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Republicans debate how to defeat jihadists, rivals hit Trump
Republican presidential hopefuls put Islamic State jihadists in their crosshairs as they debated how to keep America safe, with Jeb Bush and ...Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Tuesday for the United States and Russia to find "common ground" on contentious differences over ...Obama says military hitting IS group harder than ever
US President Barack Obama voiced fresh determination to destroy the Islamic State Monday, vowing to kill the group\'s leaders and win back ...Argentina bus crash leaves 43 border patrol officers dead
A bus carrying Argentine border patrol officers blew a tire and tumbled from a bridge into a dry river bed in the ...Yemen rivals agree on ceasefire
A ceasefire in Yemen is set to begin Monday at midnight on the eve of UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, a government ...French far-right fails to win a single region in elections
France\'s far-right National Front (FN) failed to win a single region in elections Sunday despite record results, as voters flocked to traditional ...Pakistan market bombing kills at least 12, wounds dozens
A bomb blast ripped through a crowded bazaar in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan\'s northwestern tribal region Sunday, killing at least ...Saudi holds first ever election open to women
Covered from head-to-toe and driven by male guardians, Saudi women voted Saturday for the first time, in a tentative step towards easing ...Bodies found in Burundi after armed assaults
Horrified residents awoke Saturday to at least 39 dead bodies scattered in the streets of the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, a day after ...Gambia president declares country an Islamic republic
Gambia\'s President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to ...