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Afghan official: Government probes arrested students for links to Islamic State, other groups
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says the government is investigating links between universities and extremist groups following the arrest…
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SYDNEY – Wildfires raging across southwest Australia have killed four people as a blistering heat wave sweeps across the country.…
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Nigeria orders arrest of official accused of stealing $2B meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s leader has ordered the arrest of the former president’s national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions…
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Read MoreYemen officials say 44 anti-rebel fighters killed in an ambush in port city
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials and witnesses say an ambush in the port city of Mocha killed 44 anti-rebel…
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Could involving patients decrease antibiotic prescriptions?
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Read MoreWinners, losers of Marriott’s $12.2B acquisition of Starwood
Marriott International is all set to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a $12.2 billion deal. The two companies…
Read MoreUN Security Council ‘immediately’ drafting Syria cease-fire enforcement plan post-Vienna talks
UNITED NATIONS – Britain says the United Nations Security Council is “going to take action immediately now” to draw up…
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LONDON – What started as a distant civil war in Syria, with rebel factions challenging the authoritarian government of President…
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