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Vietnam Village Sealed Off As Hostage Crisis Deepens
A group of Vietnamese farmers who took more than a dozen police and officials hostage over a land dispute said Thursday they would resist any rescue attempt by the authorities and have sealed off their village.
4 militants killed, hideout eliminated in A-29 strike in South of Afghanistan
At least four militants were killed and their hideout was eliminated in an airstrike involving the newly-deployed A-29 Super Tucano aircraft in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.
Qatari jet sits on tarmac in Baghdad as royal hostages await release
Deal involving Iran, Qatar and four of the region’s main militias delayed by a suicide bombing targeting evacuees in Syria
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs himself in prison, officials say
Convicted murderer and former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found hanged in his Massachusetts prison cell Wednesday morning, officials said, just days after his acquittal in a double murder case.
Police targeted near Egypt’s St Catherine’s Monastery
ISIL claims responsibility for attack near UNESCO World Heritage site in South Sinai, just days before pope’s visit.
Syria evacuations resume after deadly bomb attack
The evacuation and transfer of thousands of Syrians from four besieged areas resumed on Wednesday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
67 militants killed during counter-terrorism operation in past 24 hours: MoD
At least sixty seven militants were killed during the counter-terrorism operations in various provincesof the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Tuesday.
French Officials Say ‘Imminent and Violent Attack’ Foiled in Marseilles
French officials say they have foiled an “imminent and violent attack” on the eve of pivotal presidential elections, arresting two men in the southern port city of Marseilles on Tuesday morning.
Assad said to be holding Syrian boy in heart-breaking photo under house arrest
Every war bears a human face, and last August the face of Syria’s war became that of Omran Daqneesh – bloody cheeks, covered in debris, eyes wide with shock and his tiny slumped frame in an orange ambulance seat.
Syria war: ‘At least 68 children among 126 killed’ in bus bombing
At least 68 children were among 126 people killed in Saturday’s bomb attack on buses carrying evacuees from besieged Syrian towns, activists say.
