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Modi Seeks To Repair Russia Ties On Europe Tour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair India's drifting partnership with Russia when he meets President...

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Civilian Deaths A ‘fact of Life’ In War On IS, Pentagon Head Says

Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the Islamic State group but the United states is doing...

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Libya Jihadist Group Ansar Al-Sharia Announces Dissolution

The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN...

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Security Beefed Up As Millions Expected At Sydney’s Vivid Festival

One of Australia's biggest draw cards, the Sydney Vivid light show, got underway Friday with police vowing to take to...

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Joy As Chibok Girls Reunited With Parents

There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month...

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Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal

A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...

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India’s Assam Mob Kills Two Muslim Men Over ‘cow Theft’

Police in India say two Muslim men have been lynched by a mob which accused them of trying to steal cows for slaughter....

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US-Led Strikes Against IS Have Killed 352 Civilians

US-led strikes aimed against the Islamic State group have "unintentionally" killed 352 civilians since the offensive...

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Man Imprisoned For Starting Huge LA Blaze Over Police Killings

A 58-year-old man who started a massive fire in Los Angeles in anger over police killings of African-Americans was...

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Pakistan Military Chief Signs Death Warrants For 30 Militants

Pakistan's powerful army chief has confirmed the death sentences passed by military courts on 30 militants, some of...

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Ridding the World of Chemical Weapons

Russia criticised the world's chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical...

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Syria’s Assad Says Chemical Attack ‘100% Fabrication’

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of fabricating a suspected chemical weapons attack that prompted...

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Rise In Boko Haram Child Suicide Bombers ‘alarming’

An "alarming" number of children, most of them girls, have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the first...

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Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo...

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Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said “terrorists are celebrating” US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His...

International

US Warns of ‘more’ After Missile Strikes

The US envoy to the UN has warned America may take further action after bombarding a Syrian air base suspected of using...

International

UN Emergency Talks After US Missile Strikes

The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using...

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Syria ‘chemical’ Attack

International outrage is mounting over a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of civilians in a rebel-held town...

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‘Gas’ Attack Kills 35 In Rebel-Held Syria Town

Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children in a...