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Berlin truck attack suspect shot dead in Italy
A rookie Italian police officer on Friday shot dead the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin truck attack after four days on the ...Libyan plane hijacked, lands in Malta
A man who said he was armed with a grenade hijacked a Libyan plane which landed on Malta Friday with 118 people ...Syria army says Aleppo retaken after evacuation
The army said Thursday it has retaken full control of Syria\'s devastated second city Aleppo, scoring its biggest victory against opposition forces ...World Bank approves $1.5 bn in aid for war-torn Iraq
The World Bank on Tuesday announced an additional $1.5 billion aid package for Iraq, to help the war-torn country implement reforms, improve ...Germany fingers Tunisian asylum seeker in Berlin market attack
German authorities triggered a Europe-wide manhunt Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a ...Aleppo evacuations in heavy snow end brutal war chapter
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared close to victory in Aleppo on Wednesday, but United Nations and rebel officials denied that an operation ...Deadly protests in DR Congo as Kabila clings to office
At least 11 people died as gunfire erupted during protests on Tuesday in Democratic Republic of Congo against longtime President Joseph Kabila, ...Islamic State claims responsibility for Berlin market attack
The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people, as ...Scotland unveils plan to stay in EU single market after Brexit
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled plans Tuesday for Scotland to stay in the EU\'s single market after Brexit but said she would ...Russia joins probe into Turkey envoy murder
Russian investigators arrived in Turkey on Tuesday to probe the assassination of Moscow\'s ambassador as the Turkish government pointed the finger of ...




