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10 From One Family Are Killed in Sinai B...

10 From One Family Are Killed in Sinai Blast

CAIRO — Ten members of one family, including children, were killed late Tuesday when munitions struck a home in the northern Sinai Peninsula, a region that has been the site of fierce battles between the Egyptian military and insurgent fighters, military officials and witnesses said... read more »

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Ch...

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Chinese medical workers

BEIJING: Seven people, including six nurses, were stabbed to death at a hospital dormitory in northern China on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest in a string of attacks on medical workers. A hospital administrator was among those killed and another nurse was seriously... read more »

'Some progress' made in peace talks: John Kerry
Kerry in Paris as Nuclear Talks Move Tow...

Kerry in Paris as Nuclear Talks Move Toward Deadline

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting Thursday in Paris with the foreign ministers of France and Saudi Arabia to discuss the ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Negotiators from Iran and an international group that includes the United States, Britain, China, France,... read more »

Second French citizen in Isil execution ...

Second French citizen in Isil execution video identified

A second Frenchman was identified Wednesday after appearing unmasked in a grisly execution video among jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil), many of whom are believed to be Western fighters. As European countries scrambled to identify possible suspects in the execution of... read more »

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British hostage Alan Henning beheaded in new ISIS video

An internet video released on Friday shows an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in... read more »

Taliban Suicide Bombers Kill Seven, Injure 19 People in Kabul

KABUL—Taliban suicide bombers struck in Kabul on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring 19, a day after Afghanistan’s new government agreed to allow U.S. and allied troops to... read more »

Tony Abbott shows support for burqa ban in parliament

The Australian prime minister has said the burqa is “confronting” and he wishes Muslim women did not wear it as he flagged support for a controversial call to ban the attire inside... read more »

Mount Ontake tragedy: Japan volcano death toll likely to rise to 46

The death toll from Japan’s worst volcanic eruption in decades is likely to rise to around 46 after as more victims were discovered on the ash-covered summit, media said on... read more »

2 suicide bomber attacks in Kabul kill 7, wound 21

KABUL: Afghan police say two suicide bombers in the capital have targeted two buses carrying Afghan army troops, killing seven and wounding 21 people. Kabul criminal investigation police chief... read more »