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French PM Manuel Valls resigns amid economy row
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government\'s resignation on Monday, a day after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic ...Russia says wants to send second aid convoy to east Ukraine
Russia wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base
Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that ...Malaysia receives bodies from Flight 17 crash
The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived ...Israeli air strike kills three Hamas commanders in Gaza
Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip in an air strike on Thursday and said it would continue to ...Gaza war rages on, Hamas says Israel tried to kill its military chief
An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed the wife and infant son of Hamas\'s military leader, Mohammed Deif, the group said, calling ...U.S. military failed in rescue attempt for journalist Foley
The U.S. military earlier this summer carried out an attempt to rescue journalist James Foley and other American hostages held in Syria, ...Thai junta leader appointed PM by hand-picked parliament
Thailand\'s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on Thursday by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a ...Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling
Heavy shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Ukraine\'s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday ...New US strikes in Iraq after IS Foley video
The United States launched a new barrage of airstrikes Wednesday against the Islamic State extremist group that beheaded American journalist James Foley ...