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Bin Laden relative spoke of ‘storm of planes’

Jurors in the New York trial of alleged al-Qaeda operative Suleiman Abu Ghaith have watched videos of the defendant warning…

12 years ago

Bomb kills 45 in Iraqi city of Hilla

A bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 45 people and wounded 157 on Sunday in the…

12 years ago

Afghanistan’s powerful vice president Fahim dies

The powerful Afghan vice president died of natural causes on Sunday, a government spokesman said, only weeks before Afghanistan goes…

12 years ago

Syria: Assad forces ‘using starvation as weapon of war’

Starvation tactics against civilians are being used as a weapon of war by the Syrian government, Amnesty International says. (more…)

12 years ago

Russia has miscalculated

Russia has made a "big miscalculation" in entering Crimea, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. (more…)

12 years ago

Two Yemeni soldiers, 40 people killed in clashes

At least two Yemeni soldiers and four militants were killed in a clash on Saturday when fighters tried to attack…

12 years ago

Saudi lists Brotherhood as ‘terrorist’ group

Saudi Arabia has listed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation along with two al-Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria. (more…)

12 years ago

Missing Malaysia plane ‘may have turned back’

Malaysian authorities announced that they were now investigating the possibility a missing Malaysian Airlines plane had turned back before disappearing,…

12 years ago

Israelis cut off Palestinian refugees’ water supply

Khaled al-Khalidi, vice chairman of the Popular Committee in Shu'fat, said the problem had left hundreds of homes, clinics, health…

12 years ago

UN reports condemns Syrian regime for chemical attacks

"The evidence available concerning the nature, quality and quantity of the agents used on 21 August indicated that the perpetrators…

12 years ago