AFP, ZARZIS, Tunisia: Tunisian forces killed 21 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border on Monday in a new spillover of violence that also saw four civilians killed. It was the second deadly clash in the border area in less than a week. The defence ministry said that a soldier…

AFP, YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party on Monday denounced as “fake” a widely circulated letter purporting to reveal its choice of proxy Myanmar president, as speculation over who will take the role reaches fever pitch. Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD)…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Donald Trump kept a firm grip on his lead in the Republican race for the White House on Sunday but Senator Ted Cruz emerged as his strongest challenger in weekend primaries with mixed outcomes. Hillary Clinton extended her frontrunner status in the Democratic contests but Senator Bernie…

AFP, BEIRUT: Syria’s opposition on Monday agreed to attend a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks set for this week in Geneva after a landmark ceasefire led to a dramatic drop in fighting. The truce between President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and non-jihadist rebels, brokered by Russia and…

AFP, ABU DHABI: US Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday Washington was going to have to “squeeze the heart of” the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq to wipe it out. “We have to squeeze the heart of Daesh in Iraq and Syria so they can’t continue to pump the poison in the…

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have detained a Turkish boat owner and a suspected people smuggler over the latest sinking of a vessel carrying migrants in the Aegean Sea that left at least 25 dead, reports said on Monday. The migrants, who included 10 children, died on Sunday when the boat carrying…

AFP, WANA, Iraq: Amid growing talk that Iraq’s largest dam risks bursting, residents of the town of Wana, which would be wiped out within minutes…