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"We are planning to postpone the next round of the UN-sponsored consultations to the end of this month," a government spokesman said, referring to the talks previously scheduled for January 14, Xinhua reported.

Sharif, during the telephonic conversation, told Kerry that Pakistan is "swiftly" carrying out investigations in a "transparent" manner into the terror attack on the air base.

The tragedies, the deadliest so far reported in the Aegean in 2016, come as the EU seeks to push Turkey to halt the flow of migrants across its borders in exchange for financial help.

Obama had taken took nearly two dozen executive actions to tighten gun laws.

A group of terrorists had attacked the Consulate at around 9.15 pm on Sunday with an aim of storming the building but their plan was thwarted by the security forces.

In the heart of Europe, annual festivities and fireworks in Brussels have been cancelled as the Belgian capital remains on high alert.

An emergency rescue officer said at least 22 people were killed in the suicide blast at a time the office was crowded.

Abu Ziad is one of more than 11 million Syrians, or half the population, who have been forced from their homes by the conflict that has been raging across the country since 2011.

One rocket had landed near Masoud Square close to the entrance to the US Embassy: Sources

Flexing muscles over South China Sea issue is not good for regional security. This will make it worse, said Le Yuchneg, Chinese Ambassador to India.

Nearly 500,000 refugees from the four-year-old civil war in Syria have travelled through Turkey - risking their lives at sea - to reach Greek islands in 2015.

A silhouette of Mandela flying across a map of South Africa signifying his contribution in freeing the country after decades of minority white apartheid rule is shown in the tapestry.

"We want this expeditionary targeting force to make ISIL and its leaders wonder when they go to bed at night, who's going to be coming in the window," US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter told a Senate hearing on Thursday.