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560,000-year-old tooth found in southern France
A 16-year-old French volunteer archaeologist has found an adult tooth dating back around 560,000 years in southwestern France, in what researchers hailed ...Obama urges Ethiopia to improve record on political freedoms
U.S. President Barack Obama told Ethiopia\'s leaders on Monday that allowing more political freedoms would strengthen the African nation, which had already ...Cameroon to deploy 2,000 more troops after Boko Haram attacks
Cameroon plans to send an additional 2,000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bomb attacks in the regional capital ...Morocco media boss to pay minister defamation damages
The director of Morocco\'s Arabic-language newspaper Al-Akhbar, Rachid Niny, said he was sentenced Monday to pay 400,000 dirhams ($41,000, nearly 37,000 euros) ...Syrian Kurds say hit as Turkish army battles Islamic State
Kurdish fighters in northern Syria accused the Turkish army of shelling their positions on Monday, highlighting the precarious path Ankara is treading ...Afghanistan wedding shooting kills 21
Armed men opened fire at a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 21 guests and wounding eight, provincial officials said ...Nine killed in day-long Indian gun battle near Pakistani border
Indian police overcame a group of gunmen dressed in military fatigues on Monday after a 12-hour battle that ended in a small-town ...Obama in Ethiopia, focus on South Sudan peace bid
Barack Obama on Monday officially begins a two-day visit to Ethiopia, the first-ever trip by a US president to Africa\'s second-most populous ...Saudi King′s Riviera holiday sparks anger in France
King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France on Saturday for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front ...NATO calls emergency meeting after Turkish request
NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss security at the request of Turkey after last week\'s ...




