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Multiple terror attacks kill eight in Iraq
At least eight people are killed and 30 others injured in multiple terrorist attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

At least eight people are killed and 30 others injured in multiple terrorist attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

More than 100 refugees held at US immigration detention facilities are on hunger strike to protest against cruel detention policies.

Air pollution in the Chinese capital reaches over 15 times than the safe level.

An important two-day conference opens in Tehran to lay out 50 oil and gas projects for development with the lifting of Western sanctions.

UNICEF says up to 16,000 children have been forcibly recruited by armed groups and the army in South Sudan over the past two years.

Palestinian medical officials say 82 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military forces during clashes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

At least three people have died and another is missing in heavy floods as freezing rain and flooding pummeled Texas.

Israel is set to open a “permanent mission” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Police in Mexico say they have found eight dead corpses with their throats slit in a violence-hit southern state.

The United States is urging Turkey to deploy thousands of additional troops along its border with Syria.

Foreign Office lawyers and diplomats say missiles used by Saudis in Yemen war may put UK at risk of being prosecuted for war crimes.

Bahraini protesters stage rallies to demand the release of all political prisoners.

Protesters took to the streets in Chicago in the wake of the release of police video showing the shooting of an African American teenager by a white police officer.

Russia’s foreign minister says the US-led coalition allegedly fighting Daesh is ignoring the group’s oil trade.

Amnesty International has condemned Turkey for expelling dozens of Syrian refugees to their war-stricken country, calling it violation of international law.

Iran says it has never reciprocated cyber attacks with counter raids.

Some 1,000 demonstrators in Saudi Arabia have called for the immediate release of Shia political activists.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped by 12 points in less than a week, a new poll shows.