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The militia fighters, who are mainly from the nearby city of Misrata, launched their offensive against IS in June.

Speaking yesterday, May and Putin expressed their mutual dissatisfaction at the current state of bilateral relations and vowed to improve ties in order to cooperate on the global fight against terrorism.

Mr Khandar was one of 282 passengers on board the Boeing 777 when it crash landed at Dubai airport on a journey from Thiruvananthapuram, India, on August 3.

“The gains in the National Action Plan and operation Zarb-i-Azb, and progress achieved so far will be consolidated through well coordinated and concerted efforts at the federal and provincial levels with the backing of the national resolve”, PM Sharif had said.

Palestinian staff of the United Nations Development Programme drive an official auto in front of its headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday.

Smoke from forest fires rises above Funchal, the capital of Portugal’s Madeira island, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.

Western diplomats and military officials told the Reuters news agency that Vietnam moved the launchers to five bases in the Spratly Islands in recent months.

Speaking on August 9 during a visit to St. Petersburg, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Vladimir Putin that Turkey was entering a “very different period” in relations with Russian Federation, and that cooperation between the two countries would help solve regional problems.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, told Anadolu Agency that Navy Rear Admiral Mustafa Ugurlu failed to report after Turkish authorities issued a recall for him to return to his home country last month.

Alasdair Smith, chair of the retail banking investigation, said that the reforms announced today would shake up retail banking for years to come and ensure that both personal and small businesses to secure better deals with their banks.

Russia and the United States are discussing possible organization of humanitarian deliveries to Syria’s Aleppo on a permanent basis using the Castello highway that was blocked following escalation of the situation around that city, Russian Permanent Representative to the...

Israel on Tuesday said it indicted a Palestinian U.N. employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing him of assisting the territory’s Islamic militant Hamas rulers, just days after it charged the Gaza manager of the global charity World Vision for allegedly funneling millions to the group.

The diplomatic relations between the two neighbouring countries turned bitter recently when Indian home minister Rajnath Singh left a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) meeting amid a spat with his Pakistani counterpart, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Indian...

Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency today in the latest purge after last month’s failed coup blamed on US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.

The decision to exclude Russia’s entire Paralympics team, announced on Sunday (Monday NZT) by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), means that at least 250 Russian competitors are set to miss the September 7-18 Paralympics.