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‘Refugee flow used to smuggle terrorists’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says terrorists exploited the flow of genuine asylum seekers into Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says terrorists exploited the flow of genuine asylum seekers into Europe.

The additional 560 American troops set to be sent to Iraq will help the Iraqi military forces in their fight against Daesh, says the White House.

Some Israelis are suing Facebook for one billion dollars, alleging that the company supported Palestinian movement Hamas.

France closes down the Eiffel Tower for safety reasons following a night of clashes with Euro 2016 football fans.

A senior Iranian official says the US has failed to carry out its obligations under Iran’s nuclear deal.

Three people have been killed in a shooting at a courthouse in St. Joseph in southwest Michigan, officials say.

There is a growing movement in the United States to end police brutality and the racist apparatus that has been oppressing blacks, a journalist in Detroit says.

The new Syrian government swears in before the country’s President Bashar al-Assad.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir orders a unilateral ceasefire after days of fierce fighting claimed hundreds of lives in Juba.

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova says Iran has voiced interest in exporting natural gas to the country through Greece.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the uncalled for interventions of the US and its allies in the Middle East are a mistake.

Turkey blocks investigations into alleged cases of rights abuses in its southeast.

Filipino troops kill at least 40 members of the Daesh-affiliated Abu Sayyaf militant group.

David Cameron says Theresa May will be nest UK Prime Minister on Wednesday.

The Iranian foreign minister is set to attend a ministerial meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states in the Kazakh capital.

Police say the worst rise in the UK hate crimes was caused by the EU referendum.

The 127 newly-found victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre are buried at a memorial site in the eastern Bosnian town.

Amir Hossein Zamaninia, Iran’s deputy petroleum minister for international affairs, says the first awards of the country’s new oil sector contracts will take place within the next 3-4 months.