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It is Donald Trump's last official day as President of the United States, and his departure is a good time to look back on his problematic legacy.
Three Syrian soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked their outpost close to the demarcation line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Belgian court postpones verdict in Iran diplomat case
Diplomat Assadollah Assadi is accused of involvement in an alleged plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in Paris.
Islamic State's resurgence is Syria is going unnoticed
Comment: The root causes of Islamic State in Syria were never adequately addressed, and now, as the world is distracted, a resurgence seems ...
Scottish court upholds Lockerbie bomber's conviction
The Lockerbie bombing is alleged to be a retaliation for the downing of an Iranian passenger jet by a US Navy missile in July 1988 that killed ...
Scottish judges to rule on posthumous Lockerbie appeal
The family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer, have battled for years to bring the case and clear his name.
Five civilians killed in Algeria bomb blast: ministry
Five civilians in eastern Algeria were killed by a homemade roadside bomb.
Appeals phase begins in Hariri case at international tribunal
Prosecutors, lawyers for a suspect facing five life terms and representatives of victims of the attack - which killed 21 others and ...
Jordanian sentenced to death for 2019 tourist knife attack
Mustafa Abu Ruwais, 24, was sentenced to 'death by hanging for the terrorist knife attack on tourists,' the Jordanian court ...
Yemen's Houthis defiant as US labels rebels 'terrorists'
Yemen's Houthis were defiant after Washington said it will designate the Iran-backed rebels as terrorists, a last-ditch move under President ...
Yemen's Houthis defiant as aid agencies fear terror label
Yemen's rebel leaders brushed off the designation, while one of the largest aid agencies active in the war-torn country said the move would ...
Defying humanitarian warnings, Pompeo brands Yemen's Houthis as 'terrorists'
The US moved to designate Yemen's Houthis as a terror organisation on Sunday, in a last minute Trump administration move that will only be ...
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in occupied Bethlehem
Ahed Ikhlil, 25, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in town of Beit Ummar, situated between Hebron and Bethlehem after he allegedly tried to ...
At least 15 killed in Syria road attack: monitor
Among those killed were eight Syrian regime troops, four allied fighters and three civilians, according to a war monitor, who said the Islamic ...
Seven Syrian regime soldiers killed in ambush: monitor
At least nine people, including seven Syrian government soldiers, were killed in an attack on a bus, a Britain-based war monitor said ...
Three executed in Iran for 'terrorist' acts and murder
Two of the three men executed in southeast Sistan-Baluchistan province had been convicted of working with the jihadist Jaish al-Adl group, responsible for a string of high-profile anti-government attacks.
Five women killed in Yemen wedding attack
Local officials said five women were killed, and children were among seven others wounded, when what appeared to be an artillery shell hit the ...
IS claims Syria bus ambush that killed 37 soldiers
IS had attacked regime soldiers as they travelled home for holidays in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, killing 37.
Yemeni PM accuses rebels, Iran of Aden airport attack
As the newly reshuffled cabinet convened for the first time in Aden, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik repeated his accusation that Houthi ...
Yemen government vows to restore stability after deadly attack
The new power-sharing Yemeni government vowed on Thursday to bring stability after a fatal blast targeted Aden's airport.
Jihadist attack kills 30 soldiers in east Syria: monitor
The attack in Deir Ezzor province reportedly targeted a bus carrying regime soldiers going home on leave.
The fear inspired by Blackwater, US military in Iraq
Though Nisour Square was 13 years ago, the release of the Blackwater guards from prison opened up old wounds for the families of those killed, ...
Russia foils IS attack on security services, ministry employees
Russian forces foiled an Islamic State plot to attack an administrative building belonging to security services as well as an assault ...
Tunisia extends 5-year-old state of emergency
Tunisia announced a six-month extension of the country's state of emergency, in place since a 2015 attack on a presidential guard bus ...
The move follows similar actions by Saudi Arabia and the UAE's fatwa councils.
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