50 injured in Germany train accident
AMN At least 50 people were injured in a collision between a passenger train and a freight train near the city of Duesseldorf. Rescue efforts were slowed by damaged power…
UAE participate in joint military exercises with US, UK and France
UAE Armed Forces along with the UK, US and French armies are participating in joint exercises in Abu Dhabi. The drill code-named as “Flag4” started yesterday. The two-week exercise is…
Sri Lanka: 2000 people arrested who deserted army during LTTE war
WEB DESK Sri Lankan army has arrested more than two thousand people from its ranks who had deserted the army during LTTE war and failed to surrender during a general…
Saudi Arabia, Qatar FMs attend round-table talks ahead of regional Gulf summit
AMN The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar attended round-table talks yesterday ahead of a regional Gulf summit, in their first such encounter since Riyadh cut all ties with…
Yemen: Ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed
WEB DESK Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed amid fighting between his supporters and their former allies, the Houthi rebel movement. Officials from Mr Saleh’s General People’s…
Syrian, Russian jets bomb residential areas near Damascus
WEB DESK Jets believed to be Syrian and Russian struck heavily crowded residential areas in a besieged rebel enclave near Damascus, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens in…
US pulls out of UN migrant and refugee pact
WEB DESK The United States has withdrawn from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations. In a statement, the US Mission to the United…
Afghanistan: 6 civilians killed, 13 wounded in Jalalabad blast
In Afghanistan, at least six civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and 13 others wounded Sunday in a blast in Jalalabad. A spokesman for the provincial governor…
Israeli missiles strike Iranian base near Syria’s Damascus
WEB DESK Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. Syrian state TV reports that the attack caused damage but two missiles were intercepted.…
Former US NSA Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI about Russia links
WEB DESK Former national security adviser of the United States, Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about his contacts with Russia.…