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Iraq presses Hagel for more U.S. air strikes, weapons
Iraq\'s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pressed outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday for more air strikes and weaponry to accelerate ...Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State
Any congressional authorization of U.S. military force against Islamic State should be flexible and not limit the fight to Iraq and Syria, ...Syria calls for U.N. sanctions on Israel over air strikes
Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish state ...Hong Kong protesters given Thursday deadline to clear sites
Hong Kong\'s High Court has ordered the main protest sites that have choked the financial city for more than two months to ...UN: $16.4 billion needed to aid most vulnerable
The United Nations appealed Monday for $16.4 billion to pay for global humanitarian needs in 2015, saying it needs that money to ...Philippine capital braces for storm, as Hagupit leaves 27 dead
Typhoon Hagupit weakened to a tropical storm as it churned close to the Philippine capital on Monday, after killing 27 people on ...Uber banned from operating in Indian capital after driver rape
U.S. online ride-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating in the Indian capital after a female passenger accused one of its ...British millionaire Dewani cleared of honeymoon murder
Millionaire British businessman Shrien Dewani walked free Monday after a South African judge cleared him of murdering his Swedish bride after a ...Indonesian maid says tortured with vacuum cleaner tube in Hong Kong abuse case
An Indonesian domestic helper told a Hong Kong court on Monday that she had been tortured by her employer, with a vacuum ...Philippine typhoon weakens to a storm; 3 dead
Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a storm Monday after it left at least three people dead and sent more than a million others ...