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Germany and France would take nearly half of the 120,000 refugees to be relocated from frontline states under a plan by European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, a European source said Monday…

Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian government control during battles over a vast central desert zone, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday.

North and South Korea are conducting talks on organizing a rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War.

The talks are being held at the border village of Panmunjom by Red Cross…

Some 13,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank are currently under Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and homes “in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat”, the UN said Monday.…

Austria and Germany have acted quickly and humanely in an emergency situation to help around 12,000 refugees, but now the time has come to move back towards “normality” and reinstate proper border…

A Tunisian Interior Ministry official has warned of a plan to attack sites in the capital. The television report on TAP said unidentified militants planned to attack “sensitive sites” in Tunis…

Lightning has killed 22 people, mostly farm laborers working in fields, across the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The state’s chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, says the…

Around 1,000 Qatari soldiers have been deployed to Yemen, as part of the Saudi-led coalition’s fight against Houthi fighters.

The troops were backed by more than 200 armored vehicles and 30…

Turkey’s military said on Monday its warplanes bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets overnight after the militants staged a deadly attack in which, one security source told Reuters, 16…

Comedian Jimmy Morales led the early count Monday in Guatemala’s presidential election, after a tumultuous campaign sparked by the jailing of the country’s leader over a corruption scandal.

The Bjornson Prize for freedom of speech has been awarded to Edward Snowden "for his work on the important issue of the right of privacy." The former NSA contractor did not attend in person due to…

Pope Francis has called on every European parish to host one refugee family each in a goodwill gesture that will begin in the Vatican state. It comes as Europe faces the worst refugee crisis since…

A survey shows that a majority of British voters would prefer the exit from the 28-nation bloc. Some 43% support exiting the European Union against 40% who would vote to stay…

Mayor of Bucharest Sorin Oprescu has been arrested on suspicion that he took bribes. The anti-corruption prosecutors’ office said in a statement that firms which had contracts with Bucharest City…

French far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen announced Saturday the creation of a political association, distinct from the National Front party he co-founded and was recently ousted from after…

The richest Arab nations in the Middle East are not taking in Syrian refugees, the largest population of migrants overwhelming neighboring Middle Eastern countries and flooding into…

Thirteen rebels were killed a day after the group allegedly led by ex-deputy defence minister attacked police posts.

Tajikistan’s security forces on Saturday killed 13 fighters allegedly…

 Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates have launched airstrikes on several targets across Yemen.

The strikes came a day after 45 Emirati soldiers died in Yemen in a missile strike…

Western media have recently been making strong claims about Russia’s alleged military involvement in Syria, to the point that US Secretary of State John Kerry started calling Russian Foreign…

For the first time, China marked the anniversary of the end of World War II through a grand military parade, rather than a solemn ceremony. World leaders from Russia’s Vladimir Putin to South…

France is considering carrying out strikes against Islamic State in Syria, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Saturday citing an anonymous "high-level source."

President Francois…

Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to…

Chinese authorities in Tianjin will build a monument to commemorate the 160 people killed in two explosions in the northeastern port city last month, state media said on Saturday, citing local…

Mounting attacks by Nigeria’s ferocious Boko Haram terrorists have sent more than 2.1 million people fleeing their homes in northeast Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration said…

Major security plans have been put into action ahead of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s UK visit amid fears of protests over his record on Gaza and the treatment of Palestinians.

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