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Another three people released in alleged Brussels new year plot

Two men remain in Belgian police custody over an alleged plot to launch New Year attacks in Brussels following the ...

China`s new two-child policy law takes effect

Married couples in China will from Friday be allowed to have two children, after concerns over an ageing population ...

Brussels cancels NYE celebrations as Turkey holds IS `plotters`

Brussels on Wednesday cancelled New Years Eve celebrations due to terrorism fears as Europe prepared to see in 2016 ...

Australian minister resigns over Hong Kong bar incident

An Australian government minister resigned Tuesday after admitting to an "error of professional judgement" while at a ...

Police chief confirms arrest of suspected terrorist

National Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti confirmed on Wednesday that his men had arrested a suspected terrorist in ...

Greek parliament urges government to recognise Palestine

Greeces parliament approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on the government to recognise the state of Palestine, but ...

Clinton daughter Chelsea says expecting second child

White House hopeful Hillary Clintons daughter Chelsea announced Monday she is pregnant with her second child. ...

France demands assurances that Assad will leave power

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius demanded that talks on Syrias future yield assurances that President Bashar ...

Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years

Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraqs ...

Saudi forms 34-nation anti-`terrorist` military coalition

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday the formation of a military coalition of 34 countries including Gulf states, Egypt and ...

Turkey-Russia summit cancelled: Kremlin

Russia on Monday said a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan pencilled ...

Trump postpones trip to Israel

Donald Trump announced Thursday he was postponing his planned trip to Israel, just a day after the Jewish states prime ...

Russia building new military bases on islands claimed by Japan

Russia has begun building two modern military compounds on the far eastern Kuril islands, defence minister Sergei ...

Russian deserter detained after more than 10 years of hiding in forest

Police have apprehended an army deserter who hid in a forest in eastern Russia for more than a decade and kept his ...

Christians, Muslims are `brothers`, Pope says

Pope Francis on Monday said Christians and Muslims were "brothers", urging them to reject hatred and violence on a ...