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IS releases new footage of 2014 Tikrit massacre - 07/12/2015

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- The Islamic State jihadist group on Saturday released new footage of its June 2014 massacre of hundreds of mostly Shiite military recruits in Tikrit. The highest estimates put at 1,700...

WHO needs urgent change to tackle health crises: experts - 07/11/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The World Health Organization (WHO) is unprepared to deal with crises like the Ebola outbreak and requires fundamental change, supported by an increase in funding, experts...

Number of Syrian refugees tops four million: UN - 07/10/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui with Omar Ibrahim in Minyeh- More than four million Syrians have fled their country's civil war, the United Nations said on Thursday, with many now despairing that...

Can smoking drive you mad? Study suggests it might - 07/10/2015

PARIS, FRANCE- People who suffer from psychosis are about three times more likely to be smokers, but scientists have long scratched their heads over which one leads to the other. On Friday, research...

Trial opens of Turkish columnists over Mohammed cartoon - 07/10/2015

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Two Turkish newspaper commentators went on trial on Thursday for illustrating their columns with a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed published by French satirical weekly...

Tripoli parliament rejects Libya peace plan, wants more talks - 07/09/2015

TRIPOLI, LIBYA- The parliament in Tripoli rejected Tuesday a UN proposal to resolve Libya's political crisis but said it wanted to press on with talks toward reaching an accord with its rival in the...

'Jedi' astronauts say 'no fear' as they gear for ISS trip - 07/09/2015

STAR CITY, RUSSIA, Anna Smolchenko- Three astronauts set to travel to the International Space Station this month Wednesday voiced faith in Russia's space programme despite a delay to their trip...

Egypt signals changes to anti-terror law after media backlash - 07/09/2015

CAIRO, EGYPT- Egypt's government Wednesday signalled it could amend a draft controversial anti-terror law that proposes jailing reporters for contradicting official statements, with the justice...

Smithsonian pips New York rival with Irving Penn retrospective - 07/08/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Smithsonian American Art Museum, beating its New York archrival to the punch, announced Monday what it called the first retrospective of Irving Penn's photography in...

Britain remembers 2005 bombs with flowers and silence - 07/08/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, James Pheby- Britons laid flowers at the sites of the 2005 London suicide bombings and held a nationwide minute of silence for the 52 victims on Tuesday on the tenth...
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