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Ebola Outbreak: Get Up To Speed

A happy reunion in Dallas. An Ebola patient in France. And a condition upgrade in New York. Here are the latest developments in the Ebola outbreak: U.S. DEVELOPMENTS Nurse reunited with her pet Amidst loving squeezes and oohs and aahs (from her), and...

Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens At Pakistan Border Parade, Police Say

At least 60 people were killed and more than 110 were wounded Sunday in a Lahore, Pakistan, suicide blast near the country's border with India, police said. A suicide bomber detonated his vest after a daily parade at the Wagah...

Iraqi Kurds Join Fight Against Islamic State In Kobani

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Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from seizing the Syrian border town. The Syrian Observatory for Human...

Army Clears Protesters, Fires Warning Shots In Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's army cleared thousands of protesters from the capital and opened fire at state TV headquarters on Sunday, killing one person, as it sought to restore order following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore two days ago. Compaore's 27...

Rescuers Pull Bodies From Black Sea Near Istanbul After Boat Sinks

Fisherman and coastguards pulled bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Monday after a boat believed to be carrying dozens of illegal migrants sank, Turkish authorities and a shipping agent said. The Istanbul governor's office...

Boko Haram Denies Ceasefire Claim By Nigeria’s Government

Boko Haram has denied claims by Nigeria's government that it has agreed to a ceasefire and will release more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls had converted to Islam and been married off since...

Authorities: 1 Dead, 1 Injured In SpaceShipTwo Test Flight Failure

One person died and another was injured Friday when Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo test flight failed following what the company described as a "serious anomaly." The casualties are believed to be the pilots of the spaceplane, though California Highway Patrol Officer...

Burkina Protesters Burn Parliament, Ransack State TV

Thousands of protesters stormed Burkina Faso's parliament and ransacked state television on Thursday, forcing it off the air ahead of a planned vote on a motion to allow the veteran president to extend his 27-year rule. Black smoke swirled in...

Malaysia’s Anwar Says Hopeful, Lawyers Question DNA Evidence

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he was a victim of a conspiracy but was hopeful of winning an appeal against a sodomy conviction and five-year prison term that could stymie his political ambitions for good. Anwar was...

Britain Confident Of Reducing 2.1 Billion Euro EU Bill: Osborne

Britain is confident it can get its 2.1 billion euro ($2.6 billion) bill from the European Union reduced, finance minister George Osborne said. European finance ministers are due to discuss the bill, which Britain has called "unacceptable," at a meeting...