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Staffan de Mistura   United Nations, United States: The UN peace envoy for Syria traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday ahead of a visit...

  Pathankot: Indian troops backed by helicopters searched an air force base Monday after a weekend of fierce fighting with insurgents left seven soldiers...

Signatories included heavyweight candidate Karim Meckassoua (pictured), a former foreign minister from the minority Muslim community, who had been a pre-election front-runner. Bangui,...

Danish security personnel check travellers IDs at the train station in Kastrup, on January 4, 2015. AFP Photo, Nils Meilvang   Copenhagen: Sweden on...

  Video shows young boy and older militant Footage revives memories of “Jihadi John” Cameron says Britain will not be cowed by video Briton...

Makarim Wibisono   Geneva: The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never...

Ng Lap Seng   By Nate Raymond   NEW YORK: A billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused by U.S. authorities of bribing a former...

  WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint in the crisis spurred by the execution of a...

  Cairo: The Arab League announced that an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of the Arab foreign ministers will...

  LOS ANGELES: The office building in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people were massacred last month by a married couple inspired by Islamist...

  BEIRUT: A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters advanced against Islamic State in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on Monday,...

  Kabul: A 25-hour gun and bomb siege near the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif ended late Monday after all the...

  By John Davison and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT: Hezbollah set off a bomb targeting Israeli forces at the Lebanese border on Monday in an...

Bill Clinton   New York: Bill Clinton on Monday called his wife Hillary the most qualified US presidential candidate in more than half a...

  WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Monday he was confident his new executive actions to tighten U.S. gun rules were consistent with the...

  Lyon: The Africanews channel launched Monday with coverage of the continent in English and French that is only available online for now, but...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) attends a news conference with Saudi Arabia's then Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al...

  Chicago: Rare winter flooding continued to wreak havoc in the US states of Illinois and Missouri Monday as waterlogged levees strained to hold...