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Iraqi army battles Islamic State militants near Fallujah
Iraqi military authorities say there are fierce clashes northeast of Fallujah between the army and Islamic State militants following an ambush Friday ...Powerful earthquake hits Nepal
An earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude, and only 2 km deep, struck east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday causing buildings in the ...Palestinian student vote offers taste of real democracy
As relations between rival political factions hit rock bottom and with the prospect of a general election ever more distant, some Palestinians ...Indonesia orders preparations for executions of drug convicts
The Indonesian government said Thursday it had ordered officials to make preparations to execute a group of drug convicts, most of them ...14 migrants killed by train in Macedonia
Fourteen migrants were hit by a train and killed in central Macedonia late on Thursday as they walked through a canyon along ...Armenians mark 100 years since Ottoman massacre
Armenians worldwide will mark the centenary of an Ottoman massacre of up to 1.5 million of their people on Friday, as tensions ...Russia boosts energy ties with Argentina
Russia and Argentina on Thursday signed a slew of deals furthering energy ties as Moscow reaches out to allies amid its standoff ...More fighting, air strikes in Yemen, civilian death toll exceeds 550
Fighting between Yemen\'s warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country and air strikes hit Houthi militia forces in ...Powerful former Syrian general dies in Damascus hospital
Rostom Ghazali, the Syrian general once considered the most powerful man in Lebanon and a key suspect in the assassination of former ...Thousands turn out in Australia for Gallipoli centenary
Thousands turned out across Australia on Saturday morning for dawn services commemorating the 100th anniversary of the doomed WW1 campaign at Gallipoli, ...




