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Homes and woods burnt as Israeli wildfires spread

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -- Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Friday (November 25) forcing tens of thousands of residents…

Japan PM says Russian missile deployment on disputed isles “regrettable”

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday (November 25) that Russia's deployment of missile systems…

Swiss to vote on faster nuclear phaseout

by Nina LARSON GENEVA , Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss voters will head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether…

Schulz to quit EU parliament chief post for German politics: media

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German politician Martin Schulz plans to quit his post as European Parliament chief to join next…

Putin jokes that Russian borders ‘don’t end’

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin on Thursday joked with a schoolboy that Russia's borders "don't end anywhere". Putin…

IS truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shiite pilgrims

by Abbas al-Ani with Max Delany in Mosul HILLA, Iraq (AFP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State…

El Salvador, Nicaragua lift tsunami alert after offshore quake

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday lifted a tsunami alert they had briefly declared…

7.0 quake shakes El Salvador, Nicaragua: officials

SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador (AFP) -- A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on…

5.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no…

Two killed in bomb attack in southern Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Fulya OZERKAN A car bomb exploded in the car park of the governor's office in…

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