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Russia warns Turkey over pilot’s killers
Russia urges Turkey to prosecute murderers of a Russian pilot whose jet was shot down by the Turkish military on the Syrian border last November.

Russia urges Turkey to prosecute murderers of a Russian pilot whose jet was shot down by the Turkish military on the Syrian border last November.

At least 16 senior members of Nusra Front militant group have been killed in an airstrike in Syria, a monitor says.

Foreign-backed militants have shot dead 19 civilians from the Alawite minority in their own homes after seizing their village in central Syria, a monitor says.

A new report says the US has deployed special operations troops to Libya ahead of a possible offensive against Daesh terrorists there.

Amnesty International says militant attacks in the Syrian city of Aleppo may amount to war crimes.

The US military has sacked the head of a Navy squadron nabbed in the Persian Gulf by Iran.

The European Commission warns that Turkish nationals may not get to do visa-free travel to Europe if Turkey fails to reform its anti-terror laws.

Iraqi protesters slam what they called government failure to maintain security in Baghdad after Daesh bomb attacks left over 90 dead there.

Activists in London highlight the plight of Nigerian Muslims as Nigeria’s president attends an anti-corruption summit there.

Hezbollah is probing to find out whether a blast which claimed the life of a top commander was caused by an airstrike, missile attack or artillery.

Thousands of Palestinians march to demand the right to return for refugees ahead of Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe).

Police departments across the US are applying brutal tactics against African-Americans, a political scientist says.

An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital, Damascus, claims the life of a military commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement.

The gun used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 in the United States has gone on sale.

Bahraini protesters stage fresh anti-regime protests in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.

Russia says a US missile battery in Romania violates the terms of a Russo-American treaty, which bans the development of intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles.

The Bank of England has warned that Britain could slide into recession in the event of a vote to leave the EU in next month’s referendum.

Bombs being handled by suspected PKK militants accidentally go off in southeastern Turkey, killing four of the militants and wounding 17 civilians.