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More fighting, air strikes in Yemen, civilian death toll exceeds 550
Fighting between Yemen\'s warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country and air strikes hit Houthi militia forces in ...Powerful former Syrian general dies in Damascus hospital
Rostom Ghazali, the Syrian general once considered the most powerful man in Lebanon and a key suspect in the assassination of former ...EU leaders hold emergency summit on migrant crisis
EU leaders sat down for crisis talks Thursday on possible military action against human traffickers in Libya, in a desperate bid to ...For largest babies, inducing labor may help prevent injury during birth
Some women pregnant with unusually large babies may benefit from inducing labor to reduce the odds that the infants\' shoulders get stuck ...Greek PM meets Merkel, urges speeded up reform-for-cash deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for a speeding up of work to conclude a reform-for-cash deal with euro zone creditors to ...Gradual Injustice
Chris Woods\' excellent new book is calledUS admits killing hostages in terrorism operation
The United States on Thursday said an American counterterrorism operation in January killed two hostages, one American and one Italian, who were ...Saudi-led coalition launches Yemen air strikes despite declared end to bombing
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pounded Houthi militiamen and military bases with at least 20 air strikes throughout Yemen on Thursday, residents ...India takes Al Jazeera off air in Kashmir map row
India\'s government took Al Jazeera news channel off the air on Wednesday for five days after officials insisted it had repeatedly shown ...Volcano erupts in Chile, thousands evacuated
Volcano Calbuco in southern Chile erupted for the first time in more than five decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ...