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Syrian government strikes hit crowded market near Damascus killing civilians

Arab League consider military intervention after warnings from Libyan government.

The election is being billed as a "referendum" on 69-year-old Rajapaksa's comeback bid.

Amnesty says proposed measures will stifle freedom of expression.

Toyota closes plant for a couple of days, while John Deere stops operations indefinitely.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye urges full preparedness amid North Korea threat.

Google, Twitter and Facebook targeted to help stop rumours and false information.

Ground search teams and planes deployed to remote Indonesian province where debris sighted.

The 19-year-old has been detained for defrauding website users.

Chinese undercover agents allegedly put pressure on high-profile expatriates to return home in worldwide covert operation.

The 44-year-old insists she bought the ticket and plans to continue working for current employer.

Support for Rousseff has dramatically fallen to single digits in recent polls.

Republican presidential contender says: 'Let's not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life'.

Angela Merkel says migrant crisis could preoccupy Europe much more than Greece and the stability of the euro.

If elected, Trump plans to end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed under the Constitution's 14th Amendment.

Adult hedgehog sprayed with aerosol and set alight by group of youths in Cornwall.

Novak Djokovic complains to umpire after getting distracted by marijuana smell during Rogers Cup semi-finals.

Scotland's first minister asked the National Trust to look into the chandelier's origins.

Volcano's last eruption was in 1940, but hundreds moved from surrounding area.

Villagers have located the plane, which was carrying 54 people, in the remote Papua region.

Death toll rising, as air raids leave at least 200 people injured – many critically.

Migrants and Syrian refugees have started registering on a passenger ship on the Greek island of Kos.

Shuja Khanzada was conducting a jirga tribal council meeting when attacker struck.

People living near Sakurajima Volcano, 31 miles from Sendai nuclear plant, warned to clear the area

High-ranking Iraqi army chiefs set to face trial for abandoning their positions when Isis overran Ramadi.

An Indonesian plane with 54 people on board is missing.

The Ulchi Freedom Guardian training exercise will include US allies with thousands of troops.

The notorious spymaster, known for his radical views supporting al-Qaeda and Taliban, died due to brain haemorrhage.

International Association of Athletics Federations suppressed report that up to a third of athletes were blood doping.