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RAMALLAH, Palestine: Some 7,000 Palestinian security personnel -- in both the West Bank and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip -- will soon be referred...

LUSAKA, Zambia: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused the Zambian government of failing to protect rural communities in central Zambia.  Juliana...

NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi forces have reestablished control over the Makhmour district southeast of Mosul as part of ongoing operations to retake disputed parts...

Kannur (Kerala): The Kerala Police here on Thursday arrested two Muslim youths who are alleged to be the local recruiters for the Islamic...

Nairobi: Kenyan police clashed with opposition protesters in parts of Nairobi and in the west of the country who tried to block voting...

Bangkok: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the revered "father of the nation" whose reign spanned seven politically turbulent decades, shielded by harsh defamation...

Barcelona: Catalonia's lawmakers meet in Barcelona Thursday for a session many fear will lead to a unilateral declaration of independence by the region...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: The lines on their foreheads tell more than the forced smiles on the faces of the Rohingya refugees photographed by...

Baghdad: Iraqi troops launched an assault on the last Islamic State group bastion in the country on Thursday even as the Kurds said...

Jerusalem:  Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to add 176 homes, the...

Barcelona:  Catalonia appeared to be steering Wednesday towards a head-on clash with Spain, after its separatist leader snubbed senators in Madrid preparing to...

Jerusalem:  The first Arab recognised by Israel's Holocaust memorial as a hero for risking his life to save Jews during World War II...

Paris: Ten years after Paris launched the wildly popular Velib bicycle-sharing scheme, the grey two-wheelers that have spawned imitators worldwide are getting a...

Rotterdam:  Six men accused of laundering hundreds of thousands of euros, allegedly by reselling bitcoins paid for by illegal drugs sales, appeared in...

Baghdad:  A vital force that helped defeat the Islamic State group, or a dangerous tool of Iran? Fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi are...

Nairobi:  Kenyan opposition chief leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to stay at home on Thursday as the country forges ahead with a...

Washington: A gunman shot to death a student and his friend early Wednesday on a university campus in Louisiana, and then fled, officials...

MARAWI CITY, Philippines: - With vehicles crushed and overturned and buildings reduced to skeletons of mangled steel and rubble, the Philippine city of...