Reuters
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Syria: Russia launches missiles and warplanes against rebels
Moscow said its warships fired a barrage of missiles at rebels from the Caspian Sea.
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Obama apologises to MSF for Kunduz hospital strike, but offers no explanation
The medical charity has demanded an international commission to investigate what it calls a war crime.
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European Union talks tough on deportations amid surge in Syrian refugees
EU governments are set to agree today to step up deportations of illegal immigrants.
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Russian warplanes bombard Syrian rebels in support of Assad regime
Russia, a top ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, started carrying out air strikes in Syria last week.
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David Cameron to unveil plans to boost home ownership
The Prime Minister will strike at criticism that the government is failing people priced out of the housing market.
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Pentagon says it 'deeply regrets' deaths in Afghan hospital strike
Medecins Sans Frontieres officials have demanded an independent investigation into an attack it called a war crime.
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California governor signs bill legalising physician-assisted suicide
The move comes despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups.
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Oregon shooting: Grief counsellors welcome students back to Roseburg college
President Obama plans to visit Roseburg on Friday to meet privately with families of the victims.
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Tsipras: Greece has to have debt relief if it's to recover
Greece's budget sticks strictly to international bailout targets in a new spirit of cooperation.
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Pope tells Synod: 'Church should not be a museum of memories'
The three-week Synod on the Family will discuss ways to defend the traditional family.
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'We're at our limit': Merkel told Germany can't take more refugees
Germany needs to limit the number of refugees it takes in or even close its borders, conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the weekend, as the country deals with record inflows of people fleeing from war and poverty.
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ISIS destroy Palmyra's Arch of Triumph
Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months.