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Istanbul/Erbil (Iraq): Iran halted flights to and from Kurdish regions in northern Iraq on Sunday in retaliation to a plan by the autonomous Kurdistan...

Vatican City: The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down...

Paris: France on Sunday renews half of its senators' seats, in a vote that is important for President Emmanuel Macron's reform plans and will be a...

Halabja (Iraq): When poison gas killed thousands of Kurds in Halabja in 1988, its residents never imagined they would ever escape Saddam Hussein's grip,...

Brussels: In pledging to stay best friends with the European Union after Brexit, Theresa May is getting ahead of herself, say EU negotiators who want her to...

Mexico City: Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico's deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue...

Seoul/United Nations: U.S. President Donald Trump dialled up the rhetoric against North Korea again at the weekend, warning the country's foreign...

Baghdad: The U.S. Embassy in Iraq cautioned its citizens that there may be unrest during a referendum on independence planned by the Kurdish authorities in...

Washington: U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by fighter jets flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea on Saturday in a show...

Istanbul/Baghdad: Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to extend by a year a mandate authorising the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria,...