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India arrests five for kidnap and rape of Japanese woman
Indian police have arrested two brothers accused of repeatedly raping a 22-year-old Japanese tourist over three weeks near Bodh Gaya, ...Over 76,000 killed in Syria war in 2014, monitor says
More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria\'s brutal conflict in 2014, making it the bloodiest year yet in the country\'s nearly ...Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has entered into his most serious confrontation yet with Israel by signing onto the International Criminal Court.Egyptian court orders retrial of journalists in Al Jazeera case
An Egyptian appeals court has overturned an initial verdict that sentenced three al-Jazeera English journalists to seven to 10 years in prison, ...U.S., partners hit Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
The United States and its allies staged 29 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, the Combined ...At least 23 killed in Yemen suicide bombing: state news agency
A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a cultural center ...Kurds in new Islamic State group offensive in Iraq
Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, Kurdish Iraqi forces said they launched a large-scale offensive Wednesday to push Islamic State group extremists from an ...New Year celebrations marked across the world
New Year\'s celebrations kicked off in New Zealand and Australia as revelers from around the world gathered Wednesday to say goodbye to ...Bodies from crashed AirAsia plane arrive in Indonesian city
The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city ...Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of ...