Brussels is being gripped by chaos and panic after multiple deadly blasts rocked an airport and a train station in the city. Two explosions targeted the departure hall of Zaventem Airport.

US rejects Russia’s call for an emergency meeting over violations of the ceasefire in Syria. A US official in Geneva has said Russian concerns over the issue are being addressed in a constructive manner.

US President Barack Obama is meeting with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on the second day of his historic visit to the Caribbean nation. Castro officially received Obama at the Palace of the Revolution

The UN Special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has stepped down over what he described as Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the world body.

Ben Nevis is known as Britain’s tallest mountain. It just turned out that It’s a little bit taller than we thought..

Ankara says a Turkish national, who was a member of the Daesh terrorist group, carried out the deadly bombing in a major shopping area in the central Istanbul on Saturday.

The Syrian army has liberated a strategic mountain in Homs province, a gain that commanders say has paved the way for retaking the ancient city of Palmyra. Jubeil Mount overviews the village of Qaryatayn which is on the road to Palmyra.

The Iraqi army, along with volunteer fighters, has freed the city of Kubaysah from Daesh in the Western Anbar province. Sources say the terrorists fled to the neighboring city of Hit, following their defeat.

The lawyer for the Paris attacks’ main suspect says his client will oppose being transferred to France. Salah Abdeslam’s lawyer says he's been formally charged with terrorist murder and being part of a terrorist group by Belgian authorities in connection with last November's massacre.

At least four people have been killed in two separate shootings in the Turkish capital Ankara. In the first incident a policeman shot dead his female colleague in the city’s Dickman neighborhood.