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Al Qaeda attacks Yemen army base, four dead: residents
At least two militants and two soldiers died in an al Qaeda assault on an army base in southern Yemen early on ...Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...First round-the-world solar flight takes off from UAE
Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, ...Spain arrests Moroccan woman tried to join Islamic State
Spanish security forces arrested a Moroccan female at Barcelona-El Prat Airport who wanted to leave the country to joint the Islamic State ...Colombia government and Farc rebels agree to remove landmines
The Colombian government and leftist guerrillas on Saturday jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in ...Ex-minister arrested for Gaddafi funds to Sarkozy campaign
Former French interior minister Claude Gueant was taken into custody on Friday in connection with a probe into the alleged financing by ...South Sudan peace talks collapse
South Sudan\'s warring leaders failed to reach a deal to end more than a year of civil war, mediators said, with the ...Girlfriend of slain Russian politican Nemtsov says she has received death threats
The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was by his side when he was shot dead, has complained ...At least 47 dead in northeast Nigeria bomb attacks
Three bombings in northeast Nigeria\'s city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 47 people, including children, and wounded 50, witnesses told ...




