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Paris attacks kill 127, Islamic State threatens France
Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing 127 people in ...Russia suspended after overwhelming IAAF vote
Athletics\' governing body has voted overwhelmingly to suspend Russia from the sport for widespread, state-sponsored doping and the ban will include the ...Magnitude-7 earthquake strikes off southwest Japan
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan early Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with Japanese authorities ...Paris attacks heighten pressure at Vienna Syria talks
Multiple "terror" attacks in Paris increased the pressure on some 20 countries and organisations meeting in Vienna on Saturday to overcome deep ...Schools, museums, tourist sites closed in Paris after attacks
Schools, markets, museums and major tourist sites in the Paris area were closed on Saturday and sporting fixtures were cancelled following the ...U2 cancel Paris concert after attacks
Irish rock band U2 canceled a Paris concert planned for Saturday following a series of attacks in the French capital which killed ...Dozens of Afghan troops defect to Taliban in Helmand fighting
At least 65 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban, taking their weapons and equipment with them and 88 have been killed ...Dozens dead in Paris shootings, explosions
France was rocked by multiple, near simultaneous attacks on entertainment sites around Paris on Friday evening and French media said at least ...World leaders laud Myanmar election as Suu Kyi secures majority
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar\'s parliament, the election commission said on Friday, ...Israel detains 24 Hamas suspects in West Bank raids
Israel security forces arrested 24 suspected members of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in overnight raids in the northern West Bank, the army ...




