BEIRUT, Apr 22 (Agencies): Air strikes pounded a jihadist-held area near Damascus on Sunday, footage broadcast by Syrian state TV stations showed, as the Syrian government stepped up efforts to wipe out the insurgency's last foothold near the capital.Thick clouds of smoke rose from the al-Hajar al-Aswad area and the...
Read moreBEIJING, Apr 22: After two years of efforts to enhance cyber security, China's internet has been significantly purified, with citizens' interests better safeguarded, specialists said.Last Thursday marked the second anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech in which he called for enhancing the development of the internet and harnessing it...
Read moreOn Feb. 20, a young woman named Mirian arrived at the Texas border carrying her 18-month-old son. They had fled their home in Honduras through a cloud of tear gas, she told border agents, and needed protection from the political violence there.She had hoped she and her son would find...
Read moreTEHRAN, Apr 22 (Reuters): A US push to change the Iran nuclear deal was sending a "very dangerous message" that countries should never negotiate with Washington, Iran's foreign minister warned as US and North Korean leaders prepare to meet for denuclearisation talks.Speaking to reporters in New York on Saturday, Mohammad...
Read moreNEW DELHI, Apr 22 (AP): Indian police say government forces have killed at least 14 Maoist rebels during a raid on their hideout in a forested area in western India.Police officer Prashant Diwate says fighting began on Sunday after police commandos raided the rebels' hideout deep in a forested area...
Read moreNicaragua unrest claims two dozen livesMEXICO CITY, Apr 22: In the grainy, nighttime video, journalist Angel Gahona, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, holds up a cellphone and narrates as he approaches the facade of city hall in Bluefields, Nicaragua, reporting live via Facebook on protests that have rocked...
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