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Militants killed after audacious attack on Kabul airport
Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday in one of the most audacious assaults ...Malaysian passenger plane crashes in Ukraine near Russian border
A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax cited an aviation industry source ...Gaza truce goes into force, hours after tunnel clash
A five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force on Thursday, hours after the Israeli military said it fought ...Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position
Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new term as Syria\'s president on Wednesday, after an election which his opponents dismiss as ...U.S. slaps toughest sanctions yet on Russia, targets Putin allies
President Barack Obama imposed the toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Russia, striking at the heart of Vladimir Putin\'s powerbase by targeting companies ...Israel targets Hamas leaders in new Gaza raids after cease-fire falters
Israel resumed its air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed ...Typhoon kills 10 as it churns across Philippines, cuts power, shuts down Manila
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost ...Libyan militia tighten control of Tripoli airport
Libyan militia fighters with anti aircraft guns and mortars fanned out on Tuesday across Tripoli\'s airport, transformed into a battlefield by two ...China ends drilling operations in disputed sea
China on Wednesday moved an oil rig that it had deployed in a section of the South China Sea, triggering a dispute ...Fighting resumes as Israel-Hamas cease-fire collapses
Israel resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, six hours after agreeing to an Egyptian-proposed truce that failed to halt ...




