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Beirut: A U.S.-backed operation by Syrian forces to capture IS's Syrian "capital" of Raqqa will start in the next "few days", the...

Benghazi (Libya): Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had taken the strategic military base of Jufra on Saturday after...

Al Hoceima (Morocco): Several thousand people protested in a provincial northern Moroccan town to demand the authorities release an activist arrested for...

Sydney: The United Nations cultural heritage body UNESCO urged Australia on Saturday to accelerate efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef, saying long term...

London: Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said he had not been contacted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and dismissed a report that he was a...

London: U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande has paid a surprise visit to young fans who were injured in a suicide attack on a concert she gave in Manchester last...

St Peterburg (Russia): Russia's leading economic thinkers say the country needs bold action to avoid stagnation. After President Vladimir Putin set out...

Brasilia: Former Brazilian lawmaker Rodrigo Rocha Loures, a close aide and friend of President Michel Temer, was arrested at his home on Saturday in a...

Berlin: An open-air weekend "Rock am Ring" concert near Germany's Nuerburgring race track resumed on Saturday after being suspended on Friday...

Manila: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that IS militants were not behind the deadly attack at a casino in the capital Manila on...