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Saudi passport department director general Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya says new regulations being discussed

Jaysh al-Islam says they infiltrated Damscus and abducted a senior member of Assad regime.

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White House planning to set up new military base in Anbar, Iraq's largest province, to bolster anti-Isis battle.

Nasser Aker, a senior figure in Derna's Jihadi Shura Council shot and killed.

Tour is designed to prove foreign policy credentials before announcing his run for presidency.

Bids for watercolour of Bavarian castle by future Nazi dictator start at 45,000 euros.

Political pundit Evan Solomon accused of doing art deals with high-powered talk show guests of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Iraqi government and the KRG have clashed on unspecified parts of an oil deal made in December.

Connecticut and New York investigating Apple following concerns over anti-competitive measures.

Couples were selected by the public from among more than 2,000 who submitted videos detailing their love stories.

Quarantine tent set up for suspected cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outside Seoul National University Hospital.

Carmaker terminated 500 contracts in May amid plummeting sales and production at Sao Bernardo do Campo plant in Sao Paulo.

Human rights activists prevented from entering Azerbaijan ahead of controversial Games.

World famous temple of Amun-Ra in southern Egypt targeted by militants.

There are both economic and security concerns over Saudi Arabia's archaic restrictions on women's rights.

Bahadur was 15 when he was convicted of murder and claims to have been tortured

Park Geun-hye delays US trip to oversee handling of MERS outbreak in South Korea.

Myanmar's opposition leader to meet Chinese president and premier during her visit ahead of November elections.

She's the latest revolutionary, says museum

The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force will strengthen the alliance's eastern flank

Religious Rehabilitation Group says Isis not relevant to Singapore Muslims

Pregnant mother of 12, Kodi Faircloth was arrested after she and her four children were found by police living in squalid conditions.

A new poll by the Washington Post revealed the GOP's presidential candidates do not fare better than Hollywood's bad guys.

Woman receives her doctorate some 80 years after Nazis barred her from sitting the final exam.

Inquest into 2013 deaths of Paul Rossington and Kristen Schroder concludes they were a 'tragic accident'

The White House press room was evacuated during a TSA briefing.

The Ireland manager was being driven by his assistant Roy Keane when they were involved in a collision.

One of the 14 ex-Fifa officials indicted over the scandal, Alejandro Burzaco, has handed himself in to police in Italy.