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Argentina elects pro-business Macri after 12 years of Kirchner rule
Argentina, in a stinging repudiation of outgoing leftist President Cristina Kirchner, elected a pro-market government president to take the helm of Latin ...Cameron wants UK to join Syria strikes, offers France Cyprus airbase
British Prime Minister David Cameron said in Paris on Monday that he was convinced the UK should carry out military air strikes ...Obama says world must not succumb to fear of terror
US President Barack Obama called Sunday for resolve in the face of heightened jihadist threats, insisting panicked citizens must not succumb to ...Russia pounds IS as manoeuvres force flight rerouting
Russia has bombed the Islamic State group in the heaviest strikes in eastern Syria since the war began, as its military manoeuvres ...Colombia pardons 30 jailed FARC guerrillas
Colombia\'s government said on Sunday it will free 30 jailed members of the Marxist FARC rebel group as a gesture of goodwill ...State of emergency in Crimea after power lines blown up
Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed peninsula ...Belgium maintains maximum security alert status for Brussels
Belgian security officials were set to review on Sunday whether to keep Brussels on maximum alert, leaving the public to wonder whether ...Argentina votes on big economic, political change
Argentines voted Sunday in a presidential runoff that could end 12 years of leftist government and see the pro-business opposition seize command ...Two Palestinian attackers killed as civilians intervene
Two Palestinians, including a teen, attacked Israelis with knives and a car in the West Bank Sunday and were killed when civilians ...Brussels put on maximum alert on risk of Paris-like attack
Belgium put the capital Brussels on maximum security alert on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning people to avoid crowds because of ...