ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria’s defense ministry says the country’s army has killed six armed Islamic militants in the Hendu area, 120 kilometers east of the capital Algiers. The ministry said in a communique Tuesday that the militants, who belonged to the Katibat Ennour group, were ambushed by an army patrol …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. confirms that Iran will take part in consultations on Syria that begin Monday in Geneva. The U.N. special envoy on Syria has said these are not a new round of negotiations but a series of individual meetings with “as many parties as possible” to get …
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin islands – A 24-year-old Massachusetts man is suspected of fatally stabbing his parents during a family vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands and then fleeing the three-island Caribbean territory, investigators said Tuesday. Acting Police Commissioner Delroy Richards said police officers found the bloody bodies of Kenneth …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates’ national carrier Etihad Airways says one of its flights from Cairo to the capital, Abu Dhabi, has been diverted to a military air base in Dubai for “security reasons.” The Abu Dhabi-based carrier said passengers on Flight No. 650 disembarked after …
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EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials say four soldiers died when a bomb they were trying to diffuse exploded in northern Sinai, while a separate explosion killed four civilians. The officials say two officers were among the dead in the explosion Wednesday near the city of Rafah, which borders the …
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ATHENS, Greece – The Greek coast guard is searching for a boat believed to be carrying 45 migrants and to have run into trouble south of the small Ionian island of Antipaxoi, off the western coast of mainland Greece. Two coast guard boats, a helicopter and one more boat sailing …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – Al Shabaab gunmen attacked Kenyan police vehicles near Somalia’s border, injuring at least five officers and burning five cars, police said on Tuesday. Two officers were critically injured and three others sustained minor injuries in the attack in Garissa County, national Police Chief J.K. Boinnet said in …
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s state archive says Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann was allowed to see his wife shortly before his 1962 execution. The archive produced records on Monday of Vera Eichmann’s visit to Israel and logs of her spending 80 minutes with her husband in prison. Israel permitted the visit as …
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The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. At least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the rains began pounding the country in October. …
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his wife Nikki Sapp Spoelstra announced Wednesday the two will file for divorce after seven years of marriage. The couple announced their decision in a joint statement to the Miami Herald. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Erik Spoelstra and Nikki …
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