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Five years after an armed revolution - supported by a NATO-led air campaign - resulted in the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya continues to find itself in turmoil.The UN-backed government finds itself under repeated…

The Iraqi army Monday recaptured from Daesh the Christian town of Qaraqosh near Mosul, according to an army officer."The Iraqi joint forces have carried out combing operations in the town, which was totally evacuated of its…

A powerful explosion has killed seven people and injured at least 94 in a city in the north-west of China's Shaanxi province.The blast in Yulin happened at around 14:00 local time (06:00 GMT).Early news reports said the…

More than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais.The camp has been housing at least 7,000 people in squalid conditions.Migrants queued peacefully to be…

The British Ambassador to Libya, Peter Millett, has said his country is not against Khalifa Haftar getting a leadership upper hand in a united military command under a civilian authority.In a TV interview on Libya Channel, Millett…

A light aircraft crashed after taking off from Malta's main airport early on Monday, killing all five people on board, officials there said, in the island nation's worst peacetime air accident.Airport sources initially said the…

An Israeli air strike hit a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip on Monday following a rocket fire from the Palestinian territory, the Israeli military said."This morning, a rocket was fired from Gaza at Israel and did not hit Israeli…

Heavy clashes had erupted in Oqba district in Sorman city after the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force attempted to storm the location of one of Sorman gangsters, who is charged with a number of abductions and extortion.Military…