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At least 12 migrants, including 8 children, drown off Greece ARABIA

At least 12 migrants, including 8 children, drown off Greece

The bodies of twelve migrants, including eight children, were discovered off the Greek island of Samos Thursday after their boat capsized, the Greek coastguard said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
44 drown in migrant boat sinking as Germany secures Turkish pledge INTERNATIONAL

44 drown in migrant boat sinking as Germany secures Turkish pledge

Forty-four people drowned when three refugee boats sank Friday off Greece, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel obtained a pledge from Turkey to "do everything" to stop record numbers of migrants heading to Europe.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
At least 12 migrants killed in new tragedy off Turkey ASIA

At least 12 migrants killed in new tragedy off Turkey

At least 12 migrants were killed and several more went missing Thursday when their boat sank while trying to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to EU member Greece, Turkish media reports said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains 21 academics over pro-Kurdish petition ASIA

Turkey detains 21 academics over pro-Kurdish petition

Turkish police on Friday detained 21 academics for "terror propaganda" over a petition denouncing military operations against Kurdish rebels in the southeast that was severely criticised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state media said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Seven dead migrants washed up on Turkish beaches INTERNATIONAL

Seven dead migrants washed up on Turkish beaches

Turkish authorities on Thursday discovered the bodies of seven would-be migrants to Greece on western Turkish beaches, the official Anatolia news agency said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Total of 7 detained over Istanbul attack: Turkish minister ARABIA

Total of 7 detained over Istanbul attack: Turkish minister

Turkey has arrested a total of seven suspects over a suicide bombing blamed on the Islamic State (IS) group that killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul, the Turkish interior minister said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Truck bomb attack by Kurdish militants kills 6, wounds 39 in Turkey ASIA

Truck bomb attack by Kurdish militants kills 6, wounds 39 in Turkey

Kurdish militants launched a truck bomb attack on a police station in southeast Turkey overnight, killing six people and wounding 39 in one of the biggest strikes since conflict flared in the region last July, security officials said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains 3 Russians suspected of IS ties after Istanbul blast ASIA

Turkey detains 3 Russians suspected of IS ties after Istanbul blast

Turkish authorities detained three Russian nationals suspected of links with Islamic State following a suicide bomb attack in Istanbul that killed 10 tourists, media reports said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai jails Frenchman for life for drug dealing ASIA

Dubai jails Frenchman for life for drug dealing

A court in Dubai on Tuesday sentenced a Frenchman to life in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking, Emirati media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nine Germans among 10 killed in Istanbul suicide attack ASIA

Nine Germans among 10 killed in Istanbul suicide attack

A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the heart of Istanbul's busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, nine of them Germans, in the latest deadly attack blamed on Islamic State jihadists.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian suicide bomber thought behind Istanbul blast - Erdogan ASIA

Syrian suicide bomber thought behind Istanbul blast - Erdogan

A Syrian suicide bomber is thought to have been responsible for an explosion in the heart of Istanbul's historic tourist district on Tuesday which killed 10 people including Turks and foreigners, President Tayyip Erdogan said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Terror attack' kills 10 in Istanbul's tourist heart ASIA

'Terror attack' kills 10 in Istanbul's tourist heart

Ten people were killed and 15 wounded in a suspected terror attack in Istanbul's tourist hub on Tuesday, officials said, with the country on edge after a wave of deadly jihadist bombings.

4:45 AM November 25 2016