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Yemen separatists pin down govt in Aden

ADEN, Jan 31 (AFP): Yemeni ministers were holed up in Aden's presidential palace on Wednesday after separatist forces seized effective control of the southern port city, dealing another blow to the country's embattled government.Pro-separatist forces backed by the UAE known as the "security belt" fanned out across the city-the country's...

70 pc of Afghanistan under Taliban grip, says study

Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70 per cent of Afghanistan, a BBC study has found.Months of research across the country show that the Taliban now control or threaten much more territory than when foreign combat troops left in...

Hillary says she should have fired aide

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (AFP): Hillary Clinton says she should have sacked a male staffer accused of sexual misconduct while working on her 2008 presidential campaign. Clinton made the remarks in a lengthy Facebook post Tuesday night just minutes before President Donald Trump began his State of the Union address. "I...

Rakhine official dies in knife attack

A Myanmar official who was the administrator of a town in troubled Rakhine state when seven people died there in rioting earlier this month has been stabbed and killed, the government said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.Police were treating the death of Bo Bo Min Theik as a case of personal...

Cut off by Israeli wall, Palestinian family declares 'republic'

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Jan 31 (AFP): The logic of an Israeli wall north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank appears clear-on one side Palestinians, on the other the Israeli settlement of Beit El.But look carefully and you will see a small gap in part of it leading into a...

News in Brief --(1-01-2018)

Rockets from Syria kill girl in Turkey REYHANLI, Turkey, Jan 31: A 17-year-old girl was killed in a Turkish border town on Wednesday by rockets launched from Syria, officials said, as Turkey presses its offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Ankara began a cross-border operation dubbed "Olive Branch" supporting Syrian...