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6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as traffic grows

More than 6,000 migrants have been rescued on the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy in the last few days, as greater numbers take to the sea in warmer weather, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday. Some 500 migrants are believed to have drown so far...

US envoy says US-EU trade deal still alive

Negotiations for a mega U.S.-EU trade deal are still alive after they were suspended over elections and public opposition on both sides of the Atlantic, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. EU officials had feared U.S. President Donald Trump would abandon the four-year talks for the...

ISIS claims responsibility for Baghdad attack

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Baghdad that killed 27 people the previous day, shattering a relative lull in the Iraqi capital. The extremist group says in an online statement posted on an ISIS-affiliated website hours after the attack that a militant parked the...

Australian probe clears World Vision over Gaza case

An Australian government probe has found no evidence taxpayer money was misused by the World Vision NGO in the Gaza Strip, after Israel alleged millions of dollars were diverted to Hamas. In August 2016, Israel accused World Vision's Gaza head Mohammed al-Halabi of siphoning off millions of...