AFP, ALEPPO, Syria: Syrian rebels on Thursday launched a new wave of car bombs and rockets on Aleppo’s western districts, redoubling their efforts to break the government’s three-month siege of the city. An AFP photographer said government-held districts had been quiet throughout the night,…

AFP, NEW YORK: The spacious, columned house stands on a tree-lined hill in a wealthy Queens enclave: this is where Donald Trump spent his boisterous,…

AFP, BEIRUT: Leading Sunni political figure Saad Hariri was named as Lebanon’s new prime minister on Thursday, the office of President Michel Aoun announced. “After the necessary parliamentary consultations... the president has entrusted Saad Hariri with the formation of a government,”…

AFP, KARACHI: At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi during morning rush hour Thursday, officials said. Witnesses described watching in horror as one train sped into the city’s…

AFP, KABUL: Two American soldiers were killed and two others wounded Thursday during operations in the Taliban hotbed of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, officials said, in the latest US casualties as the conflict escalates. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killings, which highlight…

AFP, MANILA: An influential leader of the Philippines’ decades-long Muslim separatist insurgency voiced support Thursday for peace efforts after rebellion charges against him were suspended and he held a surprise meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte. Moro National Liberation Front founder Nur…

AFP, ADEN: Thousands of Yemenis protested Thursday against a UN plan to end a 19-month conflict between rebels and the government, which the president rejected as “not a map for peace.” Protesters in Aden rallied against the plan following a call by authorities in the southern city, witnesses…