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20 jihadists killed in failed east Syria airport attack
At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to ...IMF withholds bailout money for Cyprus
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it won\'t release $108 million (88 million euros) in rescue money for bailed-out Cyprus ...EU leaders ready long confrontation with Russia
European Union leaders warned Moscow they were ready exercise their combined muscle over the long haul in a confrontation with ...Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken
Iraqi Kurds claimed Thursday to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have long been ...Swiss central bank imposes negative interest rates
Following the fallout of the slide in the Russian ruble, Switzerland sought Thursday to prevent the Swiss franc from breaching ...US soldier jailed after joining French Foreign Legion
An American soldier who abandoned his unit to join the French Foreign Legion has been convicted of desertion and sentenced by the ...Miss South Africa crowned Miss World
Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest\'s glitzy final in London on Sunday, ...Deal reached at UN climate talks in Peru
After late-night wrangling at UN talks in Peru, negotiators early Sunday reached a watered-down deal that sets the stage for ...UN climate talks deadlocked over scope of pledges
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include ...German killed in Kabul attack on play condemning suicide bombings
A teenaged bomber on Thursday targeted a Kabul auditorium packed with people watching a drama condemning suicide attacks and being staged at ...




