Reuters
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Soldiers help evacuate hundreds as floods hit York
Prime Minister David Cameron pledged more military help for the region.
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Tornadoes and floods across the South claim eight lives
The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes hit multiple cities in the greater Dallas area on Saturday evening, and there were reports of widespread damage and flooding.
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Pope urges solution to crisis for US-bound Cuban migrants
Nicaragua has refused to let the growing number of Cubans trying to reach the United States who have become stuck in Costa Rica pass through its territory. About 5,000 Cubans are estimated to be on the border.
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ISIS may be trafficking body parts, document reveals
ISIS have sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking body parts.
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Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strikes
A top Syrian rebel leader and head of the most powerful insurgent group in the eastern suburbs of Damascus was killed in an aerial raid that targeted the group's headquarters, rebel sources and the Syrian army said on Friday.
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Breakaway Muslim group kill nine in Philippines
A breakaway Muslim rebel group killed nine civilians in the southern Philippines in a series of attacks on Christmas eve, officials said on Saturday.
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Iraqi troops close in on ISIS in Ramadi
Iraqi troops have pushed deeper into the heart of the last remaining district held by Islamic State in the city of Ramadi, an army spokesman said on Saturday.
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Iraqi forces to retake Mosul from ISIS, PM says
Iraq's armed forces will move to retake the major northern city of Mosul from Islamic State once they capture the western city of Ramadi, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Friday.
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Bangladesh: Mosque bomb attack kills one, wounds dozen
A bomb attack on a Bangladeshi mosque during Friday prayers killed one person and wounded at least a dozen, the latest in a series of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation.
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Pope urges return to simplicity in Christmas message
Pope Francis led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Thursday, urging those "intoxicated" by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life.
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ISIS sanctions organ harvesting from 'apostates', document reveals
Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts.
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Eighteen drown after boat sinks off Turkey's western coast
Eighteen people including six children drowned on Thursday after a boat sank off Turkey's western coastal town of Dikili.