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Syrians Displaced To the Coast Trickle Back To Aleppo

For years as fighting raged in Syria's Aleppo, property agent Saer Daqaq had fleeing residents knocking at the door of...

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Turkey Marks Failed Coup That Changed Country

Turkey marks one year on July 15 since a coup attempt aiming to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that failed...

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World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss

Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...

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Separatists Say One Killed Amid Violence In India’s Darjeeling

Fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling Saturday after a separatist group accused police of killing a supporter, prompting...

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Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists

The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...

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Gambian Army ‘hostile Elements’ Working Against Government

The head of a West African force maintaining security in The Gambia told AFP Friday that army officials loyal to...

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Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus

Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...

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Explosions In Sky As Pyongyang Celebrates ICBM Launch

Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang's Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental...

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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Arrives In Hong Kong

China's sole aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong for the first time Friday in a display of military might less than a...

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Absence of Victims Leaves Holes In Juba Hotel Trial

Witnesses described looting and finding a dead body, but the trial of 12 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers...

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Libya Eastern Commander Haftar Declares Benghazi ‘liberated’

The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has said his forces “liberated” the eastern Benghazi city...

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Thai Soap Hunks Enlisted To Boost Military Pride

Sporting flak jackets, machine guns and smouldering stares, four Thai heartthrobs have been enlisted to woo fans -- and...

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Libya Eastern Commander Haftar Declares Benghazi ‘liberated’

The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has said his forces “liberated” the eastern Benghazi city...

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Philippines Kidnap: Abu Sayyaf Islamists Behead Vietnamese

Two Vietnamese men have been beheaded by Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf, the country’s military said. Their...

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For Families Fleeing IS, A Waystation In Aleppo

Syrian escapees from the Islamic State group languished for hours on the sizzling concrete pavements at Aleppo's main...

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Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...

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Freddie Blay To Contest For NPP Chairmanship Position

Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has disclosed his intentions to contest for...

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Fire Kills Child In Syria Refugee Camp In Lebanon

A child died and several people were injured when a fire broke out in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon Tuesday, rescue...

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Sri Lanka Ends Decades-Long Occupation of Tamil Port

Sri Lanka's military said Tuesday it has ended its occupation of a major fishing harbour after 27 years and allowed...