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Johnson hopeful to secure debate slot
Gary Johnson says he has a good chance of securing a seat at the 2016 US presidential debates.

Gary Johnson says he has a good chance of securing a seat at the 2016 US presidential debates.

Turkey is using the battle against the ISIL as a pretext to make an incursion into the Syrian territory and target Kurdish groups, a political commentator says.

The country has been working on a new contract model for the past two years in order to lure investment to its oil and gas sector.

The Italian coast guard says some 6,500 refugees have been rescued off the Libyan coast in a single day.

Nedhal al-Salman, a Bahraini rights activist, is prevented by Bahraini authorities from joining a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) meeting in Geneva.

Iran has been ramping up oil production to reclaim its market share after the lifting of sanctions in January under a nuclear agreement.

The terrorists use mines, bombs and artillery against Libyan forces as they struggle to keep their last stronghold.

Distinguished Chilean filmmaker Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides will be honored in a ceremony at the Tehran University.

Hillary Clinton’s lead over her Donald Trump has seen a decrease in a new national poll.

“Temer out! Dilma come back,” chant anti-impeachment demonstrators in Sao Paulo.

Ashton Carter says Turkey should not go after Kurdish militants who are backed by the US.

Nine Palestinian homes and structures are razed by Israel across the occupied West Bank.

Mexico sacks the head of federal police after a recent report of arbitrary execution of 22 civilians in a 2015 drug raid.

A huge explosion is reported in the vicinity of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Kyrgyzstan.

The terrorists Iran has recently captured have provided “invaluable” information on how Saudi Arabia has supported them, says a senior Iranian lawmaker.

The British College of Policing says clarifying relations with Bahrain’s rulers would endanger its “commercial interests.”

A wild shootout on a New Jersey highway has left one person dead and four others injured.

Hackers based in Russia were behind two recent attempts to breach voter registration databases in the US state of Illinois, intelligence officials claim.