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Al Qaeda announces India wing, renews loyalty to Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would ...U.S. strikes Somali militant camp in bid to kill al Shabaab leader
A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia has targeted the leader of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, Somali and U.S. officials said ...Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid wages, reliance on contractors
A group of Fukushima workers on Wednesday sued Tokyo Electric for unpaid wages in a potentially precedent-setting legal challenge to the utility ...Three Key Policy Issues and Strategies for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are three key ...What to Do About ISIS
Start by recognizing where ISIS came from. The U.S. and ...Ukraine rebels say they are poised to recapture Donetsk airport
EU officials proposed sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow\'s role in Ukraine, where rebels said ...Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced: U.N.
Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighboring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows ...U.N. says 43 Golan peacekeepers seized by Syria militants, 81 trapped
Militants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, ...4 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with militants
Iraqi police officials say that clashes between Iraqi soldiers and militants with the Islamic State group south of Baghdad have killed four ...No let-up in Gaza war as Egypt presses on with truce efforts
Israeli air strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel ...