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Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta
Nearly 120 people were on board the plane, including seven crew, Maltese government sources said.

Nearly 120 people were on board the plane, including seven crew, Maltese government sources said.

Saudi Arabia has projected an increased spending in its budget for 2017 but has slightly reduced its military budget.

The opposition in the DR Congo says it has reached a deal with President Joseph Kabila.

A political commentator says Turkey has to define its position in regard to supporting or fighting terrorists active in Syria.

The Iranian President says Tehran seeks to establish closer ties with the Eurasian Economic Union.

The Russian president said the recent liberation of Syria’s second city was a big step toward the restoration of stability in the Arab country and the region.

A man believed to be the perpetrator of a Monday terrorist attack in the German city of Berlin has been killed in Italy.

The US Treasury Department has loosened exports of authorized medical devices as well as agricultural goods to Iran as well as the training of Iranian health professionals by Americans.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that China’s relations with the United States are facing new uncertainties.

Dozens of civilians, including women and children, fall victim to Turkish air raids in northern Syria in a single day, a monitoring group says.

Egypt agreed to delay a UN Security Council vote on an anti-Israeli resolution after receiving a phone call from the US president-elect.

The violent arrest of three African-American women by a police officer in the US state of Texas has sparked anger.

An analyst says the Israeli regime uses its Zionist lobbies in the world to pave the way for the occupation of all Palestinian territories.

A former British MI6 official claims German intelligence authorities are almost unable to track some 7,000 “live” terrorist cases in their country.

An Iranian deputy FM says conflicts in the region only benefit the regime in Israel as they undermine the resources of regional nations.

The demand came as the Syrian army said that it would continue its push against terrorists after the liberation of Aleppo.

US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden "has had and continues to have contact" with Russian intelligence services, according to a newly declassified congressional report.

People voiced support for asylum seekers in a Thursday rally in Munich. Anti-refugee protesters held a rally of their own in Dortmund.