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World economic news summary at 0930 GMT, Aug. 23
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill to provide the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service with 25 billion U.S....
Jan. 15 Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT
KUALA LUMPUR -- Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah ascended the throne of Malaysia's Pahang state on Tuesday, ahead of the country choosing its new...
Jan. 15 world news summary at 0030 GMT
WASHINGTON -- An armed man was dead after being shot by police in a rescue operation for two women he took hostage at a...
Jan. 12 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ADEN, Yemen -- A new powerful explosion hit the the state-owned oil refinery in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday evening, injuring...
Jan. 12 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT
JAKARTA -- A total of 16 people were wounded and hundreds of houses were damaged as whirlwind struck West Java province in western Indonesia,...
Jan. 10 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT
JAKARTA -- Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali erupted on Thursday night, spewing column of volcanic ash, Indonesian authorities said.
The...
Jan. 10 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT
TALUQAN, Afghanistan -- A total of 18 fighters including eight police and 10 militants have been confirmed dead as clash erupted in Khawja Ghar...
Jan. 5 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT
NEW DELHI -- Vijay Mallya, a liquor baron and business tycoon in India who is facing charges of loan default and has been staying...
Jan. 4 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT
YANGON -- Arakan Army (AA) armed group Friday launched attacks on four police outposts in Buthidaung, Myanmar's Rakhine state, killing 13 police officers and...
Jan. 3 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit India and Iraq in the coming days for talks on boosting bilateral cooperation, Tasnim...
Dec. 24 Asia-Pacific news summary
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia -- The death toll from the tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Indonesia rose to 373, with 1,459 others injured, a...
Dec. 24 world news summary at 1530 GMT
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia -- The Indonesian disaster agency on Monday put the death toll of the tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption at 373 with...
Dec. 24 Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1000 GMT
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia -- A devastating tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Indonesia has killed 281 people and wounded 1,016 others along the coastal...
May 13 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
TEHRAN -- Iran will remain in the international nuclear deal if the country's interests are secured by other parties to the agreement, President Hassan...
May 12 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
Millions of Iraqis headed Saturday to polling stations across the country to elect the next parliament, for the first time after defeating the Islamic...
May 12 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT
YANGON -- At least 19 people, including a police, four militias and 14 civilians, were killed and 27 others injured in attacks by armed...
Feb. 26 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
TRIPOLI -- A car bomb explosion hit a security check point in eastern Libyan city Benghazi on Sunday, killing two soldiers and injuring four...
Feb. 20 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- A total of 34 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed on Monday in two separate cross-border airstrikes in...
Feb. 19 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ABU DHABI -- The biennial International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) kicked off here on Sunday with special focus on disruptive technology.
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Feb. 14 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
DAMASCUS -- Syrian army captured the Hayan gas field in central province of Homs, following battles with the Islamic State (IS) militants, pro-government al-Watan...
Feb. 12 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey's ultimate goal in its military operation in northern Syria is not the...
Feb. 9 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- A Russian airstrike mistakenly killed three Turkish soldiers and injured 11 in Syria's al-Bab town, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a...
Feb. 8 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- Two Turkish soldiers were killed, 15 others wounded during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in town Al-Bab of northern Syria, Turkish...
Feb. 7 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
RAMALLAH/GAZA -- The Israeli parliament's vote to legalize settlement posts in the West Bank outraged the Palestinians on Tuesday, who warned that the vote...
Feb. 1 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
JERUSALEM -- Violent confrontation erupted between Israeli far-right activists and police officers carrying out evacuation of an unauthorized outpost in the West Bank on...
Jan. 29 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
JENIN -- The Palestinian Ministry of Health said a 19-year-old Palestinian was killed and five others wounded early Sunday by Israeli soldiers in a...
Jan. 26 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- The Turkish military said Thursday that it killed 23 Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Al-Bab, in northern Syria, in the previous 24...
Jan. 25 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
DAMASCUS -- At least eight civilians were either killed or wounded on Wednesday by Turkish forces in the northeastern province of Hasakah, state news...
Jan. 22 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
JERUSALEM -- The Jerusalem municipality approved construction of 560 new housing units in settlement neighborhoods of the city on Sunday, two days after U.S....
Jan. 17 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ISTANBUL -- The gunman who was captured overnight after 17 days on the run has admitted to a shooting spree he launched against a...