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8 troops killed in suspected rebel attack in north Paraguay
Suspected members of a little-known rebel group killed eight soldiers in an attack in northern Paraguay on Saturday, just days after guerrillas ...Turkey sends more tanks into Syria after IS-held town capture
Turkey on Saturday sent six more tanks into Syria as pro-Ankara forces pressed on with de-mining work in a town captured from ...Suicide truck bomb blamed on PKK kills 11 police in Turkey
A suicide truck bombing at a police headquarters in Turkey\'s largely Kurdish southeast killed at least 11 and wounded dozens on Friday, ...Bolivian deputy minister killed by miners
Bolivian miners kidnapped, tortured and beat to death a deputy minister who tried to negotiate with protesting workers on Thursday, in what ...Russia backs 48-hour Aleppo truce, U.N. wants other sides to commit
Russia has agreed to a 48-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo to allow aid deliveries, but security guarantees ...Thousands march over dissolved Ecuador teacher union
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Quito and other Ecuadoran cities Thursday against the socialist government of Rafael Correa and its dissolution of ...UN rights chief demands international probe of Yemen violations
The United Nations called on Thursday for the creation of an independent international body to investigate an array of serious violations in ...Italy quake death toll nears 250
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday amid fears many more corpses would be ...Russia launches large snap military drills
Russia on Thursday launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts bordering Ukraine and the Baltic ...Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed
Colombia\'s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war which once took the ...