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Sunni lawmakers said more than 40 people had been killed and at least nine mosques were fire-bombed in the war-torn country, according to reports.

At least 110 people were wounded by blasts Sunday in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Damascus, where Syria's holiest Shiite shrine is located, the interior ministry said.

The British prime minister will reportedly demand stronger powers to curb immigration from the EU when he meets European Council President Donald Tusk Sunday.

The Americans were among 33 suspects detained on terrorism charges in Saudi Arabia over the past week, according to a local report Sunday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the veteran BBC broadcaster saying that his "charm and wit always made me smile."

Iraq said it would require about $1.56 billion this year to fund its response to the crisis caused by the war against Islamic State group.

Hundreds of lawmakers will form Myanmar’s ruling party Monday, with enough seats in parliament to choose the first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962.

An Australian official’s acknowledgment of the possibility came a day after it was announced a Chinese sonar-equipped vessel would join the search for the plane.

In a new video released by the Islamic State group, a French-speaking militant and other ISIS fighters shoot dead five men and threaten attacks against the West.

A delegation from Syria's main opposition group arrived in Geneva to discuss peace talks in the United Nations.

The group handed out pamphlets telling people they should attack refugees.

Paris is counting on a presidential election contest next month to ease tensions in the turbulent country.

Meanwhile, Colombia reported more than 2,000 pregnant women have been infected with the virus during the outbreak in the Western Hemisphere.

Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party secured the support of 29 percent of respondents in a recent poll.

A Russian Su-34 jet allegedly flew over Gaziantep for 20 or 25 seconds Friday, but Moscow says it didn’t.

About 40,000 people are reportedly trapped there without regular access to either food or medicine.

The German chancellor has resisted the pressure applied by some conservatives seeking to cap the influx of refugees or close the country’s borders.

Project Anarchist allowed the countries’ intelligence agencies to watch for any possible Israeli strikes on Iran.

While the economic woes of China and Russia have captured much of the world’s attention, neighboring Kazakhstan has faced its own growing crisis.

The Turkish Coast Guard reportedly said that nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar and Syria were among the causalities.

During a raid Saturday, gunmen stormed an apartment at dawn and took journalist Nabil al-Sharabi and five activists to an unknown location.

The boat, which sank off the coast of Ayvacik, a town across from the Greek island of Lesvos, was carrying migrants to Greece.

The 17-strong team includes Riad Hijab, the head of the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee, and negotiation team head Asaad al-Zoubi.

Malaysia’s attorney general Mohamed Apandi Ali said the Swiss findings would be reviewed by officials, along with findings of other relevant authorities.

The USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a patrol of the Triton Island, a manned China outpost and part of the Paracel islands chain.

The Hong Kong-based publisher of books critical of China disappeared in late December, two months after four of his business associates separately went missing.

Tareena Shakil reportedly traveled to Syria with her toddler son and returned to Britain in January 2015.

Money from a Malaysian state-owned fund was transferred to Swiss accounts held by current or former Malaysian or Emirati officials, a Swiss prosecutor said.

It was the second time in a week that debris was determined not to have been from an airliner that disappeared in March 2014.