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IMF cuts global growth outlook, calls for accommodative policy
The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2015, and called on Tuesday for governments and central banks ...Iran general killed with Hezbollah fighters in Israel raid
An Israeli strike on Syria killed an Iranian general, Tehran confirmed Monday, as thousands of supporters of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah gathered to bury ...Israeli strike in Syria kills senior Hezbollah figures
An Israeli helicopter strike in Syria killed a commander from Lebanon\'s Hezbollah and the son of the group\'s late military leader Imad ...Palestinians throw eggs at Canadian FM, escalating diplomatic spat
Palestinian protesters heckled and threw eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, ...Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as ...Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap around 80 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others on Sunday in ...Dozens held across Europe in Islamist suspect sweeps
Belgian, French and German police interrogated dozens of Islamist suspects on Friday as much of Europe remained on heightened security alert after ...Chad armoured column heads for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria\'s dreaded Boko Haram insurgents.Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaida and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S. history, face a new, ...ICC opens examination of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The International Criminal Court has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, opening a path to possible charges ...