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Afghan police chief shot dead outside home
KABUL - An official says motorcycle-riding gunmen have shot dead a police chief who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his house.
Iran may ban candidates who seek US ties
TEHRAN (Iran) — The head of Iran’s constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States.
More than 1.5 million have fled Syria: UN
GENEVA — More than 1.5 million people have fled Syria as conditions there deteriorate rapidly, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Car bomb kills 15 in Afghanistan
KABUL — A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul today (May 16), killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials...
Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian soldiers
BEIRUT - Fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a video published...
Bombs kill more than 35 people across Iraq
BAGHDAD — Bomb attacks in Shia areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people yesterday (May 15), following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents...
Syria wants details about US-Russian initiative
DAMASCUS - The Syrian government wants more details before deciding whether to take part in a proposed United States-Russian initiative to negotiate a peaceful end to Syria’s...
Israeli PM criticised for installing bed on plane
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customised bed on a...
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