INDIA
India aids Sri Lanka as monsoon kills over 100
India aids Sri Lanka to cope with a monsoon near the capital, Colombo, which has so far killed 103 people.
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SOMALIA
S Korea fishing vessel ‘hijacked’ off Somalia
South Korea’s military reportedly dispatches a naval unit in waters off Somalia after pirates presumably hijacked a fishing vessel.
AFGHANISTAN
Car bomb kills 18 in southeast Afghanistan
A car bomb attack targeting local police in Afghanistan’s southeastern Khost Province killed at least 18 people on Saturday.
INDIA
India army kills six suspected militants in Kashmir
New Delhi’s soldiers kill six suspected militants along the border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
IRAQ
Mosul battle: Iraqis go for last Daesh footholds
The Iraqi military announces the beginning of an operation to liberate the last enclave controlled by Daesh terrorists in Mosul.
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia after splitting Muslims: Houthi
The leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says Saudi Arabia seeks to split the Muslim people as a whole.
INTERVIEWS
‘Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia a war on Shias’
US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was essentially a declaration of war against Iran and Shia Muslims, an investigative journalist says.
RUSSIA
Estonia expels 2 Russian diplomats, Moscow reacts
Estonia expels two Russian diplomats in a move blasted by Russia ‘hostile’ and ‘provcative.’
CHINA
‘N Korea issue can’t justify THAAD deployment’
Russia and China agree that the North Korean nuclear issue is no good reason for the deployment of a US missile system on the Korean Peninsula.
POLITICS
‘Kushner wanted secret channel with Russia’
Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had proposed establishing a secret communication channel with Russia ahead of Trump’s inauguration, a report says.
POLITICS
President Rouhani urges peace as Ramadan starts
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Saturday called on the leaders of Muslim states to follow the path of peace and moderation to counter Islamophobia.
NORTH AFRICA
Dozens killed as rival factions clash in Libya capital
The Libyan capital, Tripoli, is rocked by deadly clashes between forces loyal to the UN-backed government and rival militiamen.
PALESTINE
Palestinian hunger-strikers reach deal with Israel
The Palestinian prisoners, who had been protesting their conditions in Israeli jails, are reportedly ending their hunger strike.
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Assange defies plea to avoid Ecuador politics
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday defied a demand by Ecuador — which has granted him asylum and shelter at its London Embassy — to steer clear of Latin American politics.
FOREIGN POLICY
Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89
Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish strategic theorist and former US President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, has died at the age of 89.
POLITICS
Trump presidency total disaster: Ex-House speaker
The former US House speaker says President Donald Trump's term in office has so far been "a complete disaster."
POLITICS
May attacks Corbyn as her support hits new low
Theresa May has lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn over the Manchester bombing in an attempt to slow down his growing support.
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump clashes with leaders at G7 meeting
US President Donald Trump has clashed with world leaders over climate change and trade during a meeting of the G7.
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