WASHINGTON — American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a
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Burundi: Leaders of attempted coup arrested after President’s return
The President of Burundi declared Friday that peace had returned, two days after a failed military coup left the African nation in a state of
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ISIS nears Syria’s ancient Palmyra, advances in Iraq
BEIRUT: Extremists from ISIS closed in on Syria’s ancient metropolis of Palmyra Friday, hours before seizing a government headquarters in the strategic Iraqi city of
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President returns to Burundi after army says coup bid failed
President Pierre Nkurunziza returned to Burundi on Thursday, his office said, after the army chief declared that an attempted coup staged when the east African
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Connecticut serial killer already jailed for 2003 murder of still-missing woman: report
The man suspected of killing at least seven women and dumping them behind a New Britain strip mall is already serving time in a Connecticut
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More abducted women and children freed in Nigeria
Nigeria was on Wednesday seeking to identify nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram, raising hopes they may include schoolgirls seized in a
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Indonesia executions: Brazilian was ‘unaware until end’
A Brazilian man executed in Indonesia for drug smuggling did not know that he was going to die, says his priest. Father Charlie Burrows has
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Marchers protest police violence in Baltimore, New York
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Denver on Wednesday, and a large demonstration in Baltimore ended peacefully
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Italy investigators say Vatican link in ‘al-Qaeda’ arrests
Suspected extremists being investigated in Italy over links to al-Qaeda may have been planning an attack on the Vatican in 2010, prosecutors say. A militant
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Australian teenagers held over alleged Melbourne terror plot
Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event. Police arrested
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Shops set ablaze, looted as xenophobic attacks spread in South Africa
Johannesburg South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg. Chanting and singing,
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