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Hungary Defence Minister quits amid migration crisis
Hungarian Defence Minister Csaba Hende resigned Monday, according to a government statement given to state news agency MTI, without giving a reason.Britain kills IS fighters in Syria for first time
A Royal Air Force (RAF) drone killed a British jihadist in Syria last month who was planning attacks on Britain, Prime Minister ...North, South Korea to hold family reunion in October
North and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War, following all-night ...Bomb kills 10 Turkish police officers as jets strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, ...New Zealand opens door for 750 Syrian refugees
New Zealand announced on Monday it will take 750 Syrian refugees over the next three years after coming under intense pressure to ...Palestinian mother injured in arson attack dies
The mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a July arson attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank died on Monday of her ...Qatar sends 1,000 ground troops to Yemen conflict
Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen\'s war ahead of ...Russia dismisses US concerns over Syria military build-up
Moscow on Monday dismissed US concern of a Russian military build-up in Syria, saying its military aid to Bashar al-Assad was nothing ...France vows to take 24,000 refugees, Germany pledges 6 bn euros
Germany pledged an extra six billion euros Monday to help the record numbers of desperate refugees crossing its borders, with France vowing ...Several Turkish soldiers killed in major PKK attack
Several Turkish soldiers were killed on Sunday in a major attack in southeastern Hakkari province suspected to have been carried out by ...