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Marine Le Pen has been placed under formal investigation over claims her party illegally claimed millions of euros from the European Parliament, her lawyer has said.
Almost two weeks after the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group announced a historic end to their armed conflict in Havana, Cuba, concerns are mounting that not all FARC members are keen on giving up their struggle.
A wave of late night airstrikes pummeled the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, killing at least 23 people, wounding dozens and trapping several under the rubble of their homes, opposition activists said Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's opposition People's Liberation Front said on Wednesday that it has decided to stage mass protests against a new Value Added Tax (VAT) introduced by the government.
The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front has released a number of U.S.-trained rebels it captured earlier, a monitor group reported on Sunday.
The Syrian army on Thursday killed the general military commander of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front during a "qualitative" operation in the northwestern province of Idlib, the state news agency SANA reported.
U.S. military forces conducted airstrikes Wednesday night against five targets of Khorasan Group near Sarmada, Syria, and the al-Qaida-affiliated group was plotting to attack in Europe or the U.S. homeland, U.S. Central Command said on Thursday.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Thursday called on the right-wing parties to "do everything" to avoid the election of candidates from the far-right Front National party (FN) which targets large win in local runoff.
The Philippine government condemned in the "strongest possible terms" on Monday the attack allegedly by members of the faction of the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF) in southern city of Zamboanga.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have formed a new brigade to contend with national emergencies, the army announced Wednesday in a statement.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday threatened to stop South Sudan's oil exportation through Sudan's pipelines if Juba continued supporting the rebels of the Revolutionary Front in South Kordofan.