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Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Mursi verdict postponed
An Egyptian court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for three journalists and three others charged with endangering national security by leaking ...Convoy leads Canada fire evacuees through burning city to safety
Convoys of evacuees stranded by a wildfire raging in and around the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray made their way on ...London elects Khan as first Muslim mayor
London became the first major Western capital to elect a Muslim mayor on Friday as Labour claimed victory for its candidate Sadiq ...North Korea stages once-in-a-generation party congress
North Korea on Friday staged its most important political show for a generation, aimed at cementing the absolute rule of leader Kim ...Israel hits Gaza after mortar fire across border
Israeli aircraft struck a Hamas facility in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday after cross-border mortar fire, the Israeli army said, as ...Activists say dozens killed in Syrian airstrike on refugee camp
Air strikes on a camp housing Syrians uprooted by war killed 28 people near the Turkish border on Thursday, a monitoring group ...Turkey PM announces resignation as Erdogan tightens grip
Turkey\'s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was reportedly to quit his jobs of ruling party chief and head of government, in a dramatic ...Raging wildfire forces evacuation of 88,000 in Canadian city
A raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of all 88,000 residents of the western Canadian city of Fort McMurray has destroyed 1,600 ...400,000 refugees could head for Turkey if no Aleppo truce: UN envoy
The UN\'s envoy for Syria on Wednesday made a plea for a halt in fighting in the second city of Aleppo, warning ...Rebels kill at least 17 civilians in eastern Congo
A Congo rights group that tracks rebel violence says that at least 17 civilians have been killed in the country\'s east.