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Representative image   Damascus: A convoy of medical and food aid entered a regime-besieged town near the Syrian capital on Wednesday, the Red Cross...

  Jerusalem: Three Palestinians armed with rifles, knives and explosives attacked Israeli police outside Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, killing one officer and wounding...

U.S. military forensic experts investigate the remains of a Predator drone aircraft near Incirlik Air Base, Adana, Turkey, on Wednesday.   Washington: An armed...

  Kiev: Ukraine's economy minister abruptly tendered his resignation Wednesday citing overwhelming corruption that stifled his efforts to enact measures essential to returning growth...

  By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS: European Union countries approved on Wednesday funds for Turkey to help refugees and migrants in the country in exchange...

  81 percent see govt challenged by refugee crisis. Support for Merkel and her conservatives falls further. Anti-immigrant AfD polling in double digits.   BERLIN:...

  London: Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday fended off attacks from eurosceptics and a hostile press over proposed reforms to keep Britain in...

Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed not to cut pensions to overhaul the system, but increase social security contributions instead. The Greek...

  UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging North Korea not to use ballistic missile technology, which is banned by U.N. Security...

  Brussels: Belgium's constitutional court gave the green light Wednesday to legal action by a sculptor to prove her claim she is the natural...

Higher educationMinister Michael Kaingu said the government had indefintely closed the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University to protect people’s lives and property.  ...

  Paris: French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said there should be no further changes to proposed reforms to keep Britain in the EU...

  Riga: Iraq's Sunnis must be given a greater role in the political process of the war-torn country in order to prevent the possible...

  Chicago: Eccentric US tycoon Robert Durst pleaded guilty to weapons charges in New Orleans Wednesday, in a move that will get him one...

Luis Ignacio Iruretagoyena Lanz   Madrid: Four suspected members of the Basque separatist organisation ETA accused of planning missile attacks in 2001 on a...

    By Amy Tennery and Doina Chiacu   NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Campaigning for the Republican nomination at November’s U.S. presidential election took a nasty turn on...

  RIYADH: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said a Syrian military offensive had weighed on U.N.-mediated talks to end the war in Syria, adding...

U.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura gestures during a news conference on the Syrian peace talks outside President Wilson hotel in Geneva,...