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Kurds in new Islamic State group offensive in Iraq
Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, Kurdish Iraqi forces said they launched a large-scale offensive Wednesday to push Islamic State group extremists from an ...Gunfire reported in Gambian capital as president away
Residents in the tiny West African nation of Gambia are reporting heavy gunfire near the presidential palace.Putin critic gets suspended sentence
A Russian court gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence on Tuesday for embezzling money but jailed his brother ...Corruption probe roils Israeli election campaign
A far-reaching Israeli corruption investigation that has roped in 30 public figures and politicians linked to a powerful, hard-line party ...Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship
Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to ...Ebola returns to Europe with first case diagnosed in Britain
A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland\'s largest city, ...U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said ...Ferry stricken by blaze fully evacuated, 10 dead
Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece\'s Adriatic coast in a ...IS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot
The Islamic State group published on Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed ...Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of ...