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At least 11 people were killed and 114 were wounded Wednesday afternoon after a 6.2- magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan, authorities said.
While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, US officials suggested on Tuesday.
More than 50 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in violent clashes and attacks across Iraq on Tuesday.
The US government on Tuesday condemned a bomb attack on the French embassy in Libya, calling it a "direct attack on all Libyans".
Libyan security officials say a car bombing has targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Casualties are unknown.
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrived in Israel on Sunday for talks with Israeli officials on issues including Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian crisis.
A total of nine people were killed and 20 others injured when a roadside bomb struck a popular restaurant in central Iraq on Sunday.
Two crew members were killed when a fighter F5 jet crashed in Iran's western city of Abdanan on Sunday, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
A dozen small bombs exploded and mortar rounds landed near polling centres in Iraq on Saturday, wounding at least four people during voting in the country's first provincial elections since the departure of US troops.
Thirteen Afghan Local Police personnel were killed early Friday morning when Taliban launched attack on a checkpoint in Andar district in the country's eastern province of Ghazni.
The UN Security Council on Thursday called for an immediate end to the escalating violence in Syria.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was arrested by police early Friday morning.
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