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ROME:  Pope Francis left Rome on Saturday for Havana, where he will start his landmark trip to Cuba and the United States. The...

BEIRUT:  At least 750 people were rescued Saturday from three small boats in international waters near the Libyan coast by a ship operated...

  Sanaa:  Air raids by Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 15 people in Yemen's capital in one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in months,...

MOGADISHU:  Twelve Somali government soldiers have been killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The attack occurred...

LESBOS, Greece:  A girl believed to be five-years old died and as many as 13 migrants may be missing at sea off the...

Part of The collapse   MECCA: Two people were injured late on Friday night when part of a mountain in Mecca collapsed on their...

Sheikh Rashid ABU DHABI: Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the 33-year old son of the Gulf emirate's ruler passed away,...

      ATHENS:  A five-year-old Syrian girl was found dead on Saturday and several other refugees were believed to be missing when their boat sank...

    The verdict came a day after Gigi Ugulava, shown in a file picture, was released from custody following the Constitutional Court's ruling that...

Demonstrators stage a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial security bills in front of the National Diet in Tokyo yesterday. Tokyo:...

Migrants and refugees move forward to board buses in a marshalling yard near Zagreb, yesterday. Tovarnik, Croatia: Overwhelmed Croatia yesterday began transporting thousands...

Smoke rises from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a yesterday. Marib/riyadh: At least 14 pro-government troops were killed...

Syrian migrants and refugees march towards Greece along a highway on their way to the border between Turkey and Greece. Around 1,000 refugees...

Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian protester during clashes in Shuafat refugee camp near Jerusalem, yesterday. Jerusalem: Palestinians clashed yesterday with Israeli security...

Rebels posted video of fighters launching shells at what they called 'Assad gangs'  BEIRUT: Insurgents detonated at least five car bombs and fired...

Pakistani soldiers arrive to take position as volunteers move an injured person outside an Air Force base after the attack by militants in...

Thai bomb squad members inspect the site of a motorcycle bomb attack the night before at a Buddhist village in the Rangae district...

Kathmandu: Former Maoist guerrilla Sukh Bahadur Roka Magar spent his youth fighting for greater equality in his native Nepal, a goal he had...