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Syrian opposition wants end of bombing before talks 11 Jan 2016 - 06:13 pm

File photo PARIS: Syria’s opposition co-ordinator Riad Hijab accused Russia of killing dozens of children after a bombing raid on Monday and said...

Migrant flows 'still way too high', EU tells Turkey 11 Jan 2016 - 06:09 pm

A man and his son arrives in a room in a shipping container converted into a home, on January 11, 2016 in Calais,...

Extraditing 'Chapo' to US could take a year: Mexico 11 Jan 2016 - 05:47 pm

Mexico City: Extraditing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States could take a year or more, Mexican authorities said Monday, while the...

Belgium smashes ring smuggling migrants to Britain: Police 11 Jan 2016 - 05:44 pm

Brussels: Belgian police aided by their British counterparts said Monday they have smashed a ring that smuggled possibly thousands of migrants into Britain,...

Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon 11 Jan 2016 - 05:43 pm

Washington: A Guantanamo Bay inmate has been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced Monday, bringing the remote military prison's remaining population down...

Air strike kills 12 schoolchildren in Syrian town: Monitor 11 Jan 2016 - 05:34 pm

A boy carries a baby in a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in...

Israeli forces raid top Palestinian university 11 Jan 2016 - 05:32 pm

An Israeli soldier searches a man as he tries to reach the body of his brother, killed after after two Palestinians reportedly tried...

Iran 'equips, trains' Syria forces: interior minister 11 Jan 2016 - 05:19 pm

Caption Damascus: Iran is equipping and training Syrian government forces but not providing "direct aid", its interior minister said Monday on a trip...

Rouhani promises 'year of prosperity' for Iranians 11 Jan 2016 - 04:45 pm

File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registering for February's election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme...

Beijing asserts right to flights to South China Sea 11 Jan 2016 - 04:35 pm

Beijing: Beijing said Monday it did not need to notify Vietnam about flights to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after...

Turkey plans to introduce work permits for Syrian refugees, minister says 11 Jan 2016 - 04:32 pm

Syrians and civil defence workers search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta town...

France: Syria, Russia must end operations against Syrian civilians 11 Jan 2016 - 03:56 pm

Syrians wait for the arrival of an aid convoy on January 11, 2016 in the besieged town of Madaya as part of a...

Spanish king's brother-in-law: Olympic glory to royal shame 11 Jan 2016 - 03:33 pm

Spain's Princess Cristina (2nd L) sits in court along with her husband Inaki Urdangarin (2nd R at rear) on charges of tax fraud,...

Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs: Report 11 Jan 2016 - 03:11 pm

DUBAI: Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday....

Britain uses Brimstone missiles for first time in Syria 11 Jan 2016 - 02:57 pm

A file photo of news crews gathering outside the Houses of Parliament in London on December 2, 2015, where members of parliament were...

Aid heads for starving Syrian town Madaya 11 Jan 2016 - 02:42 pm

A convoy consisting of Red Cross, Red Crescent and United Nation (UN) gather before heading towards to Madaya from Damascus, and to al...

Nearly all suspects in Cologne New Year's Eve violence 'of foreign origin': State 11 Jan 2016 - 12:58 pm

Security has been heightened across Cologne Duesseldorf, Germany: German authorities said Monday that nearly all the suspects in the New Year's Eve violence...