Impact of UK firepower may be marginal: Experts

AFP, LONDON: Britain will bring extra precision firepower to the Syria air campaign but its participation will be no game-changer, according to experts…

Kerry visits divided Cyprus in bid to boost peace talks

AFP, NICOSIA: US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Cyprus on Thursday in a bid to boost intensified peace talks to reunify the long-divided Mediterranean island. Hopes have grown for a peace deal to reunite the island since leaders in the Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north resumed negotiations…

Putin calls for broad int�l anti-terror front

AP, Moscow: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for a broad international front against terrorism and accused Turkey of trading oil with the Islamic State group. Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address televised live, Putin called for an end to what he called double standards…

Afghanistan seeks to settle predestine of �injured� top Taliban

AFP, KANDAHAR: Afghan officials scrambled Thursday to establish whether Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was still alive, after sources said he was “critically” wounded in a firefight following a bitter argument with commanders in the divided militant movement. It remains unclear whether…

Pistorius convicted of murder on appeal

AFP, BLOEMFONTEIN: Oscar Pistorius was convicted of murder on Thursday by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, which threw out his earlier conviction on a lesser charge for shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013. Pistorius is now set to go back to jail after he was released on parole in October…

California Muslims condemn horrific mass shooting

AFP, AFP, LOS ANGELES: California’s Muslim community expressed its horror on Wednesday at the mass shooting that killed at least 14 in San Bernardino, after a local Muslim man was widely identified as a suspect. Syed Farook, a US citizen who worked for the town’s health department, is believed…

Sri Lanka doctors strike to demand tax-free cars

AFP, COLOMBO: Thousands of doctors in Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals went on strike Thursday to demand the government reinstate their right to import tax-free cars after withdrawing the perk in the latest budget. Sri Lanka imposes import taxes of between 200 and 300 percent on cars, but government…

Iran says IAEA nuclear bomb probe now �closed�

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran said Wednesday it now considers a UN probe into allegations of past nuclear weapons research closed after a watchdog published its long-awaited report. “It can be said that all measures regarding previous issues have been completely concluded and the PMD issue has been closed,”…

Paris attackers needed just 30,000 euros for assault: France

AFP, PARIS: France on Thursday said the Paris attacks are likely to have cost no more than 30,000 euros ($32,000) to organise. The attackers financed…

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