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Pakistan interior minister shot, wounded in assassination bid
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US releases Saudi Guantanamo Bay prisoner al-Darbi
A Saudi man held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay who pleaded guilty to war crimes has been transferred back to Saudi Arabia.
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Israel says Iran hid nuclear arms programme
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says are "secret nuclear files" proving Iran once covertly pursued nuclear weapons.
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105 to 0: Why Syria's air defenses failed to intercept a single incoming missile
The Syrian Centre for Scientific Research on the northeastern edge of Damascus was still smoldering on Saturday after it was hit by airstrikes overnight. USA TODAY
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Syria air strikes: Russia denies tampering with suspected chemical attack site
Russia has denied interfering with evidence at the site of the suspected Syrian chemical attack, which led to Western air strikes on Saturday.
Syria 'chemical attack': France's President Macron 'has proof'
France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has "proof" that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend.
Syria attack: nerve agent experts race to smuggle bodies out of Douma
Corpses could provide vital clues for US technicians trying to establish which chemicals were used in the deadly bombing
Russia’s military options to counter US strike in Syria
With the US and Russia engaged in a public row over the consequences of a possible American attack against Syria, the capabilities that Moscow has to respond to it are a major question.
Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh
SAUDI Arabia’s military has intercepted at least one ballistic missile over its capital and shot down two more elsewhere.
Any US missiles fired at Syria will be shot down, launch sites targeted – Russian envoy to Lebanon
The Russian military reserves the right to shoot down missiles and destroy launch sites in the event of US aggression against Syria, Moscow's envoy to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has warned.
2 Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on Syrian airbase – Russian MoD
Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs province, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The jets fired eight guided missiles, but five of them were shot down before they hit the airfield.
Syria war: Trump condemns Syria for 'chemical attack' on Douma
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran over a suspected chemical attack, saying there will be a "big price to pay".
Syria war: Trump 'persuaded not to pull out immediately'
US officials say President Trump has been persuaded not to pull the military out of Syria immediately, despite his declaration last week that the US would "be coming out of Syria very soon".
Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist', Israel 'terrorist state'
Turkish president's comments follow condemnation of Israeli army's killing of 17 Palestinian protesters in Gaza.
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Nobel laureate Malala makes first trip to Pakistan since Taliban attack
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, in her first visit to her native country since she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for advocating education for girls in 2012.
Syria war: First rebels leave defeated Eastern Ghouta town
Syrian rebels and their families are being evacuated from a key town in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region as part of an agreement with the government.
Saif Gaddafi may run for Libya’s presidency to ‘save’ country 7 years after father’s murder
Nearly seven years after the bloody NATO-backed uprising overthrew Colonel Gaddafi, his son, Saif Al-Islam is reportedly seeking to run in the Libyan presidential elections this year to “rescue” his country from the turmoil.
Russian transport plane crashes upon landing in Syria, all 32 on board dead
A Russian military transport airplane has crashed during landing at Khmeimim Airbase in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. Six crew members as well as 26 passengers were killed in the crash, it added.
Assad vows to continue Ghouta assault as Syria troops advance
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta from rebels, despite mounting international calls to end the bloodshed.
US to open embassy in Jerusalem in May for Israel’s 70th anniversary
The United States said Friday it will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, bringing forward the contested move to coincide with the Jewish state's 70th birthday -- and enraging Palestinians, who called it a "blatant provocation."
