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'US mass killings may be contagious'
A new study has found that mass killings in the United States may be contagious.

A new study has found that mass killings in the United States may be contagious.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki criticizes Israel for not being interested in reaching a peace deal with Palestinians.

BP has agreed to an $18.7 billion settlement with five US states and the federal government over the great spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz is contending for America’s "greatest clown nomination," a political commentator says.

A senior Iranian diplomat calls for an immediate end to Saudi attacks on Yemen.

The UN observers say the recently held parliamentary elections in Burundi were not free or credible.

The British government approved £4 million in arms sales to Israel in the immediate aftermath of Israel’s recent war on Gaza, a report says.

Anglo-Swiss commodity trader Glencore is the latest European energy entity to send its executives to Tehran in search of business opportunities amid hopes of a nuclear deal with Iran, a Thursday report said.

German chancellor’s office calls in the US envoy to discuss new revelations about the NSA spying.

A nighttime Taliban attack kills at least seven policemen in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak Province.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani holds talks with the IAEA chief, Yukiya Amano, in Tehran.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 145 people in a fresh attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses say.

An Iraqi minister says the ISIL terrorist group has violated human rights laws in Iraq more than four million times since last year.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has denounced the House Select Committee on the 2012 Benghazi attack as a “charade.”

Russia raps the ‘confrontational’ tone of a newly-released US military strategy.

Report shows more than a third of child sexual abuse investigations inadequate.

Militants kill at least six UN peacekeepers in northern Mali.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he plans to give away his entire fortune of $32 billion to charity in the coming years.