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Moscow: The Russian and Syrian air forces have halted all air strikes on Aleppo, two days ahead of a planned pause in bombing designed to allow rebels and...

Geneva: Tens of thousands of civilians could be used as human shields by IS fighters defending their stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the...

Beijing: Typhoon Sarika lashed China's Hainan province on Tuesday, with torrential rain and winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour (100 mph) forcing...

MOSCOW: Russia accused Britain of political censorship on Monday after a British state-owned bank withdrew its services from Kremlin-backed Russian...

Baghdad: A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security check-point south of Baghdad on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 25,...

Luxembourg: The European Union on Monday condemned Russia's air campaign in Syria, saying it may be guilty of war crimes, and it vowed to impose more...

COPENHAGEN: A spate of bomb threats in Denmark forced the evacuation of two provincial airports and two shopping malls on Monday and briefly closed a...

FRANKFURT: At least one person died and six people were injured on Monday by an explosion and subsequent fire at chemicals maker BASF's biggest...

Sirte (Libya): US aircraft hit IS targets with more 30 strikes over the last three days on the Libyan city of Sirte as pro-government forces push into its...

CAIRO: Egypt passed legislation on Monday to crack down on people traffickers linked to a major surge in the numbers of migrants departing from the...