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Britons urge closure of detention center
Some 1,500 people hold a protest outside an immigrant detention center in the UK, calling for its closure.

Some 1,500 people hold a protest outside an immigrant detention center in the UK, calling for its closure.

The president of the European Parliament urges enhanced relations with Iran.

Croatians start voting in the country’s parliamentary election, with a tight race expected between the two main coalitions.

The US has a debt of $65 trillion, over three times more than what is stated, says the former US comptroller general.

Clashes between police and protesters leave five people dead in Togo.

Police in Colorado have launched an investigation into a high school after it emerged at least 100 students are involved in a sexting scandal.

After decades of military rule in Myanmar, polls are now open for a landmark parliamentary election.

The Indian-controlled Kashmir turns into a military barracks during a visit by the Indian prime minister with thousands of troops deployed in the area.

Russia is sending 44 planes to return its nationals from Egypt, where they have remained stranded.

Iran says recent remarks by Pentagon chief Ashton Carter show the US’s “destabilizing policies" in the region.

Russian special forces foil a terror attack by Daesh after discovering a gigantic bomb hidden next to a road in the country’s south.

The UN reports the massacre of children during battles in South Sudan's persisting civil war.

Ashton Carter says the US military is planning to counter Russian “aggression”, accusing Moscow of endangering world order by “brandishing” its nuclear weapons.

The Pakistani army's air raids have killed at least 15 militants along the northwestern border with Afghanistan.

German police clash with activists that waged a counter-rally against an anti-refugee march to protest the government's refugee policy.

The strong criticism of Israel’s policies toward Palestinians by the leader of the largest Jewish group in North America is a “wakeup call” to the Zionist regime, an American writer says.

An explosive-laden underwater drone is found in the vicinity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic.

Lebanon's former President Lahoud says Israel benefited from the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.