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Pentagon acknowledges US forces in Libya
The US military has acknowledged that its Special Operations troops are active in Libya.

The US military has acknowledged that its Special Operations troops are active in Libya.

The US social media app, Snapchat, faces criticism for promoting racial stereotypes of Asians through one of its “yellowface” filters.

Militant rocket fire in Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo kills 14 people and wounds dozens of others.

It is ridiculous to think that the UK will one day stand alone against Russia, a political analyst says.

It appears that the Clinton Foundation was influencing the US State Department during Hillary Clinton’s run as the secretary of state.

At least 44 people are killed or wounded in three separate bomb attacks in Turkey’s troubled southeastern region.

Israel is to install five new police stations in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Russia's Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of "practicing terror" over a thwarted incursion into Crimea.

Iranian swimmer Arya Nasimi Shad fails to advance to the quarterfinal round of the swimming competitions at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Russia announces a daily three-hour ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo.

Forces loyal to Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) retake the Sirte University from Daesh.

Police in Arkansas are trying to arrest the shooter of two cops who has barricaded himself in a house.

Iran’s national volleyball team suffers its second loss at the preliminary round of the volleyball tournament in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Ali Kardor, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), says the country’s new generation of oil sector contracts are expected to attract at least $25 billion in foreign investments.

Afghan forces kill 300 members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the eastern province of Nangarhar.

The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has carried out drone strikes on terrorists' positions in the Syrian province of Aleppo.

Separate blasts outside Baghdad kill ten people and injure several others.

Germany faces a significant threat of terrorist attacks, the interior minister says.