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Pakistani province cracks down on child marriage
Parents and clerics in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province who allow the marriage of underage children will face greater penalties than before ...First round-the-world solar flight takes off from UAE
Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a ...Al Qaeda attacks Yemen army base, four dead: residents
At least two militants and two soldiers died in an al Qaeda assault on an army base in southern Yemen early on ...France PM warns that 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad by year-end
As many as 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad in Iraq and Syria by the end of this year, French Prime Minister ...Philippine military says 73 Muslim rebels dead in offensive
The Philippine military says its forces have killed 73 hard-line Muslim rebels and a suspected foreign militant in a three-week offensive in ...Chad and Niger begin offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
Forces from Chad and Niger opened a new front in the regional military fight against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as ...Colombia government and Farc rebels agree to remove landmines
The Colombian government and leftist guerrillas on Saturday jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in ...Spain arrests Moroccan woman tried to join Islamic State
Spanish security forces arrested a Moroccan female at Barcelona-El Prat Airport who wanted to leave the country to joint the Islamic State ...