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Israel, Palestinians launch new three-day truce
Israel and the Palestinians held their fire early on Monday at the start of a new 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt that ...Ukrainian forces encircle rebel-held city, talk of truce collapses
Artillery shells slammed into the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Sunday as government forces tightened the noose around the ...ISIS militants kill hundreds of Yazidis in Iraq, bury some alive
Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq\'s Yazidi minority in northern Iraq, burying some of their victims alive ...Passenger plane crashes in Iran, at least 38 dead
An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing at least 38 on board and narrowly avoiding many more ...Turkey votes in landmark presidential election
Turks voted Sunday in their first direct presidential election, a watershed event in the country\'s 91-year history that could cement Prime Minister ...US launches four airstrikes against Islamic militants in Iraq
The U.S. military says American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq, taking out armored ...Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery
A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters ...Yemen militants shoot 14 soldiers, drone kills three al Qaeda suspects
Reuters) – An al Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen said it killed 14 soldiers in an eastern province as revenge for an army ...Israelis, Gaza militants fight on, defying truce efforts
Israel launched more than 20 aerial attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the ...Donetsk rebels surrounded, commander says
A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that Ukrainian forces have seized a key town, leaving the ...