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Al Qaeda gunmen kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack
Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on Sunday.
Car bomb in Turkey kills at least 34
A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 in the second such attack in the administrative heart of the city in under a month.
Syria: al-Qaeda seizes bases and weapons from Western-backed group
The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized bases and weapons from a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Obama to urge Britain to stay in EU in UK visit
US President Barack Obama will come to London in April and urge British voters to back continued membership of the European Union, The Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.
17 suspected al-Qaeda militants killed in Yemen
Air strikes killed at least 17 suspected al-Qaeda militants overnight in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, witnesses, medics and a security official said on Sunday.
As anti-Islam rhetoric rises in US, Muslim women learn self-defence
Muslims in the United States are five times more likely to be the victim of a hate crime than they were before the 9/11 attacks.
Three years on, Pope leaves Catholic conservatives feeling marginalised
Three years after the election of Pope Francis, Roman Catholic conservatives are growing increasingly worried that he is quietly unraveling the legacy of his predecessors.
Syria opposition to attend Geneva peace talks
Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war to strengthen its negotiating position.
Republicans rediscover civility but Trump's Islam comments draw attacks
US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump came under fire from his rivals on Thursday for saying Muslims hate the United States.
US hopes to preserve two-state outcome for Israel, Palestinians
Having twice failed to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Obama administration is discussing ways to help preserve the prospect of an increasingly threatened two-state solution, US officials have said.
Turkey, EU migrants deal could be illegal, say UN and rights groups
The United Nations and rights groups have warned that a tentative EU deal to send back migrants to Turkey could be illegal.
'Game changer': How EU could shut Turkish door on migrants
A European Union draft deal with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece introduces a harder edge of coercion to what critics have derided as a hitherto feeble EU response to a crisis tearing it apart.
What is meldonium? Maria Sharapova fails drug test with doping drug
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, the highest-paid woman in sports, said on Monday that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she has been taking for 10 years for health issues.
Turkey: EU in talks to end flow of migrants to Greece
EU leaders are also likely to tell Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of their concern about human rights after the Turkish government seized control of a critical newspaper over the weekend.
Australian government commits to gay marriage vote this year if it wins election
The decision comes a day after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brushed aside criticism from staunchly conservative elements of his Coalition government to attend Sydney's annual gay Mardi Gras parade.
'Right to die' debate hits Japan
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest aging populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.