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Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims entering U.S
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response ...Germany records 964,000 new asylum seekers since Jan
Germany registered 964,574 new asylum seekers in the first 11 months of the year, putting Europe\'s top economy on track for a ...Iraq forces retake large part of key city Ramadi from IS
Iraqi security forces recaptured a large part of the city of Ramadi from the Islamic State group Tuesday, officials said, scoring a ...UN says 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at Jordan border
Around 12,000 people who have fled the war in Syria are stranded at the Jordanian border, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ...Syrian government says U.S.-led coalition hit army camp
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group denied Monday its planes carried out air strikes that killed at least three Syrian ...French Socialists retreat further to ward off far-right
France\'s Socialist Party on Monday said it would pull its candidates out of a third regional poll, that of eastern France, adding ...Latvian PM Laimdota Straujuma resigns
Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation on Monday, saying there was a need for "new ideas and contributions".Strong 7.2 quake strikes in Tajikistan, felt in New Delhi
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and ...Azerbaijan says 29 missing after oil platform fire feared dead
Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Sunday 29 workers missing after an oil platform in the Caspian Sea caught fire on ...Assad says British bombing in Syria will fail, ridicules PM Cameron
British air strikes on Islamic State will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with ...




