A new agreement has been reached for the evacuation of rebel fighters from the last pocket of territory they control in Aleppo, a senior Syrian military source told AFP Thursday.
Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a meeting in Moscow on Dec 27 to try to find a solution to the five-year conflict in Syria, Ankara said on Wednesday (Dec 14).
US intelligence officials now believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in hacking during the American election campaign as part of a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, NBC News reported.
The lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were switched off on Wednesday to show support for the people of the shattered Syrian city of Aleppo.
France's top diplomat on Wednesday (Dec 14) slammed the bullish tone taken by US President-elect Donald Trump with key trade ally Beijing in threatening to upend Washington's One China policy.
Controversial leader – who has endorsed extrajudicial executions of drug offenders – says he killed to show police officers ‘if I can do it, why can’t you?’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte frequently makes controversial comments that he or his aides later seek to clarify or quash completely.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) militant group claimed responsibility on Tuesday (Dec 13) for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, the first claim for one of the worst attacks on the Coptic Christian community in recent memory.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday (Dec 13) ordered the country's scientists to start work on nuclear-powered ships in response to the expected renewal of sanctions by the United States.
Brazil's Senate approved a 20-year freeze on government spending billed as the centerpiece of austerity reforms aimed at restoring economic health to the troubled Latin American giant.
Hundreds of thousands of British commuters faced travel chaos on Tuesday (Dec 13) as train drivers went on strike in what is expected to be the worst rail disruption in decades.
France's parliament voted early Wednesday to extend a national state of emergency until July 15, after next year's elections.
France's parliament voted early Wednesday to extend a national state of emergency until July 15, after next year's elections.
Civilians and rebel fighters were to start evacuating from Syria's Aleppo "within hours" under a deal reached Tuesday that would end years of opposition resistance in the city.
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would strive to reach an elusive deal on a territorial dispute and normalise relations with Japan ahead of his visit to the country later this week.
At least 10 people were killed when Cyclone Vardah slammed into the southern Indian city of Chennai, bringing down houses and cutting off the electricity supply, authorities said Tuesday (Dec 13).
"I've heard about a change in the law, but what the change will be I don't know," says Girijesh, an Indian electrician, during his hour-long lunch break in downtown Doha.
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