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Beirut/Paris/London: Syrian government forces fired rockets close to a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human...

Rome: Two Italian civilians held hostage in Libya since last July were freed on Friday, just 48 hours after two fellow captives were allegedly executed by...

Abu Dhabi/Cairo: Egypt has more rice than it needs but little available for those who need it most. The price the government pays for rice has surged by...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr called for the "government of corruption" to be overthrown on Friday in the biggest show of...

Istanbul: A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of...

Zurich: Switzerland on Friday unveiled tough draft legislation for unilateral curbs on immigration, raising the stakes in talks with Brussels on limiting...

Washington: As Republican party leaders mount a desperate effort to derail the US presidential campaign of billionaire Donald Trump, many of the party's...

London: Rupert Murdoch wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London on Friday, the fourth marriage for the media mogul. The...

Moscow: A Ukrainian woman pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists plans to tell a court to release her within 10 days of...

Sao Paulo/Brasilia: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was briefly detained for questioning on Friday in a federal investigation of a vast...