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KUWAIT’S appeals court sentenced prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak to two years in jail on Sunday on charges of insulting the Gulf state’s ruler, his group said. The charges relate to a

BRITAIN’S government will consider introducing a law which would punish banks and accountants for helping people evade tax in the wake of the HSBC SwissLeaks claims, a minister said Sunday. Danny Alexander,

ALMOST 600 Turkish troops staged a daring incursion overnight Sunday deep into Syria, evacuating Turkish soldiers guarding a historic tomb who had been stranded in territory controlled by Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has warned of “real difficulties” ahead, as his government faces a Monday deadline to submit a list of reforms to lenders. Under a deal agreed on Friday,

WASHINTON is considering “serious sanctions” against Russia following the recent events in the eastern Ukraine conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said. During a visit to London, Mr Kerry said

HUNDREDS of Turkish troops in armoured vehicles have entered into northern Syria and evacuated a historic Ottoman tomb and the soldiers guarding it. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the remains of Suleyman

REBELS in eastern Ukraine have agreed to begin to pull back heavy weapons from the frontline, a Russian general involved in implementing a truce says. Gen Alexander Lentsov said the pro-Russian rebels

THE family of a Glasgow woman who may have encouraged three London girls to join Islamic State say officials “failed” to stop them leaving the UK. Aqsa Mahmood, 20, who went to

CHINA has expressed “strong dissatisfaction and staunch opposition” after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a frontier area controlled by New Delhi but claimed by Beijing, state media reported. Modi’s visit Friday

AUSTRALIAN officials on Sunday said all efforts were being made to help those affected by tropical Cyclone Marcia which smashed through Queensland state leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity. Marcia