Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after US strikes
Beirut (AP) — Iran-backed fighters were on alert in eastern Syria on Saturday, a day afte r U.S. forces launched retaliatory
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Britain to announce plan to house migrants on military bases within weeks, Sky News reports
London (Reuters) – Plans by the British government to move migrants out of hotels and into military bases or even
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US and Saudi Arabia finish their initial counter-drone training exercise at the Red Sands testing facility
Riyadh – The United States and Saudi Arabia finished their first combined counter-drone drill last week at a new military
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Indian sailors have returned from Iran four years after receiving a clean bill of health in a drug case
Five Indian merchant navy sailors, including two from the city, returned home on Friday after spending four years in Iran
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Reports: Islamic State kidnaps dozens in Syria, dead found
Beirut (AP) — Members of the Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of people in a central province and the
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India removes long-term tax benefits for debt mutual funds
New Delhi (Reuters) – India will tax investments in debt mutual funds as short-term capital gains, according to amendments to
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Suspected Iran drone kills US worker in Syria; US retaliates
Washington (AP) — A strike on Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American
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Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later
Associated Press Bush’s administration soon began to warn about Iraq, which was long seen as threatening American interests in the
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Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles
Beriut (AP) — Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the
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After Iran, Saudi Arabia to re-establish ties with Syria, sources say
Saudi’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud earlier this month said engagement with Assad could lead to Syria’s return to
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