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In the heart of Europe, festivities in Brussels were cancelled as the Belgian capital remained on high alert

Members of the group were convicted of bombings in two Shia villages in December last year, says prosecution officer

Stalled bills include key national goods and services tax and proposed bankruptcy law

His remarks come as alarm grows over the humanitarian impact of military campaign against the outlawed PKK

Sources within the BBC say the sites were offline thanks to what is known as (DDOS) attack

Official confirmation comes after months of rumours and hints from military officials

The 51-year-old king was found guilty of torching dwellings housing some of his subjects who had resisted eviction

Authorities in Brussels earlier called off traditional New Year's Eve fireworks display, citing fears of an attack

The book 'Borderlife' could undermine the separate identities of Jews and Arabs, says education ministry official

Molenbeek is home to the Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam and has emerged as a European hotbed of extremism

The deadly attack took place near the citadel of Derbent, which claims to be Russia's oldest city

For many people in India mobile phone represents their sole means of accessing internet

Iran's rockets fired near the US aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf

The two had been inspired by the sermons of a cleric who was given five years in prison for abetting the murder

Asrawi, Bitar were headed to Saudi Arabia to join fellow members of opposition's supreme committee for negotiations

Screenshots taken by tabloids show young women with low-cut tops, with one reported to be Japanese adult video actress

Idrisi's militia is a main ally of a Gulf Arab coalition which has been bombing the Iran-allied Houthi movement

A UN plan to suspend Syria's war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire

The Indian government has ordered Facebook's Free Basics plan on hold while it decides what to do

The decision came the day after two people were arrested for preparing attacks on 'emblematic sites' in Brussels

The company has reached a valuation of more than $50 billion based on private investment disclosed to date

The president of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston says he does not know the suspect

A lieutenant was among eight Philippine soldiers killed or wounded in a clash with about 300 members of the Abu Sayyaf

The indictment accuses Enrique Marquez with conspiring with San Bernardio gunman Syed Rizwan Farook in 2011 and 2012

The head of the police officers' union in Chicago says new policy does not significantly alter anything

A copy of her visa application raises questions whether she and Farook actually met in Makkah before coming to the US

Singapore's foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador after a police report was filed about the incident

Qara Ghoily encapsulates governance failures that helped militants gain ground against NATO-backed Afghan forces

At least one of the blasts was caused by a suicide bomber

Between January 10 and January 15, the first meeting will take place in Islamabad, not in Kabul, says Sartaj Aziz

Arrests come with European countries on high alert for possible attacks over the New Year

Turkey had deployed a force protection unit earlier this month in northern Iraq

If found guilty, the veteran television star could face up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine

Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan will serve a minimum of 27 and 25 years respectively

Air India Flight AI 131 was near Tehran when it was called back

Parties had also been curtailed in "solidarity with the families of the martyrs of the Jerusalem intifada"

First call has already been made using the hot line

The arrest comes less than a week after army claimed responsibility for the killing of rebel Chief Zahran Alloush

Authorities had arrested two people suspected of plotting to attack "emblematic sites" in the Belgian capital

There are an estimated 150,000 converts to Islam among the Latino community in the US

Defence ministry says test-firing of missile, co-developed by India and Israel, was carried out by warship INS Kolkata

Solimon says the Ottomans, Umayyads and Abbasids were not angels

Report says Obama decided there was a compelling national security purpose in continuing to monitor Netanyahu, Erdogan

US Federal Reserve rang in the end to an era of ultra-cheap money by raising its key interest rates earlier this month

Alliance says pilot survived after fall of his F16 plane in Jazan region

Tourists were local residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress

Pressure is mounting on Modi to revive his party's fortunes

dashcam video shows Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times as the teenager walked away

Backing a ban, Malaysian religious leaders this month declared a fatwa on the "un-Islamic" habit

Islamic State has targeted and killed members of the Yazidi religion, one of the oldest in Iraq