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6 killed, 14 wounded in east Ukraine city
Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in rebel-held Donetsk, the city council reported Monday — the worst violation ...Islamic State terrorist purportedly beheads British hostage David Haines
Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Saturday that purported to show the beheading of ...Iraq PM says he will protect civilians after U.S.-Iraq air strikes against IS
Iraq\'s Shi\'ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on ...Ukraine PM slams Putin, ceasefire again under strain in east Ukraine
Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine on Saturday in breach of a fragile eight-day ceasefire as the prime ...U.S. Embassy in Uganda tells citizens to seek shelter amid anti-terror operation
The U.S. Embassy in Uganda told its citizens to seek safety on Saturday, warning that local authorities had uncovered a ...About 100 rescued from sunken Philippine ferry
Rescuers saved about 100 people overnight and recovered two bodies from a ferry that sank in rough seas after encountering ...U.S. wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign
The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a "coordinated military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major ...Scottish support for independence slips behind unionists a week before vote: poll
Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom have clawed back a 4 percentage point lead over separatists, a YouGov ...Kerry in Iraq backs government, to build support against Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Baghdad on Wednesday, beginning a tour of the Middle East to build ...Russia successfully tests nuclear missile; 2 more tests planned
Russia carried out a successful test of its new Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile on Wednesday and will perform two more ...