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Caracas: Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas at protesters in Caracas on Wednesday amid nationwide rallies demanding a recall referendum to end...

Cairo: US Secretary of State John Kerry held brief talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, a day after the Egyptian...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's military said on Wednesday it had developed a version of its Iron Dome missile interceptor system that can be fired from...

Beirut: Air raids carried out by Syrian government warplanes killed at least 13 people from one family in a town in the west of the country on Wednesday, a...

Tunis: The World Bank approved a five-year plan to lend Tunisia up to $5 billion to support economic reforms aimed at reviving growth and creating jobs, the...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has ordered his armed followers to withdraw from the streets of Baghdad districts that have been hit by...

Kabul: Afghanistan signed a draft agreement on Wednesday with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group in a move the government hopes could lead to a full peace...

Paris: Strikes by French railway and port workers halved train services and prompted cancellation of ferry links to Britain on Wednesday as labour unions...

Calgary (Alberta): Hot and dry weather and strong winds were expected to push a massive wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta eastward on Wednesday,...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched talks on Wednesday with far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman on recruiting him into...