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The Hague: The world's chemical weapons watchdog won new powers on Wednesday to assign blame for attacks with banned toxic munitions, a diplomatic...

Moscow: Moscow and Washington have struck a deal to hold a summit soon between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, Kremlin...

Zurich: The Swiss government opposed on Wednesday a grassroots campaign for a nationwide ban on facial coverings in public that will prompt a binding...

Tunis: Unidentified armed men attacked the Tripoli residence of one of Libya's deputy prime ministers hours after he expressed sympathy for a move by...

Kerbala (Iraq): Iraq is to plant 70,000 date palms south of Baghdad, hoping to revive production of a crop it was famed for across the Middle East. The...

Khartoum: South Sudan's president signed a peace agreement with rebels on Wednesday including a ceasefire to start in 72 hours, Sudan's foreign...

Taos, (New Mexico): Police chiefs from across the United States, both Republicans and Democrats, on Wednesday urged the White House to find alternatives to...

Algiers: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday dismissed his powerful police chief, General Abdelghani Hamel, the official news agency APS...

Jos (Nigeria): More than 200 people were killed last weekend in violence in central Nigeria's Plateau state, the state governor said late on...

Kiev: Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create "back doors" for a large, coordinated attack,...