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According to the report carried by SANA news agency, terrorists on Monday attempted to sneak into the army positions in towns of al-Janabra and al-Habbit but failed to do so after Syrian forces pushed them back.

Russia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences.

Hungarian women with four children or more will be exempted for life from paying income tax, the prime minister has said, unveiling plans designed to boost the number of babies being born.

Thousands of Indians thronged the streets to greet Priyanka Gandhi as she made her first public appearance after formally joining politics last month. هزاران نفر از سرخپوستان در خیابان ها به سر می برند تا پریبانکا گاندی را خوشحال کنند؛ چرا که نخستین ظهور خود را بعد از رسیدن به سیاست در ماه گذشته آغاز کرد.

A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protests.

France and Germany have signed a new treaty on Tuesday aimed at breathing new life into their place at the centre of the European Union

A Ghanaian undercover journalist has been shot dead while driving home, after a politician called for retribution against him.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced.

German police have arrested a 50-year-old Afghan-German man suspected of passing military secrets to Iran.

China has rejected accusations from Canada that it is arbitrarily applying a death sentence to a Canadian convicted of drug smuggling.