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Asylum applications from Turks on rise in Germany
A rising number of Turkish nationals have sought asylum in Germany, official data showed Friday, as tensions rise in Turkey over an ...Syria rebels in huge attack to break Aleppo siege
Jihadists and their rebel allies pressed an offensive Friday with a massive attack aimed at seizing a military academy south of Aleppo ...Gunmen kill 12 in northeast India market attack
Gunmen on Friday opened fire on a busy market in a restive area of northeast India, killing 12 people and wounding several ...Egypt says IS Sinai chief killed in strike
An Egyptian air strike killed the head of the Islamic State group branch behind scores of deadly attacks on security forces and ...UN envoy says to suspend Yemen peace talks
The UN special envoy to Yemen said Thursday he plans to suspend peace talks between the country\'s warring parties at the weekend ...Hurricane Earl hits Belize near capital, prompting flooding fears
A hurricane packing 130 kilometer (80 mile) per hour winds and heavy rain made landfall in Central America near Belize\'s capital, where ...Former Nepal communist rebel leader elected Prime Minister
Nepal\'s new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pledged Wednesday to unite a country hit by deadly protests over constitutional changes after lawmakers ...GOP frustrations with Trump mount, but endorsements stand
Republican leaders\' frustration with Donald Trump mounted Wednesday following a series of startling statements from the GOP nominee, including his refusal to ...Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai
An Emirates plane with 300 people on board crash-landed and caught fire in Dubai Wednesday, causing the death of a firefighter and ...North Korea fires mid-range missile toward waters near Japan
A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan\'s territorial waters, Seoul ...