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Palestinians to push UN vote despite US veto warning
The Palestinians will press ahead Wednesday with a UN bid to boost their hopes of statehood, despite a warning that the US ...US soldier jailed after joining French Foreign Legion
An American soldier who abandoned his unit to join the French Foreign Legion has been convicted of desertion and sentenced by the ...Sierra Leone to search for Ebola cases in capital
Sierra Leone is planning a house-to-house search for hidden Ebola cases in the capital and surrounding areas, which currently account ...Around 180 Syrian soldiers, jihadists reported killed in battle for base
Around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day battle in which insurgents captured the Wadi ...Lima 2014: Climate Change – Humans Remain the Same
Ultima ratio, ratio primaTaliban storms Pakistan school, killing scores of children
At least 130 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in ...Two car bombs explode in central Yemen killing 25
At least 25 people died when two car bombs exploded in Radaa city in Yemen\'s central province of al-Bayda, local ...Iraq jihadists release pictures of mass execution
The Islamic State (IS) group on Monday released pictures of the execution of 13 men described as anti-jihadist Sunni tribal ...Hostages held in Sydney cafe, forced to hold Islamic flag in window
An armed assailant was holding an unknown number of hostages in a central Sydney cafe on Monday, shutting down Australia\'s ...Japanese PM Shinzo Abe wins election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\'s coalition has cruised to a big election win, ensuring he will stick to reflationary economic ...