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Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it would henceforth be known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham – or Front for the Liberation of Syria – and said it no longer owes allegiance to al-Qaeda.

Human Rights Watch urged Widodo to call off the executions and avoid a “potential diplomatic firestorm”, referring to the global criticism Indonesia attracted when it put to death eight drug convicts in April 2015, including two Australians and a Brazilian.

He said three corridors will be open for civilians and fighters who lay down their arms and a fourth corridor providing fighters a “safe exit with weapons”.

The Massachusetts delegation, like several other delegations at the Democratic National Convention, received a surprise visitor Wednesday morning: Bernie Sanders stopped by during breakfast to lobby his supporters to get behind Hillary Clinton.

Turkey’s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a research director at one of the country’s largest brokerage firms after his report on the failed July 15 coup.

The French Foreign Ministry has said it does not recognize figures released by the Syrian government and would wait for the results of the investigation into the airstrike.

On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, issued its ruling on a case brought by the Philippines against China’s nine-dash line claim in the East Sea, saying China’s claims to historic rights for waters within the nine-dash...

WikiLeaksDemocratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday that she would resign at the end of the party convention, amid furor over embarrassing leaked emails showing the DNC’s bias against presidential contender Bernie Sanders.

In May, Kurdish-led Syrian forces, backed by US -led airstrikes, started a major attack to dislodge Islamic State from Minbij and have since gained ground against the radical group.

News hasn’t authenticated the 29 files and isn’t quoting from them. “I spend over $300 donated to Hillary and what I see is the DNC bending over backwards for Bernie”.

The president is expected to announce his second cabinet reshuffle in less than two years later on Wednesday, two other sources close to the matter told Reuters late Tuesday.

Mohamed Fakih, of the Islamist group Hamas, died in a gun battle with troops who surrounded his hideout in the village of Surif.

“At the same time, companies faced with a more competitive environment, their ability to pay (wage increases) is lower than it used to be… reinforcing the weakness we’re seeing in inflation”, Oliver said, adding Australia’s labor market too has...

The army on Tuesday said it will keep providing Aleppo residents with basic necessities, but called all those living in rebel-held parts of the city to kick out “mercenaries and foreign fighters”.

Official sources said that till late Saturday afternoon those who had met the home minister included Sanjay K. Tickoo, the president of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, representatives of a faction of the Houseboat Owners Association, Shikarawalla Association and Sunday...