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Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious ...Israel launches deadly airstrikes in Gaza
Israel launched a series of air strikes on Gaza early on Monday to quell Hamas rocket fire, and the Islamist group\'s armed ...Germany summons US ambassador over spy allegations
Germany summoned the US ambassador in Berlin on Friday following the arrest of a man reported to have spied for the United ...Israel warns Hamas against more violence as tension spikes
Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after the ...Ex-Cameron aide Coulson faces jail in UK hacking case
British Prime Minister David Cameron\'s former media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months on Friday for being complicit in widespread ...Kurds push for independence vote amid Iraq chaos
The president of Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdish region asked its parliament on Thursday to plan a referendum on Kurdish independence, signaling his impatience ...Overpass in World Cup host city collapses
An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least one person and ...Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq
Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, ...Palestinian teen killed in possible revenge attack
The discovery of a body in a Jerusalem forest on Wednesday raised suspicions that a missing Palestinian youth had been killed by ...Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday became the first former French president to be placed in custody for questioning in a criminal investigation.