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Egypt forces kill 15 militants in Sinai
Egyptian soldiers kill 15 militants during separate operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

Egyptian soldiers kill 15 militants during separate operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

Thousands of Hondurans march to call on the president to step down over a graft scandal.

Some sources say the government is exploring the possibility of holding a referendum on EU membership in October 2016.

The number of people killed in India’s Mumbai after drinking toxic alcohol reaches 66.

Japan says it will provide USD 3.5 million in emergency aid to help Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims.

Iran will win again an arbitration case brought by Turkey for reduced gas prices after Ankara’s first attempt was quashed by the International Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland in 2014, an energy official predicted on Saturday.

The US-Saudi Arabia alliance was represented by al-Qaeda in the recent Geneva talks, international lawyer Barry Grossman says.

A woman is found carrying cocaine in her breast implants in the Colombian capital, Bogota.

As the anti-Israel BDS campaign gains momentum, the Israeli regime launches a major effort against it.

Obama is raising the issue of gun reform to deflect attention away from institutional racism in the US, an American writer says.

Colombian army troopers arrest 20 FARC rebels in the country’s southwestern department of Narino.

A US secretive court plans to renew the National Security Agency's bulk phone records collection.

A Palestinian group claims responsibility for a shooting attack on two Israelis in the occupied West Bank.

Over one million people in earthquake-hit Nepal face the risk of food insecurity, the UN says.

Iran will import 1.5-2.0 million metric tons of wheat in the current fiscal year to March 2016, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Qanbari said on Saturday.

A researcher with the Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges the EU to make collective efforts to minimize migrant deaths at seas.

Nearly two thirds of Australians support recognizing indigenous people, a poll shows.

Al-Qaeda elements in Yemen assassinate an Imam known for his opposition to the Saudi military aggression against Yemen in Hadhramaut Province.