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France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria
France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde ...Guatemala swears in new president as ex-leader detained
Guatemala\'s Congress swore in a new president as disgraced former leader Otto Perez was ordered detained to prevent him becoming a fugitive ...UAE, Bahrain lose 27 troops on black day for Yemen coalition
The UAE said 22 of its troops were killed in Yemen and Bahrain said it lost five soldiers Friday, the deadliest day ...Eight policemen killed in Tajikistan, U.S. embassy shut
Eight policemen were killed in Tajikistan on Friday in attacks the authorities in the Central Asian nation blamed on gunmen loyal to ...Morocco votes in test for Islamist government
Some 15 million Moroccans go to the polls Friday for local elections seen as a gauge of the popularity of the government ...Angry farmers hold massive tractor protest in Paris
Angry French farmers blocked the streets of Paris with more than 1,500 tractors Thursday to protest against plunging food prices and soaring ...Migrants storm re-opened Budapest train station
Several hundred migrants stormed into Budapest\'s main international train station early Thursday after police re-opened it following a two-day standoff, an AFP ...At least 14 killed as boat capsizes off Malaysia
A boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least ...China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000
President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might ...France, Germany and Italy call for reform of asylum rules
Germany, France and Italy called for an overhaul of laws on the right of asylum and a fairer distribution of migrants throughout ...