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Syrian TV reports repelling missile attack on Homs air base
Syrian state television announced on Monday evening that the country's air defenses had managed to intercept missiles aimed at the base...
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US police: YouTube headquarters attacker likely was a woman of Iranian descent
Three people were injured in a shooting at YouTube's headquarters in California, USA. Police say the perpetrator...
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UN Secretary-General expresses concern over chemical attacks in Syria
The United Nations Secretary-General, while expressing concern over reports of chemical attacks in Syria, has called on the Security Council…
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Putin wins Russian presidential election with 76% of the vote
Vladimir Putin has been re-elected as Russian president for a fourth term, winning more than 76 percent of the vote. Various reports…
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Stephen Hawking, renowned physicist and cosmologist, dies
Stephen William Hawking, a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist, author of a number of best-selling theoretical books and treatises, who at the same time…
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BBC: UN calls on Iran to end harassment of Persian language staff
The Telegraph newspaper, citing Agence France-Presse, published a report on the BBC's request to the United Nations...
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Emergency Security Council meeting on ceasefire in Syria
The United Nations Security Council held an extraordinary meeting on the 7th to implement the ceasefire resolution in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, as soon as possible.
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UN: Yemen situation is 'catastrophic'
A senior UN aid official said on Tuesday that after three years of war, people's living conditions...
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