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Algeria's government has launched an operation to put an end to illegal immigration.

The president-elect said that he expects to announce who has the job next week.

The Shia stronghold held out against Isis despite relentless suicide bomb attacks.

The outgoing prime minister has not yet said whether he will renounce the leadership of the Democratic Party.

The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, UK and US also backed Syrian rebels' proposal for a ceasefire.

Plane lost contact with ground control and went missing on 7 December.

Dozens of women and children – some of them migrants from sub-Saharan Africa held captive by Isis – escaped or were released from militant-held territory.

President-elect presides over 'divided states of America' says Time.

Article 522 of the Lebanese penal code allows rapists to avoid prosecution if they marry rape victims.

Billionaire formally announces James 'Mad Dog' Mattis at an event in North Carolina.

Plane went missing shortly after taking off from the northern city of Chitral.

As Angela Merkel calls for a burqa ban in Germany, the lives of Muslim women are once again an election issue.

This is the first time Israel denies access to an individual on the grounds of affiliation to the boycott movement.

Filipino leader gives his support to police officers a day after multiple murder charges were recommended.

The Global Times calls US-Japan ties a product of the Cold War era.

South Sudan has accused its neighbour Sudan of aiding Riek Machar's rebels, something Khartoum denies.

Michael Flynn Jr has been preparing an application to join the National Security Council staff.

Rescue operations hampered by rough weather in the popular tourist destination of Havelock Island.

Former adviser to ex-PM Tsvangirai, Alex Magaisa tells IBTimes UK of unity plans ahead of 2018 poll.

The town was the Islamist terror group's major centre of power in Northern Africa.

The island nation is ready to fight the diplomatic isolation the Chinese have imposed for decades.

Dutch survey ship Fugro Equator will now finish the search of the southern Indian Ocean for MH370.

BBC published a profile of the king that attracted widespread criticism on social media.

During the race to the White House, Trump targeted multiple tech giants including Apple and Amazon.

Former child soldier Ongwen is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The vessel sank while sailing to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean from Yemen's Hadramout province.

Commission already postponed vote once as fears grow nation could plunge into chaos over new delay.

During his final national security speech, the president urged his successor not to 'over-reach'.

2 Russian medics were killed in the 'planned' attack.