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Twenty-eight Europe-bound migrants were found dead on a day of frantic rescues off Libya on Tuesday, including at least 22 in an overloaded wooden boat, an AFP photographer and the Italian coastguard said.

Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence on Tuesday said the United States should attack Syrian government targets if Russia continues to support its campaign to retake Aleppo.

A group of women will try to reach the Gaza Strip on board a boat on Wednesday in a bid to break a decade-long blockade by Israel, a spokeswoman said.

U.N. humanitarian aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday described as "absolutely devastating" the sight of Yemeni children suffering malnutrition as a result of the country's 18-month conflict.

The custodian of Catholic sites in the Holy Land and the head of the Franciscan Order called Tuesday for a "safe zone" to be created in Syria's Aleppo as fighting there raged.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said "victory is near" as he pledged to recapture Mosul from jihadists, in a radio address to residents of the city on Tuesday.

Moscow said Tuesday it hopes "political wisdom" will prevail in Washington regarding cooperation in Syria after the United States dropped ceasefire talks with Russia over its support of the regime in Damascus.

Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that it had sent an S-300 missile system to its naval facility in the Syrian city of Tartus, a measure it says is meant to bolster its security.
"The S-300 anti-aircraft missile system has indeed been sent to the Syrian Arab Republic," defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday called for an "urgent ceasefire" in Syria's battered northern city of Aleppo to allow the flow of humanitarian aid to residents.

A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 34 people and wounding dozens, the local Kurdish government said.
