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Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill
Barack Obama issued the most significant veto of his six-year presidency Tuesday, blocking legislation allowing the Keystone XL oil pipeline to be ...Barack Obama nominates first envoy to Somalia since 1991
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated America\'s first ambassador to Somalia since 1991, when ties soured as rival warlords took over ...Saudi man who renounced his Muslim faith gets death penalty
An Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to death for renouncing his Muslim faith, the English-language daily Saudi Gazette ...FIFA group calls for November-December World Cup in Qatar
A FIFA World Cup task force on Tuesday called for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be shortened and held in ...UK security committee head steps down over cash-for-access scandal
Malcolm Rifkind, the chairman of an influential parliamentary committee which oversees the work of Britain\'s intelligence services, said on Tuesday he was ...IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, a monitor said on Wednesday.US jury orders Palestinians to pay $218 million over Jerusalem attacks
A U.S. jury on Monday found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting terrorist attacks in Israel more ...Gunman kills eight in Czech Republic
Eight people were shot dead in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, the town\'s mayor said on Czech Television.Iran, US hold high level nuclear talks in Geneva
High-level nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran resumed in Geneva on Monday as both sides work through technical and political ...Egyptian court sentences activist to 5 years in prison
An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in jail on Monday for violating a law that seeks ...




