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Somali, AU troops capture key Shebab stronghold
Somali government troops backed by African Union forces on Wednesday captured the Shebab stronghold of Bardhere, one of the last key bases ...Serbia, Bosnia leaders pledge to boost fragile post-war ties
Bosnia\'s joint presidency and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic pledged Wednesday in Belgrade to improve fragile ties, after a stone-throwing mob chased ...Egypt jails former Mubarak PM for corruption
An Egyptian court sentenced a former prime minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to five years in prison for corruption and ...Car bomb blasts in Baghdad killed 20 people
A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded 30 Wednesday in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, ...Ukraine, rebels reach preliminary deal to broaden weapons withdrawal
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and ...Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria
Three Spanish journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.Turkey identifies suspect in suicide attack as dead activists mourned
Turkey said Tuesday it had identified a suspect over a devastating suicide bombing on the border with Syria blamed on Islamic State ...U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah officials for Syria support
The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they ...Violence as Burundi votes with president seeking re-election
Burundians voted Tuesday amid gunfire and grenade blasts, with President Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term despite international ...Colombia celebrates FARC rebel ceasefire
War-weary Colombia celebrated the start of a FARC rebel ceasefire after a half-century of hostilities, with hopes still high that its fragile ...