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Afghan forces fight to retake northern city from Taliban
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Kunduz on Tuesday as the government launched an operation to retake the center of the ...Liquid water found on Mars, NASA says
Scientists announced Monday "the strongest evidence yet" of liquid water on Mars, raising the distant prospect of microscopic life on our neighbouring ...Russia seizes initiative in Syria crisis; France bombs IS
Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise ...Suspected Arab coalition air raid kills 40 at Yemen wedding
At least 40 people were killed when a wedding hall in southwest Yemen was bombarded Monday in a suspected Saudi-led coalition air ...Taliban captures key northern Afghan city of Kunduz
The Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in a massive assault Monday involving hundreds of fighters, and now control a ...Putin says US support for Syria rebels illegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were ...Catalan separatists win majority in regional election
Separatists in Catalonia claimed victory Sunday in a regional election that they have vowed will lead to them declaring the region independent ...17 Syrian refugees die off Turkish coast
Seventeen migrants drowned when their boat sank on Sunday off the Turkish coast while headed for the Greek island of Kos, the ...Fresh clashes break out at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed at Jerusalem\'s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, with further trouble feared in the week ahead ...Saudi-led helicopter attack kills 25 civilians in Yemen
Air strikes by helicopters from a Saudi-led alliance killed 25 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, residents and medics said, adding ...