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Israel wants Iran to be punished for missile tests
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli diplomats to demand that world powers punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile launches, his ...Syria rebels say they shot down warplane
Syrian rebels and a group monitoring the conflict said insurgents had shot down a warplane over western Syria on Saturday, although there ...UN adopts measure to tackle sex abuse by peacekeepers
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that calls for the repatriation of entire peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations ...Trump under fire from rivals for Chicago rally violence
Donald Trump is under fire from rivals who blamed his incendiary rhetoric for a violent outbreak Friday between protesters and supporters at ...Arab League labels Hezbollah terrorist organisation
The Arab League labelled Shi\'ite Muslim Hezbollah a terrorist organisation on Friday, Egyptian state media said, as tensions rise between Sunni and ...South Sudan troops suffocated 60 in church compound: Amnesty
The deliberate suffocating of over 60 men and boys stuffed into a baking hot shipping container in South Sudan is a war ...South Sudan women raped as payment for fighters: UN
South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages while children have been burnt alive, the UN said Friday, ...Western security services probe Islamic State identity leak reports
A disillusioned former member of Islamic State has passed a stolen memory stick of documents identifying 22,000 supporters in over 50 countries ...South African woman convicted of kidnapping baby in 1997
A South African woman was convicted Thursday of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years before an astonishing coincidence ...Obama, Trudeau mark better Canada ties with climate, trade accords
U.S. President Barack Obama and new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday ended a frosty period in bilateral ties by agreeing ...