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36 towns now retaken from Boko Haram, says Nigeria
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 36 towns had been retaken from Boko Haram since the start of a four-nation military offensive, voicing ...US and Cuba re-establish direct telephone calls
The United States and Cuba have re-established a direct telephone link, the Cuban state telecommunications company said Wednesday, in the latest step ...US, IMF new aid to Ukraine, US new sanctions on Russia
The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against ...Mind your manners, Venezuela tells U.S. official Jacobson
Venezuela\'s top diplomat called a senior U.S. official "petulant" and ill-mannered on Wednesday in response to her contention that sanctions were intended ...IS claims execution of Arab Israeli accused of spying
The Islamic State released a video Tuesday purporting to show a young boy executing an Arab Israeli who it claimed infiltrated the ...Iraqi forces enter northern district of Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit\'s northern Qadisiya district on Wednesday in their first advance into the city ...US military helicopter crashes off northwest Florida; 11 feared dead
Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were ...Indian court summons ex-PM over multi-billion coal scam
An Indian court summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday over accusations of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award ...Colombia to temporarily halt bombing of FARC rebels
Colombia will stop air raids on Marxist FARC rebels for a month, President Juan Manuel Santos said, a major stride in a ...Pakistani province cracks down on child marriage
Parents and clerics in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province who allow the marriage of underage children will face greater penalties than before ...
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