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Obama: No frontline role for US troops in Syria

US president Barack Obama has said America will not put its troops on the front line in Syria to fight the Islamic State group...

Egypt plane crash ’caused by a mechanical impact’ mid-air

A top official at Metrojet, the Russian airline company whose flight crashed Saturday in Egypt, has insisted that a technical fault could not have...

Troops drive Boko Haram out of school building

Nigerian troops have driven Boko Haram extremists out of an abandoned north-eastern primary school in a shootout that killed four militants. Insurgents were using the...

Police question Romanian nightclub owners after fire kills 30

Three nightclub owners are suspected of manslaughter and involuntary bodily harm over a fire that killed 30 and injured 180, Romanian prosecutors said. The three...

China to prosecute former Xinjiang Party newspaper editor

China plans to prosecute the former editor of the official Communist Party newspaper in the restive north-western region of Xinjiang, with the party’s watchdog...

Israeli army shoots Palestinian dead after he tried to stab a soldier

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank, military officials said. The army said the...

Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan urges respect for party’s election win

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed his ruling party’s emphatic victory in the country’s parliamentary election and demanded that the world respect the...

Russian day of mourning following plane crash and 224 deaths

Russia is observing a day of mourning for victims of yesterday's plane crash in Egypt - which killed 224 people. Investigators are due to begin...

11 refugees, including six children, drown off Greece coast

Eleven refugees, including six children, have drowned off the coast of Greece. It is thought the boat that they were travelling in was carrying refugees...

US boosts support for Syrian opposition

The United States has ramped up its support for Syria’s opposition with a pledge of nearly $100m in fresh aid. The move came as Saudi...

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