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Greece braced for a 24-hour general strike called by the two main unions in protest against austerity measures, ahead of a scheduled audit by the country's international creditors.
Doctors, lawyers and teachers are among several professions...
Russia on Tuesday sent two planes to Syria to pick up Russians wanting to leave the conflict-torn country as the navy dispatched four warships to the Mediterranean, reportedly for a possible larger evacuation.
Two emergencies ministry planes...
Some 800 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails were on Tuesday refusing food in solidarity with four fellow inmates who have been on long-term hunger strike, officials said.
According to the Ramallah-based Prisoners' Club, 800 prisoners in...
Turkish police launched a massive nationwide crackdown Tuesday against a radical Marxist group which claimed a suicide bomb attack against the US embassy this month, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Police issued arrest warrants for 167...
The trial of Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's former top diplomat, who is facing charges of fraud and breach of trust, was due to open at Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Sunday, officials said.
The opening hearing before a panel of three judges was...
Security forces were on high alert across Libya on Sunday as the North African nation marks two years since the start of the revolt that toppled Muammar Qadhafi after four decades of iron-fisted rule.
Borders have been closed and some international...
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the death toll in Syria may have reached 90,000, citing figures given to him by his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.
"I had occasion ... to speak this morning with the...
Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo wrapped up two days of talks aimed at reconciling the rival Hamas and Fatah late on Saturday although divisions remained over how exactly to apply the deal, an official said.
The talks, which began on Friday,...
He's hardly best buddies with Benjamin Netanyahu and his drive for a Palestinian state is comatose, so why did Barack Obama pick Israel to fire up his legacy-boosting, second-term diplomacy?
The US president sprung a surprise last week by...
Scores of migrant labourers facing “slavery” conditions will likely die to build Qatar’s stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, a prominent trade unionist warned Sunday.
“More laborers will die during construction than the...
