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Beirut/Geneva: Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most...

NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday costs for a new Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the US presidency - were out...

Baghdad/Erbil: Iraqi army units surged towards the centre of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city's southeastern edges that could give fresh...

BRUSSELS: The European Union's chief negotiator set a target of agreeing a Brexit deal with Britain by October 2018, assuming London keeps a promise to...

ESSEN (Germany): German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 percent of votes cast...

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday appointed Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as prime minister until a new president is elected next...

ROME: Italy could have an election as early as February, a minister in Matteo Renzi's outgoing government said on Tuesday after speaking with the prime...

Sirte (Libya): Libyan forces backed by US air strikes have finished clearing the final district of the former IS stronghold of Sirte in which the jihadist...

Tunis: Several thousand Tunisian lawyers demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the prime minister's office, with some demanding his resignation as they...

Cairo: Egypt has uncovered a network accused of illicit international trafficking in human organs, arresting 45 people and recovering millions of dollars in...