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Killer of downed Russian pilot detained
Turkish authorities detain a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot near the Syrian-Turkish border last November.

Turkish authorities detain a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot near the Syrian-Turkish border last November.

The US violates UN decisions routinely while condemning other nations for the same, an analyst says.

A top Human Rights Watch official slams the United States and Britain for supporting Saudi Arabia’s deadly military campaign in Yemen.

US President Barack Obama says America, South Korea and Japan are united against North Korea’s “provocations”.

Russia denies reports that it has reached a deal with the US over the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of efforts to end the crisis in the Arab country.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Europe to support Ankara's campaign against Kurdish PKK militants.

The White House has denounced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s nuclear policy as “catastrophic”.

The UN rights chief describes as "sickening" new allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers and French troops in the Central African Republic.

The Saudi king meets with a number of US Republican Congressmen a day after the six-member delegation held a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The US is switching its defense doctrine from assurance to deterrence in Eastern Europe over “a resurgent and aggressive Russia."

The police union in Chicago, Illinois, says it has hired as a janitor the officer charged with first-degree murder.

A court in Egypt jails 72 members of Muslim Brotherhood, convicting them of stirring violence.

Security staff of Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with angry protesters in Washington, who called him a "terrorist."

Senior Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on his supporters to stop a sit-in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone district.

The US military’s growing troop presence in eastern parts of Europe and Asia is a “very dangerous policy,” says James Petras.

A political commentator says the UN is acting as Riyadh's political wing in Yemen to cover its crimes against the Yemeni people.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has refused to rule out dropping a nuclear weapon on Europe.

A car bomb attack targeting Turkish police forces kills seven officers in the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey.