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UN Security Council weighs trip to Sudan, South Sudan
The UN Security Council is considering a visit this month to Sudan and South Sudan to push for a return to peace ...U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya
U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government\'s request to help push the militants from ...Five dead as Russian military helicopter downed in Syria
A Russian military helicopter was shot down over Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board in the single deadliest incident ...Rebels launch major assault to break siege of opposition-held Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters launched on Sunday a major assault on government-held southwestern parts of Aleppo in the first major drive to regain ...Many Houthis, seven Saudi troops killed near Yemen border
Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, Saudi state news agency ...Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl
An elderly Afghan cleric has been arrested after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said, in the latest case highlighting the scourge ...Police arrest two suspected of plotting attack in Belgium
Belgian police arrested two men "suspected of planning an attack" in Belgium following raids late Friday ordered by an anti-terror judge, federal ...U.N. Human Rights Commission slams Australia youth prison abuse
Hundreds of people rallied in major cities across Australia on Saturday criticizing the government\'s response to video showing aboriginal children being teargassed ...Syria rebels prevent civilians from leaving Aleppo: monitor
Only a few residents of Syria\'s Aleppo were able to leave encircled opposition-held districts through humanitarian corridors before rebels prevented them from ...Clinton accepts historic nomination, slams Trump vision
Hillary Clinton on Thursday claimed her place in history as the first woman presidential nominee of a major US party, promising economic ...