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Blast at Pakistan mosque kills 14

A police officer walks amid debris after a bomb blast in a mosque, in Quetta, Pakistan January 10, 2020. A powerful explosion tore through a mosque in southwest Pakistan during Friday evening

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Suspected Islamist militants kill 25 soldiers in Niger: government

Suspected Islamist militant groups killed 25 soldiers and wounded six others in an attack on an army post in west Niger near its border with Mali on Thursday, the gover

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19 killed, dozens injured in bus accident in northern Iran

At least 19 people were killed and 24 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in north of Iran on Thursday, official IRNA news agency reported. The acc

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Prince Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, made a surprise announcement Wednesday night: that they would "step back" from their roles as senior mem

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One dead, several wounded in Ottawa shooting

A shooting incident left one dead and several others wounded in the Canadian capital here Wednesday morning, the police said. The shooting happened about a kilometer away from the Canadian Parliam

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U.S. forces withdraw from 2 bases in Syria's Hasakah

The U.S. troops withdrew on Wednesday from two military bases in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah following the overnight retaliatory attacks by Iran on U.S. t

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Syrian troops ambushed in desert region, 7 killed

A bus transporting Syrian soldiers was ambushed on Tuesday morning in the desert of the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, leaving seven soldiers killed and 14 others w

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Libya's Haftar forces seize control of Sirte as Turkey intervenes

Libyan protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the Turkish parliament's decision to send Turkish forces to Libya, in Benghazi, Libya, January 3, 2020. /Reuters Photo Libyan for

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Six Germans killed, 11 injured in Italy road accident

Six Germans were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding car plowed into them in northern Italy on Sunday, Italian media reported. The incident happened at around

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Trump Warns of US Attack Against 52 Iranian Targets If Tehran Strikes US Citizens, Assets

Top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, was assassinated on Friday in Baghdad in a US airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump. Iran vowed revenge over t

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Over 2,200 Afghan civilians killed in Taliban-related attacks in 2019

More than 2,200 Afghan civilians were killed in Taliban-related attacks and bomb blasts during 2019, the Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday. "During 2019, Taliban terrorists conducted sc

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Tensions soar as Iran vows to respond for Soleimani killing

Iran promised to seek revenge for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East, and the U.S. said Frid

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16 killed, 5 wounded in prison riots in Mexico

At least 16 prisoners were killed, five others wounded after riots occurred Tuesday afternoon in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, local authorities said Wednesday. A conflict betw

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Pompeo to postpone Ukraine trip as situation in Iraq worsens

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will postpone his trip to Ukraine and other four countries as the situation in Iraq has become tense these days after demonstrators

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Discover China: "Underground city" regains vitality in China's mountainous Chongqing

Dongting Hotpot, a restaurant that has called Yuzhong District of southwest China's mountainous city of Chongqing home for more than three decades, is always packed wi

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Here's the scene of militiamen breaking into the US Embassy in Baghdad

Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their sympathizers broke into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. They smashed the main door and set fires in the reception area, the Associated Press reported. U.S. g

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Pentagon to send more troops to Middle East as protesters rally at U.S. embassy in Iraq

Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed by a U.S. attack in Iraq on Sunday, which has promp