Obeidi said the biggest challenge will be protecting civilians, who he said number around 2 million

Mystery Fire: 16 feared dead in hot air balloon crash

According to region’s banking watchdog, banks from Italy, Ireland, Spain and Austria fared worst

The about-turn came little more than a month after Britons voted to leave the EU in a referendum

Attack targeted unorthodox religious devotees known as bauls

Travel advice has come after authorities in Florida confirmed four cases of the virus transmitted by local mosquitoes

His statement comes after Merkel defiantly repeated "we can do this" mantra and vowed not to bend her refugee policy

The goverment has pushed for the move after a series of deadly attacks by the militant group

It does not appear at this time that there were any survivors of the crash, say police

Late singer’s property to be apportioned to siblings and nearest surviving descendants