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Belgian Demoitie dies in race motorbike smash
Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitie has died after he was struck by a motorbike following a fall during the Gent-Wevelgem race in Belgium, ...Yemen rebels free nine Saudis ahead of peace talks
Shiite rebels who control the Yemeni capital Sanaa have released nine Saudis in exchange for 109 Yemenis, the Saudi-led coalition fighting them ...Taliban rockets hit Afghan parliament compound
Rockets fired by Taliban fighters struck the compound of Afghanistan\'s new parliament on Monday as the country\'s top intelligence official and caretaker ...Belgian police clash with far-right mob at Brussels shrine
Belgian riot police fired water cannon on Sunday to disperse far-right football hooligans who disrupted mourners at a shrine for victims of ...Syria forces retake Palmyra in major victory over IS
Syrian troops backed by Russian forces recaptured the famed ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group on Sunday in a ...Big election wins for Sanders in Alaska, Washington
Bernie Sanders won resounding caucus victories in Alaska and Washington state, hoping to slow the advance of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who ...Belgium charges suspected Brussels airport bomber
Belgium on Saturday charged a suspect thought to be the fugitive third Brussels airport bomber with terrorist murder, as a peace march ...Iraq stadium attack death toll hits 41
Iraqi officials say the death toll from a suicide bombing at a soccer stadium that was claimed by the Islamic State group ...Rolling Stones give historic free concert in Cuba
The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands of Cubans ...Putin backs Kadyrov to stay on as Chechen leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday confirmed that Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov will continue as interim leader and backed him in elections ...