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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in the southeastern province of Hakkari have killed 11 suspected militants and...

Ankara: Twelve migrants drowned Saturday when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25...

Palestinians and supporters protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, California, United States. RAMALLAH: Two Palestinians were killed for alleged stabbing attacks...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the NJAC Act and opted for the collegium system for appointment of judges to...

PARIS: A public appeal by Celine Dion for new songs for her next album in French has been met with a flood of...

RIYADH: A gunman killed five people at a Shiite gathering in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot dead by police, the...

Istanbul: Turkish fighter jets shot down an unidentified drone which entered its air space near the Syrian border, with the US military saying...

Danny Danon By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS:  Israel on Friday rejected a Palestinian appeal for an international protection force for...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States will seek action at the UN Security Council after concluding that Iran's recent ballistic missile launch was a...

Residents inspect a site hit by what residents said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the town of Darat...

  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA:  More than half a million children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition as a risk of famine grows, a senior...

LYON: Global police body Interpol said Friday it will launch a new operation targeting organised criminal networks behind people smuggling. Operation Hydra will...

  By Chris Arsenault TORONTO:  Rich nations are spending $250 billion annually subsidizing their agricultural sectors to the detriment of poor farmers as they...

  MADRID: Spanish police said Friday they have smashed a network which smuggled Moroccans into Spain, arresting seven Moroccans and freeing a man they...

Miguel Arias Canete By Benet Koleka TIRANA:  The European Union will push for an U.N. deal to cap global warming that spans the...

NEW YORK: Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer disclosed Friday that he has taken a four percent stake in Twitter, expressing confidence in...

  By Julia Fioretti LONDON: Companies could face action from European privacy regulators if the European Commission and United States do not come up...

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended a proposal to set up "transit zones" at German borders to filter out migrants who clearly...