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Netanyahu wins surprise victory in Israel election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beat the odds on Wednesday to win a resounding election victory that will likely deepen tensions with ...Sierra Leone president sacks deputy for seeking asylum in U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana for seeking asylum in a foreign embassy, a statement from ...German police clash with protesters at anti-austerity protest
Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with riot police near the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt on Wednesday and set ...Iraq forces looted, burned after breaking IS siege
Iraqi troops and militia looted and burned homes and destroyed villages after breaking the Islamic State group\'s months-long siege of a Turkmen ...Netanyahu claims victory in Israel election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel\'s election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals\' lead with a ...UN, Sudan in talks on Darfur peacekeeping force
The United Nations and Sudan began talks in Khartoum Tuesday to prepare for an eventual orderly withdrawal of UN/African Union peacekeepers from ...Food shortage fears for Vanuatu islands devastated by Cyclone Pam
International aid agencies ramped up appeals for cyclone-hit Vanuatu on Wednesday, warning that the powerful storm which affected more than two-thirds of ...Lawyer of Pakistan doctor who helped trace bin Laden shot dead
A Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a doctor who helped CIA agents hunt al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was ...Netanyahu says no to Palestinian state if re-elected
Israel\'s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said ...US tycoon charged with murder after TV `confession`
An eccentric US tycoon appeared in court on Monday accused of the execution-style killing of a mobster\'s daughter in the latest installment ...