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Several wounded as Afghan soldier opens fire at British military academy
A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest ...Gaza ceasefire holding on second day, talks under way in Egypt
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to ...NATO fears ground invasion as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
Russia has massed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine\'s border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian mission to invade, NATO ...Israelis, Palestinians set to launch 72-hour truce in monthlong war
Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, ...Russia to hold war games in show of strength near Ukraine
Russia announced military exercises near the border with Ukraine on Monday in a show of strength as the Ukrainian army recaptured more ...Iraqi PM orders air force to help Kurds fight Islamic State
Iraq\'s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against Islamic State fighters after ...Palestinians accuse Israel of breaking truce
Palestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City ...Lebanese army advances in border area, finds 50 bodies: official
The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of ...Over 400 Ukrainian troops cross into Russia for refuge
More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed the border into Russia and deserted the Kiev government, news agency Interfax quoted a border ...In the War to Protect Masculinity, Hamas and Israel Make Strange Bedfellows
Amid weeks of horror and unconscionable suffering in the Gaza ...