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Syrians vote in parliamentary elections
Syrians go to polls in parliamentary elections against the backdrop of a generally-holding ceasefire.

Syrians go to polls in parliamentary elections against the backdrop of a generally-holding ceasefire.

The United States is set to publicly release the 28 secret pages of a report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a former senator says.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will not accept the Republican nomination for president.

A French family has found a painting attributed to Italian master Caravaggio in their attic.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are tied nationally in the United States in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a new poll shows.

The Netherlands' international Schiphol Airport has been partially evacuated following a security alert.

Stephen Hawking and billionaire Yuri Milner are to send a fleet of nanocraft to the nearest star system to detect alien civilizations.

The Pentagon is reducing US troops in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula citing a rise in threats from terrorist groups.

Most of the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria has fallen into Daesh’s clutches, says PLO.

North Korea has issued an imaginary letter from 16th US President Abraham Lincoln to grill Barack Obama.

A British MP has been ejected from parliament for calling British Prime Minister David Cameron “Dodgy Dave” over his personal finances.

The Chicago Police Department has a “horrible reputation” in its relationship with the city’s African American community.

The only power station in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip is forced to shut down due to fuel shortage.

Yemen’s Houthis says Saudi Arabia and its mercenaries are violating a UN-sponsored truce across the country.

The Iraqi army retakes several areas from Daesh terrorists in the strategic city of Hit.

Representatives of NATO and Russia will meet for the first time since ties strained in 2014 over Ukraine.

The IMF warns that the EU integrity is in tatters amid a potential Brexit and refugee crisis, among other issues.

More than a third of Americans now say they are worried "a great deal" about race relations in the US, a new poll has found.