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Several killed in blasts near Syria Sayyida Zeinab shrine
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine ...Syria peace talks face formidable challenge
Divisions among Syria\'s opposition and anger over regime blockades almost sank new peace talks in Geneva before they began, and analysts say ...Opposition joins Syria peace talks in Geneva
The main Syrian opposition grouping agreed to attend United Nations-sponsored peace talks which began in Geneva on Friday, reversing a boycott that ...Boston bomber appeals death sentence, conviction
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday filed an appeal against his death sentence and conviction, handed down last year over one of ...Hamas ready for fresh conflict with Israel: Gaza chief
Hamas is ready for a new confrontation with Israel thanks in part to the reconstruction of tunnels to fight the Jewish state, ...Suspected Russian raids kill 54 Syrian civilians
Suspected Russian air strikes killed at least 54 civilians in rebel- and jihadist-held areas of Syria in the past 24 hours, a ...At least 12 killed in suicide blasts in north Nigeria
At least 12 people were killed on Wednesday when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in the northern ...Seven Hamas militants killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
Seven members of Hamas\' military wing were killed when a tunnel built for fighting against Israel collapsed this week in the Gaza ...Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo denies crimes against humanity
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo Thursday pleaded "not guilty" to four charges of crimes against humanity as his landmark trial opened five ...Sweden plans to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose application for asylum has been rejected, Interior Minister ...