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US, IMF new aid to Ukraine, US new sanctions on Russia
The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against ...Mind your manners, Venezuela tells U.S. official Jacobson
Venezuela\'s top diplomat called a senior U.S. official "petulant" and ill-mannered on Wednesday in response to her contention that sanctions were intended ...Iraqi troops clash with ISIS in Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi\'ite militia exchanged fire sporadically with Islamic State fighters in Tikrit on Thursday, a day after they ...Albanian opposition demands Parliament speaker quit
Several thousand Albanian opposition supporters have demonstrated peacefully in central Tirana to demand the resignation of the Parliament speaker, following accusations that ...Two police officers shot during protests in US
Two police officers were shot early Thursday amid protests in the flashpoint American town of Ferguson over the treatment of blacks by ...Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq
Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State\'s claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, the country\'s ...US woman says her boyfriend killed her mother in Indonesia
An American woman charged with premeditated murder in the death of her mother on Indonesia\'s Bali island told a court Wednesday that ...36 towns now retaken from Boko Haram, says Nigeria
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 36 towns had been retaken from Boko Haram since the start of a four-nation military offensive, voicing ...Iraqi forces enter northern district of Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit\'s northern Qadisiya district on Wednesday in their first advance into the city ...US military helicopter crashes off northwest Florida; 11 feared dead
Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were ...