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Iraq forces launch push on IS-held town

KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - by Hassan al-Obeidi Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake a northern town from the…

Typhoon Malakas slams Japan leaving south waterlogged

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan Tuesday, dumping torrential rains on the region that left…

Disease outbreak kills 19 in rain-hit Sudan: minister

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- An outbreak of water-borne disease has killed at least 19 people and sickened scores more in Sudan's…

Aid convoy attacked as Syria ceasefire collapses

by Karam al-Masri ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) -- A convoy delivering aid to Syrians in Aleppo province was hit by an…

North Korea’s Kim guides new rocket engine test, calls for satellite launch

  (Reuters)  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch…

Air strikes hit aid convoy as Syria says ceasefire over

  (REUTERS) An aid convoy was hit in Aleppo province, the United Nations said on Monday, as the Syrian military…

New York bomb suspect’s family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant

  (REUTERS)  Long before Ahmad Rahami became notorious as the suspect in this weekend's bombings in and around New York,…

N.Y. bombing suspect Rahami captured after shootout

  (REUTERS) An Afghanistan-born American suspected of detonating a bomb that injured 29 people in New York City and of…

New York bombing suspect captured in police shootout

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - by Jennie MATTHEW US police on Monday wounded and captured an Afghan-born American wanted over…

Canada security agencies helped Syria in torture cases: documents

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Canada's spy agency and federal police quietly cooperated with Syrian military intelligence in the post-9/11 torture…

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