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Turkey warns against Syria regime support to Kurds

BEIRUT, Feb 19 (AFP): Turkey's foreign minister on Monday warned against any intervention by Syrian pro-government forces alongside Kurdish militias in northern Syria, saying it would not prevent Ankara from continuing its month-old offensive.Mevlut Cavusoglu was reacting to a report from Syrian state news agency SANA saying pro-government forces were...

Bad weather hampers search for missing Iranian plane

TEHRAN, Feb 19 (AFP): Iranian rescue teams battled severe weather Monday as they searched for the wreckage of a passenger plane that disappeared high in the Zagros mountains the previous day with 66 people on board.Several helicopters that had deployed at dawn to hunt for Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 were...

Afghan political crisis deepens as governor refuses to resign

KABUL, Feb 19 (AFP): A governor in northern Afghanistan has become the second in the region to defy an order by President Ashraf Ghani to step down, deepening a political crisis facing the US-backed government in Kabul.Abdul Karim Khadam, the governor of northern Samangan province, was sacked along with four...

Merkel to tap rumoured successor for top party role

BERLIN, Feb 19 (AFP): The popular female premier of tiny Saarland state is set to take over as secretary general of Angela Merkel's conservative party, sources said Monday, fuelling speculation the chancellor is lining up her potential successor.Merkel is expected to tap Annegret Kramp-Karren-bauer to take the reins from close...

Marines drink cobra blood in US-Thai war drills

CHON BURI (Thailand), Feb 19 (AFP): US and Thai marines slurped snake blood and ate scorpions in a jungle survival programmeme on Monday as part of the two nations' annual Cobra Gold war games.Now in its 37th year, Cobra Gold is one of the largest military exercises in Asia, bringing...

IS kills 27 fighters

BAGHDAD, Feb 19 (AP): Islamic State (IS) militants have ambushed a group of Iraq's Shiite-led paramilitary fighters, killing at least 27.The Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of mostly Shiite militias, said on Monday that the attack took place the previous night in the al-Saadounya area, southwest of the northern...

Trump blasts Oprah over ‘60 minutes’ episode

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump blasted televion host Oprah Winfrey on Twitter on Sunday night over a segment on CBS's 60 Minutes programmeme and again said he hoped she would face him as an opponent in the 2020 presidential race.Actress and television host Winfrey, now a contributor...

Maldives court suspends rebel MPs ahead of key vote

MALE, Feb 19 (AFP): The Maldives' top court has suspended 12 pro-opposition legislators before a crucial parliamentary vote Monday, emboldening President Abdulla Yameen as he clings to power in the troubled islands.The Supreme Court decision late Sunday reverses its original order to reinstate the MPs, who had defected from the...

News in Brief---(20-02-2018)

LAHORE: Imran Khan and his new wife Bushra Watto seen, among others, at a function in Lahore on Sunday. — Reuters Imran Khan ties knot to 'spiritual adviser' in third marriageLAHORE, Feb 19: Pakistani cricketer-turned-politican Imran Khan has tied the knot for the third time, his party said on Sunday,...