syria strike against militants; denies bombing mosque

Rescue workers struggled to pull survivors from rubble, dozens of residents were still unaccounted for.

17 March 2017 1:07 PM IST