Reuters
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UN Chief says Russia and US must unite to defeat ISIS
Ban Ki Moon - "Early next year, the U.N. is going to present a comprehensive plan of action to defeat violence and extremism."
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Egypt votes for new parliament - critics say poll unfair
Egyptians voted on Sunday in the second phase of elections that are meant to restore parliament after a more than three-year hiatus but which critics say have been undermined by widespread repression.
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Gay Africans ask Pope to preach tolerance on his visit
Francis travels to Kenya and Uganda. He also visits conflict-torn Central African Republic on a tour that starts on Nov. 25
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UN says world must come together to combat ISIS and other extremists
"The Islamic State constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security," the resolution said
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Top Egyptian Muslim: Terrorists suffering "intellectual and psychological disease"
Egypt's most senior Muslim cleric said terrorism was a disease that used religion as a front
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Brussels metro shut as Belgian capital put on maximum alert
Warnings to public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack
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New Zealand Helicopter crash kills seven including four Brits
Remote crash happened on the coast of the South Island
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Woman fatally stabbed in New York, baby born at the scene
The baby was unhurt and being cared for at a Bronx-area hospital
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Pope's Africa visit highlights huge growth in the Church across the continent
Catholicims is growing, but so is Islam as well as Pentecostal and evangelical churches
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New Ebola case found in Liberia
A new case of Ebola emerged in Liberia on Friday in a setback for the country declared free of the disease on September 3 and for the region, which is struggling to end an epidemic that has killed around 11,300 people.
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Mali hotel attack: 80 hostages freed, three reported dead
Malian special forces stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people hostage.
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Islamist gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a luxury hotel full of foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako early on Friday morning, taking 170 people hostage, a senior security source and the hotel's operator said.