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Beirut: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS militants killed at least 35 Syrian soldiers and pro-government forces in an attack on...

Gaza: Qatari-funded construction projects have provided 1,000 new dwellings for Palestinians left homeless by the 2014 Gaza war with Israel, and a similar...

Vienna/Washington: Iran has released four American prisoners, including a Washington Post reporter, a Christian pastor and a former US Marine, Iranian...

Skopje: A European Union-brokered deal to end a political crisis in Macedonia hung in the balance on Saturday after opponents of conservative Prime Minister...

Taipei: Taiwan's independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen won a convincing victory in presidential election on Saturday and pledged to...

Diyarbakir: A Turkish soldier died early on Saturday from wounds sustained during clashes with militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and seven...

Berlin/Istanbul: A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its "open doors"...

Ouagadougou: Security forces in Burkina Faso retook a hotel in the capital on Saturday from Al Qaeda militants who seized it in an assault that killed two...

Arbil: Iraq's Kurdistan region is in danger of being drowned by an economic "tsunami" as global oil prices plunge, its deputy prime minister...

Singur (West Bengal): Virtually launching the campaign for the ensuing assembly election in West Bengal, former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on...