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‘3mn more refugees due in EU by 2017’
The EU says three million refugees are expected to arrive to Europe by 2017.

The EU says three million refugees are expected to arrive to Europe by 2017.

France says it will deploy the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on an alleged anti-Daesh mission.

Iran defeats world champion Portugal 5-3 at the 2015 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Iran says it has started a blockade on imports of consumer goods from the United States.

Large police presence during Wednesday's student demonstration in London angers public, protesters and politicians.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ends a truce in Turkey declared unilaterally before the country’s general elections.

Drug abuse in the United States has reached “epidemic levels” where they are the leading cause of injury-related deaths.

A Salafi preacher in Bosnia is sentenced to seven years in prison for recruiting forces for Daesh.

MI5 has been secretly collecting phone users’ data for more than a decade, says British home secretary.

Iranian male and female sports shooters collect seven more medals at the 13th edition of Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait.

Iraqi military officials say bad weather has hampered the operation to liberate the western city of Ramadi from Daesh.

Security sources say an explosion in the Arsal area of northeast Lebanon has claimed at least five lives.

At least 29 Daesh terrorists are killed in army operations and infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

The US is angered by Russia's military campaign in Syria because it is on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad, says an analyst.

Flights between Britain and Sharm el-Sheikh suspended as the UK says terrorists “possibly” behind Russian jetliner crash.

One refugee child drowns and another goes missing off the Greek island of Kos.

Unconfirmed reports from Yemen say a Saudi warplane has been downed by Yemeni forces in Bilad al-Rus, Sana’a.

The African Union (AU) says the political crisis in Burundi is a regional threat.