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UN calls for Sri Lanka war crimes court
The United Nations on Wednesday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka\'s civil conflict, including the disappearance of tens of thousands of ...Malaysian police fire water cannons at Malay protesters
Malaysian police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly Wednesday at a rally to uphold Malay dominance and support Prime ...Assad says only Syrian people can decide if he quits
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Russian media he would only quit power if the Syrian people wanted him ...Hungary declares emergency, seals border, detains migrants
Hungary\'s right-wing government shut the main land route for migrants into the EU on Tuesday, taking matters into its own hands to ...Jerusalem mosque clashes continue
Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem\'s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a third straight day on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent ...Hungary launches border crackdown, says refugees face expulsion
Hundreds of migrants spent the night in the open on Serbia’s northern border with Hungary, their passage to western Europe stalled on ...Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016
Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as ...Two car bombs kill at least 26 people in eastern Syrian city
Two car bomb blasts killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more in the mostly Kurdish-controlled eastern Syrian city of Hasaka ...Australia gets 5th leader in 8 years after rival ousts PM Abbott
Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted out Tony Abbott in ...95,000 Russian troops in massive military drill
Russia on Monday launched its largest military exercises of the year, Centre-2015, involving some 95,000 soldiers including ground troops, navy and airforce ...