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The Hague: Britain moved to bolster the global chemical weapons organisation on Tuesday, calling for its members to vote on a proposal to give it new powers...

London: A British man who had made bombs for the Taliban in Afghanistan and was plotting an attack near London's parliament was convicted of terrorism...

Madrid: An 85-year-old Spanish gynaecologist went on trial on Tuesday accused of abducting a baby in 1969 and giving her away, the first person prosecuted...

Beirut: The Syrian army has seized a chunk of territory from rebels in the southwest, Syrian state media and a war monitor said on Tuesday, the first major...

Spielfeld (Austria): Austria deployed police, soldiers and Black Hawk military helicopters on Tuesday in an exercise, overseen by the far-right interior...

Paris: A ban on palm oil due to fears it may cause deforestation could displace rather than halt global biodiversity losses as it would likely increase...

Hong Kong: Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting in a Hong Kong park next to a busy shopping centre, a rare gun attack in a city ranked as one...

New Delhi: Thousands of trees in New Delhi were given a reprieve following protests by residents and angry editorials, as a court put a temporary block on...

New York: The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has consistently ignored recommendations from the Department of Energy to reject or...

Hanoi: The death toll from floods and landslides in Vietnam rose to 15 on Tuesday with authorities warning the toll could go higher with more torrential...