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The claim was backed up by an independent news site, Aden al-Ghad, which blamed al Qaeda-linked insurgents for Saturday’s explosion.

Tsipras was to make an announcement Thursday night, another government official said, while he was expected to also visit the country’s president – a necessary formality in calling early elections, for which he would have to step down as prime minister. With a...

Imam Baba Moussa of Cameroon’s Ngaoundere Mosque said such practices are not part of Islam, and warned parents about Boko Haram fighters who may be recruiting children.

As it is, the alliance suffered a minor blow when the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) walked out of it in protest against the allocation of three seats against its demand for 12.

A female NYPD officer, assigned to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail, was shot in the back Sunday night outside Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residency, police said.

Netflix has partnered with Japanese telecoms and internet giant SoftBank to launch its video-streaming service in Japan. Among Japanese phone companies Softbank will exclusively offer a fully integrated Netflix experience, including billing. A basic standard definition plan will...

The heavily forested Thai-Malaysian border has been a transit point for human traffickers bringing people to Southeast Asia by boats from Myanmar and Bangladesh.

‘My friend yells, ‘Get him!’ . The men tackled and subdued him and he was taken into custody in France.

A female soldier crosses the Yellow River on a rope bridge during Ranger School training at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

Today the State Bank of Vietnam lowered the official mid-point rate by 0.99 per cent to 21,890 dong per US dollar and widened the trading band to three per cent from two per cent.

“Of course there were differences, but we have managed to solve the last issues”, Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem told reporters in Brussels.

The Foreign Office confirmed in a brief statement that Philip Hammond will be visiting Tehran “over the coming days”. Reports of plans to reopen the embassy have repeatedly arisen over the years, as the countries have seen shared regional interests over several key...

“I renew my heartfelt appeal, so that the commitments undertaken to achieve pacification are respected, and with the help of organizations and people of good will, the humanitarian emergency in the country is responded to”, Francis told tens of thousands of people...

One Direction’s members are reportedly pursuing solo interests, but say that after a year, the band will regroup.

The bank decided to implement a tighter liquidity policy “as long as deemed necessary”, it said in a statement accompanying its rates decision.