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German politician stabbed in attack tied to migrant crisis
A German mayoral candidate active in helping refugees was seriously wounded on Saturday in what police described as a stabbing with a ...Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive
Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government ...Germany paid FIFA members bribes for 2006 World Cup
The German Football Federation (DFB) insisted on Friday that a 6.7 million euro ($7.6 million) payment made by the 2006 World Cup ...Violence escalates as Palestinians torch Jewish holy site at West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli ...Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US
Russia said its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while President ...Obama again delays troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Reversing policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama announced on Thursday he will prolong the 14-year-old U.S. military engagement there, effectively handing off ...Turkey seeks EU cash, visas, for help on refugee crisis
Turkey demanded on Thursday that the European Union start easing restrictions on Turks traveling to the EU next year if it wants ...Mideast violence spikes despite new Israeli measures
Israel has struggled to curb a spate of violence that has raised fears of a full-blown uprising, with more knife attacks shaking ...South Sudan civil war worsening: aid agencies
War in South Sudan is worsening despite a faltering peace deal, with thousands of women and girls raped, killed or abducted in ...Heavy air pollution in 80% of Chinese cities: Greenpeace
Pollution in nearly 80 percent of Chinese cities surveyed by Greenpeace "greatly exceeded" national standards over the first nine months of this ...