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Former Iran vice president jailed over c...

Former Iran vice president jailed over corruption charges

The former vice president of Iran, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was sentenced to a little over five years in prison for corruption, was transferred to a jail Sunday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported. According to a verdict by the Iran’s Supreme Court in January, Rahimi is to spend five... read more »

Egypt launches strikes against IS in Lib...

Egypt launches strikes against IS in Libya

Egypt has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Coptic Christians it had held hostage for weeks. A spokesman for the Armed Forces General Command announced the strikes on state radio Monday,... read more »

ISIS vows revenge for Osama’s bloo...

ISIS vows revenge for Osama’s blood, beheads 21 Egyptian Christians a...

airo: Flaunting its latest atrocious act, the Islamic State has released a new video showing the beheading of tens of Egyptian Christians in Libya, who were abducted by the extremists last year. In a quick response, Egyptian warplanes are said to have carried out air strikes targeting the Islamic... read more »

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in a Nige...

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in a Nigerian Region Racked by Islamist Viol...

DAMATURU, Nigeria — A suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in this northeastern Nigerian city on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, the police said. Damaturu is in a region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants. Adamu Muhammad, a witness, said he heard a... read more »

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Lieberman sworn in as Israel foreign minister

Lieberman sworn in as Israel foreign minister

The hard-line Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman has been sworn in by parliament as the country’s foreign minister, a development that could complicate peace talks with Palestinians. The... read more »

8 killed in floods after typhoon hits China

8 killed in floods after typhoon hits China

Eight people were killed and over 1,000 students were trapped in floods after rainstorms in several areas in China triggered by typhoon Haiyan. Two... read more »

Syrian opposition sets Assad’s departure precondi...

Syrian opposition sets Assad's departure precondition for Geneva talks

ISTANBUL – The Syrian National Coalition ( SNC), the main opposition group based in Istanbul, said on Monday that it agreed to join the Geneva II... read more »

Philippines declares state of national calamity post Ty...

Philippines declares state of national calamity post Typhoon Haiyan

London – The Philippines has declared a state of national calamity following the devastation caused by the strongest storm on record Typhoon Haiyan that... read more »

Philippines typhoon death toll climbs to 1,774

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan: Death toll rises to 5,209 in 2 weeks.

Manila – The number of deaths in the Philippines caused by super typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda, rose to 1,774 by Monday night, a government... read more »

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Pakistan kills top al Qaeda leader in raid

Pakistan’s military said on Saturday it had killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted by the US over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system. “In an intelligence borne... read more »

Officials: 2 bombings kill 7 people in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Authorities in Iraq say two bombings targeting Shiites have killed seven people around the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say the first attack took place Saturday morning... read more »

Germany’s Left Party Secures First State Governorship

BERLIN—A quarter-of-a-century after the Berlin Wall fell, the successor to East Germany’s ruling party claimed its biggest political prize on Friday when it secured its first state... read more »

In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction

Ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation’s foremost national security leaders,” Mr. Obama said in announcing Mr. Carter’s nomination in the Roosevelt Room, which was filled with... read more »

China ex-security chief’s fall cements Xi’s grip on p...

The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to arrest and expel former security chief Zhou Yongkang is a bold step that demonstrates President Xi Jinping’s determination to consolidate power... read more »