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Dozens of Afghan troops defect to Taliban in Helmand fighting
At least 65 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban, taking their weapons and equipment with them and 88 have been killed ...10 dead as French high-speed train derails during test run
Ten people were killed after a French high-speed train derailed during a test run on Saturday, local officials said, announcing a rise ...Paris attacks kill 127, Islamic State threatens France
Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing 127 people in ...Dozens dead in Paris shootings, explosions
France was rocked by multiple, near simultaneous attacks on entertainment sites around Paris on Friday evening and French media said at least ...World leaders laud Myanmar election as Suu Kyi secures majority
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar\'s parliament, the election commission said on Friday, ...Israel detains 24 Hamas suspects in West Bank raids
Israel security forces arrested 24 suspected members of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in overnight raids in the northern West Bank, the army ...Kosovo fails in UNESCO membership bid
Kosovo on Monday failed in its bid to win membership of the UN cultural body UNESCO, which would have represented a leap ...Russia faces Olympic ban after hugely critical doping report
Russian track and field athletes could be banned from next year\'s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after a devastatingly critical report accused ...Over 230,000 vaccinated in Iraq anti-cholera campaign
More than 230,000 people received a first dose of cholera vaccine in a massive campaign to combat an outbreak of the disease ...Aung San Suu Kyi wins historic Myanmar election
Myanmar\'s ruling party conceded defeat in the country\'s general election on Monday as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu ...