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German parliament approves military campaign against Islamic State in Syria
Germany\'s lower house of parliament on Friday approved government plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria. Of the ...Putin swears to make Turkey regret plane downing as diplomats meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey\'s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Moscow\'s warplanes as ...Hungary files court challenge to EU migrant quotas
Hungary said on Thursday it had filed a legal challenge to the European Union\'s plan to distribute 160,000 asylum-seekers among member states ...British bombers strike Islamic State oil fields in Syria
British bombers made their first strikes on Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, hitting oil fields that Prime Minister David Cameron says ...Swiss make more arrests in FIFA corruption scandal
Law enforcement officials made more arrests on Thursday in the ongoing investigation of soccer\'s world governing body FIFA, at least some of ...Two suspects identified in California mass shooting
At least 14 people were killed in a gun attack on a holiday party in California, triggering a massive manhunt that ended ...More rains forecast for flood-hit southern India
The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced ...South African appeals court convicts Pistorius of murder
A South African appeals court on Thursday convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court\'s conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on ...Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade
Russia\'s defense ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal ...British parliament votes on joining anti-IS campaign in Syria
Britain\'s parliament is likely to vote on Wednesday to approve air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria after months of wrangling ...