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Baghdad: UN chief Antonio Guterres called Thursday for protection of civilians to be the "absolute priority" as he visited Iraq, where hundreds of...

BEIRUT: The first Lebanese state budget in 12 years aims to reduce the deficit to 8.7 percent of national output in 2017 from...

ANKARA: A Turkish mass transportation giant said Wednesday that it will deliver its first cars to the Bangkok Mass Transit System by next...

HATAY, Turkey: Over 9,000 migrants were held in the first two months of this year in Turkey’s southern Hatay province, according to information...

ROME: Italy’s parliament on Thursday approved a law that allows unaccompanied refugee children to stay in the country and be protected from mistreatment....

BAGHDAD: At least 15 people were killed Wednesday and 26 others injured when a vehicle bomb exploded at a checkpoint at the southern...

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African anti-apartheid hero Ahmed Kathrada was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Kathrada died on...

TUBAN, Indonesia: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hailed a one-day visit by French President Francois Hollande Wednesday as a momentous event.  "This visit is...

ANKARA: Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticized the decision of an Iraqi provincial assembly to raise a Kurdish flag alongside the Iraqi national...

YANGON, Myanmar: A delegation of 10 EU officials arrived in a part of Myanmar wracked by alleged atrocities committed by security forces against...

DEAD SEA, Jordan: The annual Arab League summit kicked off on Wednesday in the Dead Sea in Jordan. The one-day summit is attended...

ADANA, Turkey: A court in southern Adana province remanded in custody a Syrian man suspected of being a IS recruiter Tuesday, according to...

TOBRUK, Libya: Four people were killed when an aircraft crashed over a house in Libya's eastern city of Tobruk on Wednesday, according to...

NEW YORK: The House of Representatives late Tuesday voted to undo online privacy protections that shields users against the unauthorized sale of their...

LAGOS, Nigeria: The leader of Boko Haram is “on the run”, Defense Minister Mansur Dan-Ali said Tuesday in a break with the government’s...

DEAD SEA, Jordan: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says there is no plan to modify a 2002 Arab initiative aimed at achieving peace...

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Police on Tuesday confirmed the discovery of the bodies of two Europeans and one Congolese in the Central...

KABUL, Afghanistan: Female judges on Tuesday called for at least one of their number to be appointed to Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. “There should...