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Beirut: A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday,...

DUESSELDORF (Germany): A German man charged with supporting an extremist militant group in Syria stayed silent on the first day of his trial in Duesseldorf...

London/Singapore: Iran signalled on Tuesday it was prepared to work with Saudi Arabia and Russia to prop up oil prices as Tehran began to bargain with OPEC...

EDINBURGH: The Scottish government will start preparing the legislation required for a new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in case it is...

Beirut: Turkey-backed Syrian rebels would like to see a "safe zone" set up in areas of the border they are capturing from IS, but this would need...

Warsaw: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that a proposed meeting in Moscow with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be...

Paris/Baghdad: France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq and readying its aircraft carrier for deployment to reinforce foreign military...

Baghdad: At least nine people were killed in Baghdad late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by IS near a hospital in a central district, police and...

Amstrerdam: The Dutch government will assist Israel in improving water and gas supplies to energy-strapped Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...

Almaty: Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged his support to the man emerging as the likely next leader of Uzbekistan on Tuesday, during a visit that put...