
TURKEY
Militant group claims Istanbul attack
A leftist militant group has claimed responsibility for a gun and grenade attack on a Turkish police bus in Istanbul.

A leftist militant group has claimed responsibility for a gun and grenade attack on a Turkish police bus in Istanbul.

Barack Obama says anti-Russian sanctions need to be extended because of the threat Russia poses against the US.

A British national says he was unfairly treated by crew and pilot of easyJet over a text message to his friends.

Iran slams a decision by the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council to label Hezbollah as a terrorist group.

Figures show Brazil's economy in 2015 suffered the deepest contraction in 25 years.
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Hezbollah criticizes the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council member states as 'reckless and hostile.'

Libyan forces raid a Daesh hideout in the city of Sabratha, killing seven suspected Takfiri terrorists.

More than 70 US Republican foreign policy veterans have condemned Donald Trump’s world view.

Data shows 17 heart patients died after going through successful open-heart surgeries over the last three years.

UN envoy for Syria says a tentative truce for Syria is holding despite minor violations.

Syria’s state media say the country’s nationwide electricity network is down for unknown reasons.

A flash flood in Angola leaves at least two dozen people dead and many more missing, state media says.

Some 30 towns and villages in the Syrian province of Hama have joined the national reconciliation process.

Spain’s Socialist party chief loses his first bid to form a new government.

A top Pakistani official says Islamabad has influence over Afghanistan's Taliban militants and the group leaders live in Pakistan.

Lebanon’s defense minister says Beirut will consider Iran’s offer of financial support for the country’s military.

Iran says a decision by the GCC to brand Hezbollah a “terrorist” group is aimed at destroying Lebanon's unity.

A white police officer in the US state of Alabama has been charged with shooting dead an unarmed African-American man.