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U.S., Afghan forces clear Islamic State from eastern district
U.S. and Afghan Special Forces are completing an operation to clear Islamic State fighters from a remote district in Nangarhar, the eastern ...Four boys rescued from flooded Thai cave
Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on Sunday ...Bitter foes Ethiopia, Eritrea hold historic peace talks
The leaders of bitter foes Ethiopia and Eritrea met on Sunday, hugging and smiling for cameras in Eritrea\'s capital as officials on ...South Syrian rebels agree surrender deal, Assad takes crossing
South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal on Friday, rebel sources said, surrendering Deraa province to ...Haiti tense after unpopular fuel price hike
At least one person was killed amid protests in the capital of impoverished Haiti Friday, following the announcement of a fuel price ...Iran executes eight over deadly IS attacks in Tehran
Iran has executed eight people convicted over two deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Tehran last year, the judiciary\'s ...At least 27 killed, 47 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan
At least 47 people were missing and five were in a critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 27 people pounds ...Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead
Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six ...Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in Gaza border protests
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, one of them a 14-year-old boy, and wounded 415 others with live fire and tear ...Hezbollah denies 8 fighters killed in Yemen
Lebanon\'s Hezbollah on Friday denied that any of its fighters were killed in Yemen after claims by the Saudi-led coalition that it ...




