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Bomb kills two Egyptian troops in Sinai

A roadside bomb struck an Egyptian army vehicle late Thursday killing an officer and a soldier in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, security …

Ebola expert calls for European anti-virus ‘corps’

Europe will be “vulnerable” if it does not regard viruses as a “national security issue” like the United States, the microbiologist who …

PlayStation, Xbox service in US goes down on Christmas

Online hackers have taken credit for an online service outage of Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox game consoles Thursday that occurred as …

Ex-president Bush spends third night in Texas hospital

Former US president George H. W. Bush is spending Christmas night at a Texas hospital, his third overnight stay after experiencing breathing problems, his …

Japan factory output down, inflation slows in November

Japan’s factory production suffered a surprise drop and inflation continued to slow in November, official data showed Friday despite Prime Minister …

FARC says to free captured Colombian soldier

Colombia’s FARC guerrillas on Thursday announced that they would release a soldier they captured last week “in the coming days,” calling the …

Pope condemns religious persecution in Christmas address

Pope Francis on Thursday roundly condemned jihadist violence and the “brutal persecution” of religious minorities in a Christmas message to the …

Sudan orders senior UN officials to leave

Sudan has ordered two senior United Nations officials to leave, a UN spokesman said Thursday, after a recent spike in tensions between Khartoum and the …

IS extremists capture Jordanian pilot
IS extremists capture Jordanian pilot

AMMAN (AP) ― Islamic State militants captured a Jordanian pilot after his warplane crashed in Syria while carrying out air strikes Wednesday, making him the …

Curfew in northeastern India after rebels kill at least 63
Curfew in northeastern India after rebels kill at least 63

SHAMUKJULI, India (AP) ― Hundreds of survivors of a brutal rebel attack that killed at least 63 people in northeastern India sought shelter Wednesday in a …

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