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Holy war: Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State
Thousands of foreigners have flocked to Iraq and Syria in the past two years, mostly to join the Islamic State, but a handful of idealistic Westerners...
UN Security Council demands Houthis step aside in Yemen
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government...
Carnival suspended in Paraty, Brazil after deadly shooting
Authorities in Brazilian city Paraty have suspended Carnival festivities after gunfire killed one person and injured nine others.The mayor’s office...
Copenhagen cops shoot man believed to be behind deadly attacks
Copenhagen police say they have killed the man believed to be behind twin shootings in the Danish capital that left two dead and five wounded.
Police shoot gunman dead after two people killed in Denmark attacks
Police have shot a man dead near the scene of a fatal shooting attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen. Danish police said officers had killed the man after...
One dead, six injured in Copenhagen shootings
At least one person was killed and six injured in shootings in the Danish capital Saturday night, with one attack targeting a cultural centre that was...
Developing: Shots fired at Copenhagen synagogue, unclear if linked to earlier attack
One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded in an attack on a synagogue in central Copenhagen, Danish police said, adding that it was too...
Gunfire targets debate free speech, Islam in Copenhagen
A gunman killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in Copenhagen as it was hosting...
Pope to new cardinals: Put aside pride, jealousy and anger
Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough-love message,...
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk after ceasefire begins
Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after a ceasefire agreed between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels...
Gunfire targets debate on Islam, free speech in Copenhagen
A gunman killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in Copenhagen as it was hosting...
Ukraine rebels warn Kiev over truce around battleground town
Pro-Russian rebels on Saturday warned that any attempts by Kiev forces to move out of the battleground town Debaltseve after the start of a ceasefire would...
Gunmen spray bullets into a Copenhagen cafe holding free speech event
One person was killed in what security services described as a probable terror attack on a meeting in a Copenhagen cafe to discuss free speech. A 40-year-old...
One dead in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate
Unidentified gunmen killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in Copenhagen hosting...
Police: 1 dead in shooting at Copenhagen free speech event
On Saturday, one man was confirmed dead by police after a shooting in Copenhagen outside a building where a debate on Islam and freedom of speech was taking...
Developing: shots fired in Copenhagen at Prophet cartoonist’s event
Two gunmen remains at large after shots were fired at a cafe in Copenhagen on Satuday.
Canada police foil Valentine’s day shooting-spree plot
Canadian police said they had foiled a plot that would have seen an armed duo carry out a shooting spree in the city of Halifax on Valentine’s Day...
Islamic State fighters seize town near U.S. air base in Iraq
Islamic State jihadists have captured the western Iraqi town of Al-Baghdadi, putting them within striking distance of an air base where American troops...
Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei sent Obama secret letter: WSJ
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S.
Egypt frees Al-Jazeera journalists from prison, pending retrial
Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy was released from an Egyptian jail Friday, after spending more than a year in prison on terror-related charges...
Plastic Ocean: The world dumps 8 million metric tons of plastic waste
Shoddy waste management and littering across the globe added eight million metric tons of plastic to the ocean in 2010, posing significant dangers to marine...
Al-Jazeera journalists go free in Egypt as risks to press freedom persist
Two remaining Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt on charges of aiding a “terrorist organization” were freed on bail on Thursday after more...
Al-Jazeera journalists go free in Egypt, but press freedom is at risk worldwide
Two remaining Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt on charges of aiding a “terrorist organization” were freed on bail on Thursday after more...
Guilty: Korean Air executive sentenced in ‘nut rage’ case
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced a Korean Air Lines executive to a year in prison for violating aviation law in December when she ordered a Seoul-bound...
Ukraine cease-fire talks continue, overshadowed by fighting
Russian, Ukrainian and European leaders were holding peace talks in the Belarusian capital aimed at ending almost a year of conflict in Ukraine, with negotiations...
Tearful Costa Concordia captain pleads for mercy, gets 16 years
An Italian court convicted the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people...
Tearful Concordia skipper pleads for mercy, gets 16 years
An Italian court convicted the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people...
Petition to release Malaysia’s Anwar set up on White House website
An online petition has been started on the White House’s website in support of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Pentagon: Yemen political unrest affecting U.S. counterterrorism efforts
The Pentagon on Tuesday acknowledged that Yemen’s political unrest was affecting its counterterrorism capabilities but said it was still training...
Unprecedented number of foreign fighters flocking to Syria, Iraq to join IS
Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups.

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