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Saudi-led coalition announces end of Yemen ceasefire
Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA – A Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen announced the end Saturday, January 2, of a ceasefire that had been violated on a daily basis since it was declared...
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Turkey places under arrest ISIS 'New Year suicide bombing' suspects
ANKARA, Turkey – An Ankara court on Saturday, January 2, remanded in custody pending trial two Turkish men suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) group and planning a double suicide bombing...
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Mexico mayor assassinated one day after taking office
CUERNAVACA, Mexico (UPDATED) – Several gunmen burst into the home of a newly elected Mexican mayor and shot her dead on Saturday, January 2, just hours into her tenure, police said.Gisela Mota, 33, a...
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Angry crowds set fire to Saudi embassy in Tehran: news agency
TEHRAN, Iran – Angry crowds protesting at Saudi Arabia's execution of a top Shiite cleric set fire to the kingdom's embassy in Tehran Saturday, January 2, and stormed the building before being cleared...
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Indian air base attack 'heinous terrorist act': US
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The deadly assault on an Indian air base near the Pakistan border Saturday, January 2, was "a heinous" terrorist attack, the United States said, urging the two rivals to work...
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Bill Clinton to campaign for Hillary as Trump sharpens attacks
NEW YORK, United States – Bill Clinton will hit the campaign trail Monday, January 4, for his wife Hillary – his first appearance on the stump for the former first lady's 2016 White House bid.The...
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LTFRB exec Roberto Cabrera is new LTO chief
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will begin 2016 with a new head to lead the agency hounded by controversy over the past year.Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory...
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Philippines to protest China's test-flight on Spratlys
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will protest China's test flight on a newly completed airstrip in an artificial island in the South China Sea.Philippine foreign affairs spokesperson Charles Jose...
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Top army officer, 10 others dead in assault on Indian air base
PATHANKOT, India – Four more Indian soldiers including a top officer have died of injuries after an attack by suspected Islamists on an air force base near the Pakistan border, taking the total death...
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Iran supreme leader says Saudi faces 'divine revenge'
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that Saudi Arabia will face "divine revenge" for executing a top Shiite cleric whose death sparked protests in which the kingdom's embassy in Tehran was...
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Fresh gunfire at Indian Air Force base in Pathankot – police
PATHANKOT, India – A fresh gunbattle erupted Sunday, January 3, at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, where 11 people died in an attack by suspected Islamic militants, police said.Officers said...
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Anti-China protesters return from Philippine-held island
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly 50 young Filipinos returned Sunday, January 3, from a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea where they had staged a week-long protest against Beijing's...
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ISIS attack on Iraq police trainees kills 12 – officials
TIKRIT, Iraq – The Islamic State (ISIS) group killed at least 12 members of the Iraqi security forces Sunday, January 3, when several suicide attackers infiltrated a base near Tikrit, security...
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Iran president says Saudi embassy attack 'totally unjustifiable'
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's president on Sunday, January 3, condemned the Saudi execution of a Shiite cleric but also denounced attacks on the Sunni kingdom's embassy and consulate as "totally unjustifiable"...
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Briton detained in Kyrgyzstan after 'horse penis' slur
Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN – A Briton working at a foreign-owned gold mine in Kyrgyzstan has been detained and faces up to 5 years in jail for comparing a local delicacy to a horse penis, authorities said...
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Germany should limit migrants to 200,000 annually – Bavaria premier
BERLIN, Germany – Germany only has capacity for a maximum 200,000 asylum seekers a year, about a 5th of the number it received in 2015, Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer said Sunday, January 3."In...
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Fil-Ams pursue political history in San Mateo, California
DALY CITY, USA – It should have been simple: 2016 would be the year San Mateo County Filipino Americans finally would have one of their own elected to the County Board of Supervisors. The board...
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Sri Lanka president pledges land for 100,000 war victims
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Up to 100,000 people still living in camps 6 years after the end of Sri Lanka's brutal ethnic war will be given land to build homes within 6 months, President Maithripala Sirisena...
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Donald Trump shrugs off jihadist video that uses his Muslim ban remarks
WASHINGTON, USA – After jihadists used his tough remarks about Muslims in a recruitment video, Donald Trump refused to back down, saying in remarks aired Sunday, January 3, "I have to say what I have...
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Obama to hold public meeting on gun control
WASHINGTON, USA – President Barack Obama will take part Thursday, January 7, in a town hall-style meeting to discuss new efforts to stem what he has called an epidemic of gun violence across...
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