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Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems: Erdogan
The purchase of the missile systems from a non-NATO supplier will raise concerns in the West over their compatibility
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Gambling addict brings landmark Australia poker machine case
Advocates for reform estimate that people lose around $9.6 billion a year
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Trump to weigh more aggressive US strategy on Iran
The White House declined to comment
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'Fluffy' the great white shark heads back to sea
Before being released into the ocean, its health was assessed and it made a good recovery overnight
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Why Irma wasn't as catastrophic in Florida as feared
Just two deaths in Florida were reported by state officials
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UN to discuss Rohingya crisis after 'ethnic cleansing' claim
United Nations rights chief has also said the violence seemed to be a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’
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Australia kicks off postal vote to decide on legalising same-sex marriage
Poll will determine if Australia becomes the 25th country to legalise same-sex marriage
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Philippine police halt drug tests after residents petition court
Human rights groups and Duterte's political opponents have said tests conducted by police amounted to harassment
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3.5 million refugee children don't attend school: UN
We should not ask a child forced to flee her home to also give up her education and her dreams for the future: Malala
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China facing intensified threat of religious infiltration, extremism: official
China requires places of worship to be registered with authorities, but many believers shun official settings
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Beach football in landlocked Afghanistan
No sand, no problem
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Bangladesh plans to move reluctant Rohingya to remote island
More than 300,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh
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US Supreme Court keeps tight refugee ban in place
Justices of highest US Court accepted Trump administration's emergency petition
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Saudis ‘apologised for mismanagement’ during Hajj 2017
Religious affairs ministry says 2.98 million riyals refunded over unsatisfactory arrangements
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Afghanistan seeks early completion of Chabahar port
Sushma Swaraj assures Afghanistan that New Delhi would speed up the port’s development
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Pope hopes Trump will reconsider 'Dreamers' order
Trump's move fulfills campaign promise of zero tolerance toward illegal immigrants
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Blockade attempt to force Qatar into 'trusteeship': minister
Qatar has been hit by a land and air embargo imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies
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Situation in Myanmar 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing': UN
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says Myanmar is waging a "systematic attack" on Rohingya Muslims
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Nine Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai blast
Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack
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Rare images from 9/11 terror attacks
Today, US marks the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
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Two Swiss trains collide, injuring around 30 people
Accident happened in Andermatt, a mountain town in the canton of Uri
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India complains over 'offensive' Australian lamb commercial
In the TV commercial, a number of religious figures are seen sitting down together to a lamb-based meal
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Huge crowd to rally for Catalan independence before vote
Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to join the demonstration in Barcelona
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India Nobel winner launches march for abused children
More than 9,000 children were trafficked in India in 2016
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Cancer immunotherapy proves itself in earlier-stage disease
Possibility of early intervention also raises questions about screening to spot cancer early on
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China court releases video of Taiwanese activist confessing to subversion
Lee said he accepted the charge of subversion and expressed regret in videos of his comments released on social media
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Tanzanian city gets new sewage scheme to curb disease, ocean pollution
Ocean contamination is a problem in all Tanzania’s coastal cities
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Saudi govt may have funded ‘dry run’ for 9/11
Fresh evidence alleges Saudi embassy in Washington paid for two suspects who participated in conspiracy
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Sixteen years after 9/11, ever-vigilant New Yorkers on edge
September 11 Memorial has become site of meditation and mourning
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'Symbolic' trial of Turkey opposition daily staff to resume
Turkey ranks 155 on the latest RSF world press freedom index
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UN warns of possible 'crimes against humanity' in Venezuela
Venezuela's crisis has caused food and medicine shortages, unrest and calls for President Nicolas Maduro to quit
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Islamic State has approximately 11,100 blank Syrian passports: report
Fake, altered passports mostly used for illegal entry without further motives like carrying out terrorist attack
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Myanmar mob stones Muslim home amid Rohingya crisis
The exodus accounts for nearly a third of Myanmar's Rohingya population
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Maldives suspends lawyers demanding rule of law
The holiday paradise has been in political turmoil since toppling of country's first democratically elected president
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British trade union conference evacuated over bomb threat
'Military ordnance disposal are attending as part of the search'
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After Irma, tourists party and Cubans take a dip in flooded streets
Guests milled around the lobby area of Barcelo hotel, where the summer hit Despacito blasted out of loudspeakers
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Cyber security firm detects malware that steals money via mobile phones
Xafecopy Trojan is disguised as useful apps like BatteryMaster and operates normally
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Indian soldiers kill two in IOK
More than 140 'suspected militants' have been killed so far this year
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Over 400,000 people sign petition calling for Aung Suu Kyi to be stripped off Nobel Prize
Suu Kyi has been widely criticised for failing to protect country’s Rohingya Muslim population
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Dalai Lama calls on Suu Kyi for peaceful end to Rohingya crisis
He appealed to the leaders to reach out to all sections of society to try to restore friendly relations
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Israel's Netanyahu says will meet Trump in New York next week
He added best wishes 'to all our friends in the US to overcome these difficult hours (during Hurricane Irma)'
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‘The army is killing them’: Rohingya in Pakistan fear for relatives in Myanmar
The refugees say there is no policy for the community in Pakistan but it is not a burden here
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China considers petrol car ban, boosting electric vehicles
China produced and sold more than 28 million vehicles last year
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Cranes toppled in flooded Florida as Irma unleashes fury
Irma is so wide that authorities faced destructive storm surges on both coasts of Florida and the Keys
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Chinese video site offers virtual escape from 'boring' reality
Platform has attracted more than 150 mln Chinese users with its eclectic mix of user-generated videos and animation
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US revises draft UN sanctions proposal on North Korea: diplomats
New draft moderates toughest parts of original proposal
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'Anti-Semitic' robbers target Jewish family near Paris
Three attackers burst into the house in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan late Thursday
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Saudi Arabia arrests prominent cleric: social media
Exiled Saudi opposition activists have called for protests on September 15
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8 killed, including gunman, in shooting at Texas home
Two additional shooting victims were taken to local hospital
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Israel mulls expanding settlement in east Jerusalem
The permits will allow for expansion of the Nof Zion settlement to add 176 housing units

















































