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Seven Ukranian troops killed as rebels operate tanks
Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in overnight fighting in the restive east, Ukrainian officials said Friday, as clashes between government forces and ...Syria car blast kills dozens
A car bomb in Syria\'s western Hama province killed 34 and wounded more than 50, Syria\'s state news agency SANA said on ...Obama plans to send military advisers to Iraq
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he\'s prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to “assess how we can ...Egypt frees Al Jazeera hunger strike journalist Abdullah Elshamy
Egypt has released Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention.Iraq asks for US air strikes, as extremists take control of largest oil refinery
Iraq has asked the US to stage air attacks on Sunni insurgents as the Islamist fighters edged closer to full control of ...28 bodies exhumed in Mexico mass grave
Officials said Wednesday that they have recovered at least 28 bodies from a grave in the eastern state of Veracruz, the scene ...World Cup 2014: Chile eliminates defending champion Spain
Defending champion Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, was eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a ...Liberia reports seven new deaths linked to Ebola
A health official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in ...US executions carried out after botched injection
US states overnight carried out the first two executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April, after last minute appeals ...US captures suspected Benghazi attack mastermind in secret raid
A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and is in American custody, the Pentagon ...




