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Gambia president declares country an Islamic republic
Gambia\'s President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to ...Paris attacker was French army reject
Foued Mohamed-Aggad, one of three young men who shot dead 90 people at a Paris concert hall a month ago, was turned ...Truck bomb attack in Syria kills 22 in Kurdish-held town
At least 22 people were killed by three truck bombs in a Kurdish-controlled town in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human ...Canada welcomes first Syrian refugees
Canada welcomed 163 Syrian refugees, taking in the first of a planned 25,000 in a matter of months and promising them a ...Syrian opposition agree joint group for peace talks
Opponents of Syria\'s President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Thursday to bring together political and armed factions in a single body in preparation ...Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
This year\'s Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, collected their award in Norway on Thursday, appealing for international cooperation ...Hungary rejects EU criticism over asylum law
The European Commission launched an "infringement case" against Hungary over its asylum legislation on Thursday, a move Budapest dismissed as an act ...Fifty Afghan security forces, civilians killed in airport siege
The last of 11 Taliban insurgents who infiltrated Kandahar airport was killed late on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after the attack ...Outgoing Argentine president blasts incoming leaders in final speech
Tens of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina\'s most famous square Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her ...Palestinian shot dead after wounding two Israelis in West Bank stabbing
A Palestinian was shot dead by security forces after wounding an Israeli soldier and a civilian when he stabbed them in the ...